President Obama is pressing for passage of the proposed plan before the August congressional recess. My daughter has MS and struggles to get adequate care here in the USA under the current plan. She belongs to an MS web group and personally hears about the non-existent and/or extreme time delayed care for those website members who live in Canada . I am a 71 year old senior who does not believe we should be forced to be more “accepting of conditions of aging”; we should receive every treatment available to science to provide extension of life with quality. How I thank God for those who developed the heart valve replacement procedure that my husband received several years ago. Without the repairs, he would have survived less than a year. Since the surgery he has led an active and normal life for which we thank God, and every health care professional who provided his successful treatment. Under the proposed plan people our age would not be valued enough to receive this life saving help, or any other. It sounds like the new plan treatment (if you even got to see a doctor) would be one called “shut up and die - - and, oh yeah, “here have some more pain medicine.” I told my husband they probably would like us to take the entire prescription at once and get off Social Security faster. These comments do not even begin to cover the medical care provisions that my extended family and friends have been privileged to receive; each one of you could add story after story to this. WE DON’T WANT THIS KIND OF ‘HEALTH CARE’ PLAN THAT CONGRESS IS PROPOSING! Tom Daschle and every member of congress should be forced to give up their plush government provided services they currently enjoy and have to live under the same care they would impose upon you and me. His comments and contribution to this plan shows just how callous and out of touch our elected officials have become. This email does not paint a rosy picture for the Government proposed health care system. Those passing it into law do not care because they have their own very good health care system for life that they voted for themselves long time ago; I guess this time if the comprehensive health care system passes anyone over 50, or critically ill, would just be allowed to die without medical care to reduce the costs of medical treatment. What will doctors do when all the population left alive is healthy and does not need much medical treatment? They will not make money and we won't need as many doctors!!! That will resolve the current problem of doctors and nurses shortage. Draw your own conclusions... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SENIOR DEATH WARRANTS The actress Natasha Richardson died after falling skiing in Canada . It took eight hours to drive her to a hospital. If Canada had our healthcare she might be alive today. In the United States , we have medical evacuation helicopters that would have gotten her to the hospital in 30 minutes. In England anyone over 59 cannot receive heart repairs or stents or bypass because it is not covered as it is either too expensive or not needed. Obama wants to have a healthcare system just like Canada 's and England 's. I got this today and am sending it on. If Obama's plans in other areas don't scare you ... this should. Please do not let Obama sign Senior Death Warrants. Everybody that is on this mailing list is either a senior citizen, is getting close or knows somebody that is. Most of you know by now that the Senate version (at least) of the "stimulus" Bill includes provisions for extensive rationing of health care for senior citizens. The author of this part of the bill, former Senator and tax evader, Tom Daschle was credited by Bloomberg with the following statement. Bloomberg: Daschle says "health-care reform will not be pain free. Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them." If this does not sufficiently raise your ire, just remember that our esteemed Senators and Congressmen have their own healthcare plan that is first dollar or very low co-pay which they are guaranteed the remainder of their lives and are not subject to this new law if it passes. Please use the power of the Internet to get this message out. Talk it up at the Grassroots level. We have an election coming up in 2010. And we have the ability to address and reverse the dangerous direction the Obama Administration and its allies have begun and in the interim. Let's do that !!! If you disagree, do nothing.