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

[Westley Annis]

somehow I doubt anyone here has had a conversation with a doc in Johnson
City Tenn.  Nevertheless:

http://patients.about.com/od/healthcarefraud/ss/Healthcare-Email-Video-And-W
ebsite-Scams-And-Hoaxes_2.htm

Obamacare is the subject of another email that claims that Dr. Suzanne
Allen, from Johnson City Medical Center in Tennessee talks about cutbacks in
her work, and claims that people over age 75 will no longer benefit from
major medical procedures unless they are approved by a local ethics panel.
There are so many aspects to this email which are wrong - including the fact
that this ***Dr. Allen claims she never said such a thing!***

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EdHerbert: <http://www.ask.com/answers/profile/15796141/edherbert>  6 days
ago The conversation is not true. The originator of the blog/email was a
guest in Dr. Allen's home. He is using Dr. Allen's name and that of Johnson
City Medical Center (JCMC) to wrongly promote his political position. She
was very upset that the individual would fabricate a conversation about
healthcare reform and use her name to add credibility to his position.

You can learn about Johnson City Medical Center (JCMC) at www.msha.com/jcmc.
You will see JCMC is a;

* not-for-profit medical center,
* our region's tertiary referral center for 29 counties,
* a safety net hospital caring for the uninsured/under-insured/charity
patients,
* a major teaching hospital with the East Tenn State University Quillen
College of Medicine,
* level I trauma center with four air ambulances bringing patients from as
far as 125 miles away
* the top heart hospital in East TN, one of the top 100 in the US
* designated perinatal center for this region by the State of TN.

Thank you for your email and you are welcome to share this information.
Ed Herbert
Vice President
herbertec at msha.com

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http://factcheck.org/2012/04/death-panels-redux/




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	       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.