[StBernard] ****** SENIORS *********to every age,PLEASE READ

[Westley Annis]

	I had one of the most troubling, most disturbing conversations ever
with 
	Dr. Suzanne Allen, head of emergency services at the Johnson City
MedicalCenter in Tennessee . We were discussing the "future" and I asked her
had she seen any affects of Obama Care in her work?
	
	"Oh, yes. We are seeing cutbacks throughout the services we provide.
For 
	example, we are now having to deal with patients who would normally
receive 
	dialysis can no longer be accepted. In the past, there was always
automatic 
	approval under Medicare for anyone who needed dialysis -- not
anymore." So, 
	what will be their outcome? "They will die soon without dialysis,"
she 
	stated.
	
	What about other services? She indicated as of 2013 (after the
election), no 
	one over 75 will be given major medical procedures unless approved
by 
	locally administered Ethics Panels. These Panels will determine
whether a 
	patient receives medical treatment or not. While details on specific

	operating procedures and schedules, Dr. Allen points out that most 
	life-threatening emergencies do not occur during normal hospital
business 
	hours, and if there are emergencies that depend to be resolve within
minutes 
	or just few hours, the likely hood of getting these Panels approval
in time 
	to save a life are going to be very challenging and difficult, if
not 
	impossible she said.
	
	This applies to major operations such as receiving stents, bypass
surgery, 
	kidney operations, or treating for an aneurysm that would be
normally 
	covered under Medicare today. In other words, if you needed a
life-saving 
	operation, Medicare will not provide coverage anymore after 2013 if
you are 
	75 or over. When in 2013? "We haven't been given a specific date --
could be 
	in January or July....but it's after the election."
	
	This is shocking to any of us who will be 75 this year. Her advice
-- get 
	healthy and stay healthy. We do not know the specifics of the actual

	implementation of the full Obama Care policies and procedures --
"they 
	haven't filtered down to the local level yet. But we are already
seeing 
	severe cuts in what we provide to the elderly -- we refused dialysis
to an 
	individual who was 78 just the other day....we refused to give
stents to a 
	gentleman who was in his late 80s." Every day, she said, we are
seeing these 
	cutbacks aimed at reducing care across the board for anyone who is
over 75.
	
	We can only hope that Obama Care will be overturned by the Supreme
Court
	-- otherwise, this is a death sentence to those who are over
75....perhaps 
	you should pass this on to your friends who are thinking of voting
for Obama 
	this year.
	
	Regardless if you have private health care coverage now (I have
Aetna 
	Medicare Part B) -- it will no longer apply after 2013 if the Ethics
Panels 
	disapprove of a procedure that may save your life.
	Scary, scary, scary. Think about this? You? Your parents? Your loved
ones?
	
	Didn't know about it? Of course, not. As Nancy Pelosi said...."well,
if you 
	want to know what's in the bill, you'll have to read it....." After
it was 
	passed.
	
	This is a graphic reminder of the need to stay healthy. Get your
plot now at 
	Forest Lawn....while they last. Is this a death sentence to those of
us who 
	will reach 75?.....Yes! 

						Please do pass this along to
those in your address book.