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The Health Care bill before Congress does not have my support. Here is information you may be interested in reading. For those of you who think it is a good idea did you hear this: the Republicans put a Bill on the floor which they all voted for and the Democrats voted against. The Bill would have forced everyone in Congress to use the same health care as the health care they are currently debating. If that doesn't alarm you, then I don't know what else to write.


Calls Needed to Congress About National Healthcare Bill


Dear Colorado homeschooling families,

Our friends at the Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) have passed on an urgent message to us:


William A. Estrada, Esq.
Director of Federal Relations
July 21, 2009


Urgent calls are needed to the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate to oppose H.R. 3200, "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009." Although this bill does not directly impact homeschool freedoms, it would significantly impact parental rights and early childhood education. For more information, read HSLDA's legislative summary of H.R. 3200.

While this bill is being promoted as a way to reform health care and help Americans, it should be opposed because it would:


Spend billions of dollars to allow the federal government to fund home visitation programs, where government officials would enter homes and monitor children and instruct parents in how to raise their children;
Encourage states to pressure families to enroll their children in these home visitation programs;
Put the federal government in the healthcare business, resulting in loss of competition, loss of patient choice, and loss of patient freedom;
Require all health insurance plans, whether offered by a private company or the government, to include controversial "essential benefits," which courts or the Secretary of Health and Human Services may determine to include medical procedures which businesses and taxpayers may oppose on philosophical and religious grounds; and
Increase the size and power of the federal government.
Action


Please call your U.S. representative and your two U.S. senators, and ask them to oppose the federal government's takeover of health care. You need not identify yourself as a homeschooler. You can use some or all of the following message:


"Please oppose H.R. 3200, the 'America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009.' I am opposed to H.R. 3200's creation of home visitation programs through grants to the states. Parents, not federal or state officials, should make child-rearing decisions for their young children. Additionally, H.R. 3200 will expand the federal government's role, the federal deficit, and will interfere with medical decisions between my doctor and me."


Please also forward this information to as many of your friends as you can and urge them to call their elected officials. You can find the contact information for your U.S. representative by using HSLDA's Legislative Toolbox.