Showing posts with label health care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health care. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Repeal Obamacare...!!!

September 28, 2011

Dear Representative Neugebauer:
Dear Senator Cornyn:
Dear Senator Hutchison:


 

I'm a proud member of the Tea Party and the TheTeaParty.net, and I'm writing to urge you to support and advocate for legislative efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare. ObamaCare is an unconstitutional effort to move the United States toward socialized medicine, and it MUST BE REPEALED ... !!!

My Medicare patients with Diabetes are already suffering under Obamacare as the red tape for them to obtain Diabetic Shoes has become incredibly complex and onerous for not only the patient, but for their Podiatrist, and for their Primary Care Physician.

Several of my diabetic patients have had a leg amputated because they were unable to obtain Diabetic Shoes.


NOW FOR A PERSONAL QUESTION...


If I were your personal Podiatrist, and I told you that we (the medical team) could not save your leg, and that it must be amputated, how do you think this would affect your life?

Nearly every week, I must tell a patient that we must amputate a part of their foot, or their leg, and I see the tears in their eyes, and hear the pain in their voice as they say, "OK Doc, I know ya gotta do what ya gotta do."

Much of this is preventable, but under Obamacare, it Is Getting WORSE...!!!

Please do everything possible to effect the complete and total repeal of Obamacare...!...or at least defund it.

Otherwise, it won't be long until either you, or someone you dearly love, will become subject to the ravages of rationed healthcare under Obamacare.

May God bless you as you preserve liberty and freedom in the United States of America...!


Sincerely,

Dr. Chris Albritton
2501 S Willis St

Abilene, TX 79605

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Repeal Obamacare

Dear Senator,

I was very pleased to hear that Sen. Jim DeMint introduced legislation to finish what the House started, and REPEAL President Obama's signature healthcare reform.

Please continue to support REPEAL of OBAMACARE...!!!

Also, please urge (pressure ?) Senator McConnell to press hard for a vote to repeal this disatrous and costly piece of legislation.

Senator, it's SO vitally important that the Senate actually VOTE on this, even if it doesn't pass.
We need to FORCE the liberals in the House and Senate to publicly attempt to DEFEND a law that well more than 50% of Americans want repealed.

Please Senator, continue to stand the conservative ground, and don't let liberal attacks like "Republicans want the old and poor to starve and die" prevent you from advancing our conservative issues.

May God bless you in your efforts.

Gratefully,
Dr. Chris Albritton

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Dear Mr. President,

As a Heritage member, I'm deeply offended that you would attempt to tell the American people that Heritage.org represents a "middle of the road, centrist approach."

How dare you use the work of the people at Heritage for your political gain...!

As a physician, I'm opposed to your new health care bill because it is massive big-government program that is a radical new government intrusion into the daily lives of all Americans and a massive takeover of one-sixth of the U.S. economy.

This law is offensive to the historic American dedication to the principle of self-government.

This bill is financially unsustainable and will ultimately lead to health care rationing, a lower quality of care and a greater degree of dependence on government.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Dear Mr. President,

I ask you to take a 21.2% cut in your salary.

I refer to the 21.2% cut in physician reimbursement rates due to take effect on April 1, 2010 under the Medicare program. I have no choice but to DISCONTINUE TAKING NEW MEDICARE PATIENTS.

As a Podiatric Physician, I was extremely disheartened and frustrated by the failure of the Senate to either delay the impending 21.2% Medicare fee cut or follow the lead of the House and pass meaningful Medicare physician payment reform before leaving Washington on March 26. The future of Medicare and the health of my Medicare patients rely on the ability of qualified physicians to provide care. And the future success of my practice as a Medicare provider depends on reliable and fair reimbursement for my services.

My colleagues and I hear repeated commitments from members of Congress to eliminate the SGR and enact a system that more fairly reimburses physicians for their services.

Mr. President, I’ve been talking to my patients about this, and so far, I have not found a single patient who is willing to take a 21% cut in their Social Security check each month, nor a single patient who is willing to take a 21% cut in their paycheck each month.

The repeated failure of congress to take decisive action on physician fees has shaken my confidence in the Medicare program.

I have no choice but to DISCONTINUE TAKING NEW MEDICARE PATIENTS.

Other Podiatric Physicians feel the same way.

Where are these Medicare patients going to go for their health care?

It has been years since there has been stability in physician reimbursements. There are so very many Medicare age patients that can’t find a doctor to take care of their medical needs.

If Congress doesn’t fix the Medicare physician reimbursement system within the next few months, I will have to discontinue caring for my CURRENT MEDICARE PATIENTS.

Mr. President, I ask you to take a 21.2% cut in your salary.

That will make physicians and Medicare patients feel sooooo much better, while the patients search for a physician who will accept Medicare.

Sincerely,

Dr. Chris Albritton
Abilene, TX
Dear Senator,

As a Podiatric Physician and constituent, I was extremely disheartened and frustrated by the failure of the Senate to either delay the impending 21.2% Medicare fee cut or follow the lead of the House and pass meaningful Medicare physician payment reform before leaving Washington on March 26.

The future of Medicare and the health of my Medicare patients rely on the ability of qualified physicians to provide care. And the future success of my practice as a Medicare provider depends on reliable and fair reimbursement for my services.

My colleagues and I hear repeated commitments from members of Congress to eliminate the SGR and enact a system that more fairly reimburses physicians for their services.

Senator, I’ve been talking to my patients about this, and so far, I have not found a single patient who is willing to take a 21% cut in their Social Security check each month, nor a single patient who is willing to take a 21% cut in their paycheck each month.

The repeated failure of congress to take decisive action on physician fees has
shaken my confidence in the Medicare program.

I have no choice but to DISCONTINUE TAKING NEW MEDICARE PATIENTS.

Other Podiatric Physicians feel the same way.

Where are these Texas Medicare patients going to go for their health care?

It has been years since there has been stability in physician reimbursements, and I respectfully request that you keep that commitment to health care providers and Medicare beneficiaries by resolving this issue for the long term now.

Sincerely,

Dr. Chris Albritton
Abilene, TX

Thursday, October 1, 2009

SICK AMERICANS NEED TO DIE QUICKLY

Dear Rep. Neugebauer,

I’m totally OUTRAGED at Rep. Alan Grayson who spoke from the House floor and said that the Republican health care plan was simply for Americans to "die quickly" if they get sick.

His “apology” was true a non-apology...!

When Rep. Joe Wilson shouted, "You lie!" The Democrats spun themselves and the media into a tizzy, demanding an apology. Wilson complied, and I believe his apology was sincere. However, they continued to press the issue, and Wilson was publically condemned.

Randy, I demand that the House censure Rep. Grayson in similar fashion to what they did to Wilson...!!!

Apologizing to the dead makes a total mockery of the concept of apologizing for a wrong.

Randy, I want you to support and PUSH Rep. Tom Price’s Resolution of Disapproval that mirrors the one Democrats approved against Wilson.

I agree with Rep. Price that Grayson’s conduct was “a breach of decorum and degraded the integrity and proceedings of the House”, but I DO NOT agree that the resolution should be withheld a little to give Grayson more time to consider an apology.

Grayson is despicable and should be disciplined immediately.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

WHY I DON'T LIKE OBAMA

Obama has been proven to be a liar.

From the moment he stepped onto the national stage to campaign for the presidency, Obama has consistently lied to the American people in order to convince us to trust him with our economic and national security. Since becoming our president, he has betrayed that trust.

During his first eight months in office, Obama has exhibited his admiration for dictators and disdain for our allies.
  • He offended the Queen of England and bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia.
  • He praised the Marxist Daniel Ortega, kissed Socialist Hugo Chavez on the cheek and endorsed the Socialist Evo Morales of Bolivia.
  • He sided with Hugo Chavez and Communist Fidel Castro against Honduras, a country that followed its constitution and stopped its president from illegally turning himself into that country’s dictator.
  • Obama announced that he would meet with Iranians with no pre-conditions, while they're building their nuclear weapons.

Obama displayed a blatant lack of concern for what is in the best interest of America when he circled the globe and publicly apologized for America's world leadership. He told the Mexican president that Americans are responsible for the violence in Mexico.

He announced a cut in funding for our new missile defense system the day after an ICBM was launched by North Korea.

He released information on U.S. intelligence gathering despite contrary urgings of his own CIA director and the four prior CIA directors.

He ordered that the word "terrorism" be stricken from our discourse and replaced with the innocuous words "man made disasters."

He appointed a Homeland Security Chief who identified military veterans and abortion opponents as "dangers to the nation."

In a scary bid to increase the political power of the Democratic Party, Obama politicized the census by moving it out of the Department of Commerce and into the White House.


His dogged determination to turn our country into a failed socialist nation was in full evidence when Obama nationalized General Motors and Chrysler. He gave to the unions control over the two giant automobile manufacturers, while freezing out retired investors and allocating billions of taxpayer dollars to this socialist power grab. As a further slap in our economic face, he expanded the corporate bailouts, including giving billions to AIG without pre-conditions. Then, to add insult to injury, Obama doubled our national debt with his out-of-control spending.

Obama is spending so brazenly because he is counting on Americans being lulled into complacency by the time of the 2010 elections. By design, the bulk of the "stimulus" funds will be spent, just in time, to spur a false recovery. The "recovery" will be hailed as proof of Obama's wisdom by the liberal media. It will not matter that the so-called recovery will not be real, or that it won't last – as long as Obama and liberal Democrats stay in control of our government.

Demonstrating his willingness to operate without regard for our laws, Obama fired two inspector generals (IG’s) who were investigating illegal activities by Obama cronies. Obama fired the IG’s even though, by law, inspector generals are authorized to conduct investigations without interference from government officials.

Blatantly, Obama refused to prosecute Black Panthers caught on video intimidating voters at a polling place in Philadelphia during the 2008 election.

Further, Obama filled his cabinet with five people who have cheated on their taxes, and two of his other nominees withdrew after they were exposed as tax cheats.

Obama and his supporters scoffed at parents and called them racist for not wanting their children indoctrinated by Obama with his K-12 speech. Obama’s talking about the value of education was not the problem. What rankled citizens was the lesson plan from the Department of Education – before it was changed under pressure from the public – that required children to write papers about how to help Obama achieve his radical agenda.

Obama has publicly asserted that...
  • some corporations, including 'Big Oil' and medical insurance companies, make 'obscene profits' (they don't compared with many other industries) and that his 'compensation czar' will look into executive compensation...
  • medical insurance companies need a 'public option' to keep them 'honest,' ...
  • He wants a government-guaranteed 'level playing field' of wealth redistribution via taxing those deemed to have too much.

The lack of any check on Obama’s power, due to a veto-proof Democrat-controlled Congress and a lap dog liberal media, has caused Obama to boldly assert his radical agenda and surround himself with a stable of over 30 advisors called "Czars". These unaccountable Obama-appointees are beholden only to Obama. They are not unanswerable to Congress or the American people, as was intended by our Constitution which requires congressional confirmation hearings and oversight of political appointees. Among those Czars are Communists, Marxists and other characters with troubling backgrounds and questionable credentials who should not be allowed anywhere near the White House. Gone is media outrage over abuse of power or an imperial presidency, as well as any angst about the shredding of our Constitution.

The preceding comments were excerpted from an article entitled:

OBAMA – A CHARMING LIAR?
By Frances Rice,
a retired lawyer and Army Lieutenant Colonel,
who is chairman of the National Black Republican Association.
http://www.nbra.info/

Read the entire article here:

http://blackrepublican.blogspot.com/

Monday, September 7, 2009

September 7, 2009

Dear Congressman Neugebauer,

I very much love reading your weekly updates.

I’m so very pleased that you have stated, "I cannot support any plan that includes a government-run option...but I do not believe bigger government and more spending is the solution."

Thank you sir.

But I must take exception to the center portion of your statement..."We can all agree there is room for improvement in our health care system..."

Randy,
The health care system here in the U.S. is WITHOUT A DOUBT the very best in the entire world...!

I have been a health care provider right here in Texas since 1980.

Randy, there is NO health care system ANYWHERE that even comes close to what we provide right here in the U.S.
Never ever do you hear of Americans traveling to Canada for health care...!

Never ever do you hear of Americans traveling to Great Britain for health care...!

Never ever do you hear of Americans traveling to France, or Cuba, or Saudi Arabia, or Sweden, or Russia for health care...!

Randy, I am sooooooooooooooooo appreciative that you have said, "as long as a plan to nationalize our healthcare system is on the table, I will vote against it".

But Randy, here’s my problem:
  • Realizing that there is NO health care system ANYWHERE that even comes close to what we provide right here in the U.S., and
  • Realizing that Americans just simply don’t travel abroad for their health care...


I DO NOT agree that, "We can all agree there is room for improvement in our health care system..."


May I suggest that conservatives stop using that phrase, which has implications that are so far from the truth that are so unrealistic that it misleads the American public.


When people say that, "We can all agree there is room for improvement in our health care system..." they are misunderstanding something of critical importance...

  • there is NO health care system ANYWHERE that even comes close to what we provide right here in the U.S.,and
  • they are impugning the integrity of physicians like myself.


It’s not our health care system that is broken..............!


It’s ACCESS to our health care system that people are really talking about...!


We’re not really talking about the health care system itself, but some sort of reform of health insurance coverage.


Most of the current polls say that Americans are satisfied with their current health care insurance.


I know that you are NOT a liberal, but liberals like to spout things that too many conservatives tend to latch onto. For example, I don’t accept the liberal premise that our health care system is broken, and my patients throughout Abilene and all of West Texas don’t either.


Randy, please stop saying that, "We can all agree there is room for improvement in our health care system..."


Sincerely,


Dr. Chris Albritton
Abilene, TX

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Hands OFF my Health Care...!!!

Dear Senator Cornyn,

Hands OFF my health care...!!!

President Obama's health plan would put government bureaucrats in charge of my health care.

I reject his plan.

I want to make my own choice of medical professionals.

I want my doctor to decide when and what care I need, NOT a government bureaucrat.

As a health care professional here in Abilene since 1980, I know that government run health care WILL lead to rationing of care for senior citizens and long waits for treatment for everyone, just as it has in Canada.

It is time for Washington politicians to listen to the people and refuse to pass government run health care.

One size does not fit all when it comes to health care for Americans.

There is absolutely NO reason that health care reform must be railroaded through Congress this year.

Please continue to Strongly Oppose Obama and liberal democrats on this abomination called "ObamaCare".

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Dr. Chris Albritton
Abilene, TX

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Obama's Health Care Plan

Dear Senator Cornyn,

I just read your op-ed entitled "Lower The Cost Of Health Care Without Sacrificing Control To Washington". ( http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/2009/06/18/0618cornyn_edit.html )

I agree 100%.

I'm a physician in Abilene, TX, in solo private practice, and I have 7 full time employees.

If the Obama health care plan is enacted, I will not be able to afford to pay health care benefits to all 7 of my employees.

Obama's health care plan WILL FORCE ME TO TERMINATE TWO EMPLOYEES...!

As a result of terminating two employees, I will not be able to see and treat all the patients who want to come to me with their health problems.

So, I have three questions:
  1. Will Obama dictate to me WHICH two employees to terminate?
  2. The two employees I have to terminate because of Obama's health care plan, will Obama find them another job to support their families?
  3. How will the Obama health care plan help patients in need of a physician find someone to care for them as so many other physicains, like myself, will be forced to cut back on employees and the number of patients we see?

Sincerely,

Dr. Chris Albritton
Abilene, TX