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Tell Senators to just say “NO” to these disguised euthanasia bills: S 2080 and HR 647

December 7, 2019

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HALO MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Healthcare Advocacy and Leadership Organization is to promote, protect, and advocate for the rights of the medically vulnerable through direct patient and family interactions; through community education and awareness programs; and through promotion and development of concrete “life-affirming healthcare”* alternatives for those facing the grave consequences of healthcare rationing and unethical practices, especially those at risk of euthanasia and assisted suicide.

*”Life-affirming healthcare” is defined as medical care in which the paramount principle is the sanctity of life, which means that the life and safety of each person come first and each person receives medical care across their lifespan based on their need for care and never with an intention to hasten death, regardless of their abilities or perceived “quality of life.”

Tell Senators to just say “NO” to these disguised euthanasia bills:
S 2080 and HR 647

On behalf of Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC), USA, Nancy Elliott and Sara Buscher (attorney and member of HALO’s Board of Advisors) are organizing a grass roots contact with key Senators to stop passage of the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA). S.2080/H.R. 647. Both are in the Senate HELP Committee. For your information and use, talking points for opposing PCHETA are posted here: https://halorganization.com/pdf/Opposing-PCHETA-Talking-Points.pdf

We have learned that the Senate HELP committee has decided to report S.2080 out or include its language in a public health bill before the end of 2019. The Senate has a floor period from December 2 through the 13.

We sent letters to all the key Senators on Monday, December 2.

We propose that your organizations rally your members to contact key Senators NOW. Each senator is typically tallying the messages they receive on each side of each issue. The purpose of these emails/calls is to get a tally against the bill recorded.

SENATORS’ CONTACT INFO

We are asking you to call or email the following Senators, especially Senators Alexander, Cassidy, Enzi, Paul and Capito.

Their contact information follows and after that we have provided a sample Email and a sample Phone Call Script.

Senators on the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee:

Senator Lamar Alexander, Committee Chair

Staff: jennifer_boyer@help.senate.gov

Office: (202) 224-4944

Senator Mike Braun

Staff: reily_inman@braun.senate.gov

Office: (202) 224-4814

Senator Richard Burr

Staff: angela-wiles@help.senate.gov

Office: (202) 224-3154

Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D.

Staff:rob_butora@cassidy.senate.gov
Office: (202) 224-5824

Senator Susan Collins (she has signed on as a co-sponsor)

Staff: amy_pellegrino@aging.senate.gov

Office: (202) 224-2523

Senator Michael Enzi, Chair of Primary Health… Subcommittee

Staff: amanda_lincoln@help.senate.gov

Office: (202) 224-3424

Senator Johnny Isakson

Staff: will_dent@isakson.senate.gov

Office: (202) 224-3643

Senator Lisa Murkowski (she has signed on as a co-sponsor)

Staff: anna_dietderich@murkowski.senate.gov

Office: (202) 224-6665

Senator Rand Paul, M.D.

Staff: zach_bennett@paul.senate.gov

Office: (202) 224-4343

Senator Pat Roberts

Staff: bryan_wells@roberts.senate.gov

Office: (202) 224-4774

Senator Mitt Romney

Staff: jess_pavel@romney.senate.gov

Office: (202) 224-5251

Senator Bob Casey (said to be a Prolife Democrat)
Staff: gillian_mueller@casey.senate.gov
Office: (202) 224-6324

Not on Committee:

Senator Shelley Moore Capito   (She is the Republican Sponsor of S.2080)
Staff: dana_richter@capito.senate.gov
Office: 202-224-6472

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The Expendables: There’s More to Life than Death

April 17, 2018

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Contributor & author: Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD, (California) board-certified anesthesiologist and Board of Directors member and President-elect of Association of American Physicians and Surgeons  (see bio at bottom of release)

Preview:

  • April 16th begins a week of National Healthcare Decisions Day. Hopefully this week will encourage honest discussions not only about a so-called “good death” but the value of an individual’s life.
  • These rationing systems devalue the benefits the disabled, elderly, or others with a lower life expectancy could receive from a given treatment.
  • A nationwide multi-medical center study revealed the inadequacy of written living wills or the generic check-the-box Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST). Based solely on these documents, physicians reached a consensus (95 percent agreement) on code status and resuscitation decisions in only two out of nine clinical scenarios.
  • And to my fellow physicians: ask yourself what you would recommend to the parents of a 19 month old deaf and blind toddler who needed extensive intensive care. Helen Keller’s parents have the answer.

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A constitutional look at the healthcare bill…you’re not going to like this.

January 4, 2010

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“However, as scary as all of that is, it just scratches the surface.  In fact, I have concluded that this legislation really has no intention of providing affordable health care choices.  Instead it is a convenient cover for the most massive transfer of power to the Executive Branch of government that has ever occurred, or even been contemplated.”

From: Michael Connelly 
            Retired attorney, 
            Constitutional Law Instructor 
            Carrollton, Texas  
Well, I have done it!  I have read the entire text of proposed House Bill 3200: The Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009.  I studied it with particular emphasis from my area of expertise, constitutional law.  I was frankly concerned that parts of the proposed law that were being discussed might be unconstitutional.  What I found was far worse than what I had heard or expected. 

To begin with, much of what has been said about the law and its implications is in fact true, despite what the Democrats and the media are saying.  The law does provide for rationing of health care, particularly where senior citizens and other classes of citizens are involved, free health care for illegal immigrants, free abortion services, and probably forced participation in abortions by members of the medical profession. 

The Bill will also eventually force private insurance companies out of business, and put everyone into a government run system.  All decisions about personal health care will ultimately be made by federal bureaucrats, and most of them will not be health care professionals.  Hospital admissions, payments to physicians, and allocations of necessary medical devices will be strictly controlled by the government. 

However, as scary as all of that is, it just scratches the surface. More

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