Climate change: this is the worst scientific scandal of our generation - Telegraph

Climate change: this is the worst scientific scandal of our generation - Telegraph

Press Conference to support legislation for protection of health care freedom

At 1 PM Wednesday January 27th, please attend the Press Conference to
support legislation for protection of health care freedom. The location of
the Press Club http://www.press.org/directions.cfm at 1 PM 529 14th St NW,
13th floor NW, Washington DC 20045 Tel # 202 662-7500. Due to security for
the State of the Union on Wednesday, we will not be allowed onto the Capitol
for Cong. Michele Bachman's 2:30 PM Press Conference. This legislation
http://bachmann.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=167681
US Congresswoman
*Michele Bachmann* contacted grassroots TEA Party Patriots, 912
organizations to hold a Press Conference in support of Cong. Bachmann, Cong.
King & Cong. Gomert for the *Declaration of Health Care Independence*.

*By Metro*

- Take Metro to Metro Center.
- Take the 13th Street Exit, take escalator to 13th Street; you should
be at the corner of 13th and G Streets.
- Walk one block south to F Street.
- Turn right (West) and walk one block to 14th Street
- Turn left and walk downhill to the National Press Building lobby.
- Enter and take the elevators to the 13th Floor

*From Montgomery County*

- Take River Road south to Goldsboro Road and turn Right.
- Turn Left onto Massachusetts Avenue.
- Follow Massachusetts Avenue to 14th Street NW and turn right.
- From 14th Street turn left onto G Street - the PMI Garage is halfway
down the block on the left at 1325 G Street
- Walk out of the garage and turn right. At 14th Street turn left. Walk 1
1/2 blocks to the entrance to the National Press Building.
- Enter and take the elevators to the 13th Floor

*From Virginia*

- I-395 North
- Follow signs to 14th Street Bridge; Exit to 14th St
- Continue north on 14th St past Washington Monument past Freedom
Plaza and Pennsylvania Ave

Kirby's day on the Hill to Welcome Sen. Brown

Kirby's day on the Hill to Welcome Sen. Brown

http://blogs.wsj.com/photojournal/2010/01/22/photos-of-the-week-jan-16-jan-22/
http://www.life.com/image/95921671

Today I went on Senate Hill with the US flag and a sign, "Thank You Massachusetts, Welcome Sen. Brown" and on the back side of sign " Harry, Democrats, Its the Jobs, Economy, Stupid". I was interview by CBS, Boston Globe, Roll Call, National Journal, Politico, AP, NY Times and several others.

Sen. Brown came out of the Senate Chamber Protocol, passed the press and came right to me and shook hands. Then even more press surrounded me and begin to ask questions. I think over 200 pictures were taken by press in all during the day. Many students here for the Pro Life Rally on Friday stopped and took pictures with me and sign. It was some day. I think the reason was that so many where on the Hill to document Sen. Brown's first appearance on Capitol Hill and I was the only one with a sign.

I told them that this AM I decided I wanted to be on the Hill for all those Tea Party Patriots and Doctors that came from across the country on 9/12 and 11/5 to tell Congress they were wrong on HC. That however the Democrats had not listened to the people because the Demo's had power to do what ever they wanted. That now with the Miracle in Massachusetts that the democrats would have to go back to the drawing board.

Told some of Brown's campaign workers that I had to admit I never believed he would win, that I did not believe that Massachusetts would elect a Republican and I did not want to get my hopes up. Sen. McCain saw my sign as his car drove up to the Protocol got out with a big smile, waved and said thank you.

Shook hands with Sen Sam Brownback KS, Sen. John Ensign NV and Tony Perkins Family Research Council.

But it was a great day for a hobby political person. There were a lot of happy people on Capitol Hill today. I was there from 10:30 AM-4:30 PM

Never Elect and Give a Party Total Power over the People

Ron Kirby

SENATORS “STICK IT” TO STATES

By Woodrow Wilcox

Every U.S. Senator who voted for the health care reform bill “stuck” every State in the Union with a big bill that no State needs right now during a recession and falling revenues.

Because the health care reform bill affects every State by expanding Medicaid and demanding other new State expenditures, the new law will cost states billions of dollars at a time when the states have budget problems already.

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration reported that the Senate bill will cost Indiana $2.3 billion over the next ten years. Much of the costs will happen in the first few years during the transition from the current systems to the new systems under the health care reform bill. The report states that the administrative costs for Indiana to change to an expanded Medicaid would be about $200 million.
Evan Bayh was the only U.S. Senator from Indiana who voted for the senate’s health care reform bill. The bill that Senator Bayh supported will cancel $450 billion in Medicare benefits to senior citizens, too.

To pay the costs of transitioning to the new health care reform law, every state will have to raise taxes or cut spending on current programs and services. Neither alternative presents an attractive political choice.

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Written on December 26, 2009 by Woodrow Wilcox
Wilcox News Service

The Art of Political War for Tea Parties – by David Horowitz

The Art of Political War for Tea Parties – by David Horowitz

BE A RESPONSIBLE ELECTED LEGISLATOR

BE A RESPONSIBLE ELECTED LEGISLATOR
By Woodrow Wilcox

Be a responsible elected legislator. A responsible elected legislator reads and studies a proposed bill before voting on it. A responsible elected legislator allows time for the voters to read and study a proposed law and advise their legislators about what they like or don’t like about it. A responsible elected legislator takes seriously the oath of office promise “to protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies . . . .” How can you uphold that oath without reading and studying a bill or amendment before voting on it? You can’t. It is impossible. How would you know for sure that no part of the bill harms the Constitution and the liberties that it guarantees?

Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi have become high pressure sales artists. They want legislators to vote on Saturday nights when voters can’t reach legislators through the normal switchboards. They ask legislators to vote for bills or amendments without first reading them. Those are the tactics of high pressure sales artists.

If you sign a contract without reading it first because a high pressure sales artist persuades you to sign before reading and understanding the contract, then you are irresponsible. If you support a bill or amendment or procedure to forward a bill or amendment without reading it, studying it, and allowing the voters to review it and advise you, then you are an irresponsible legislator. And the label of “IRRESPONSIBLE” will stick on you in the next election.

High pressure sales artists pressure their victims to sign a contract before reading it because the high pressure sales artists don’t want the victim to learn what is in the contract before signing it. So, don’t be a victim of the high pressure sales tactics of Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. Be a responsible elected legislator. Allow the people to review every proposed law, amendment, and procedure and advise you on what they would like you to do. If you will insist on listening to the people in this way, then in the next election, no one will be able to brand you as “IRRESPONSIBLE”.

Note: For over six years, Woodrow Wilcox has helped senior citizens to correct medical bill errors that were caused by mistakes at Medicare and the VA clinics. Wilcox has saved senior citizens over $600,000 by canceling such wrongful charges. Also, Wilcox has edited a study on the problems caused for poor people, doctors, hospitals, insurance companies, and insured patients by the Medicaid system. For other health care related articles or videos by Woodrow Wilcox, visit http://www.medicareproblems.net.


Written on November 20, 2009 by
Woodrow Wilcox

OBAMA’S UNFAIR CRITICISM OF INSURANCE COMPANIES

S. O. S. – SPEAKING OF SENIORS
OBAMA’S UNFAIR CRITICISM OF INSURANCE COMPANIES

By Woodrow Wilcox

Recently, Obama has been criticizing insurance companies. He has claimed that insurance companies make huge profits on health insurance. He has claimed that insurance companies charge for doing administrative work that has nothing to do with health care. To people who don’t know the details of the health care system, Obama’s claims may sound good. But, a closer examination of the facts will prove that Obama is wrong.

In recent weeks, both the Wall Street Journal and the Associated Press have published stories giving the facts about health care insurance profits or lack thereof. Part of the headline of an article by Brett Arends in the Wall Street Journal read “INSURERS’ PROFITS ARE SO SLIM, IT WOULD BE HARD FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM TO WHITTLE THEM FURTHER”.

The Pulitzer Prize winning website POLITIFACT (www.politifact.com) called Obama on a false statement about insurance company profits last July.

On the other hand, an Associated Press story by Hope Yen about a government report government report that was just released exposes the fact that the MEDICARE system alone paid $47 billion in false or questionable claims in fiscal 2009.

Because I write articles about Medicare problems and have edited studies on Medicaid and the VA system, people send me information about problems in the system. One fellow from California who works for a billing service that deals with MEDICAL (California Medicaid) told me that he noticed suspicious billing. He created a program to spot suspicious billing and found over $2 million of questionable bills in a six month period. He brought the evidence to his supervisors, but they were not interested in contacting authorities because it was a small figure in percentage terms and they did not want the extra work. Based on what the informant told me, I extrapolated that suspicious claims in the MEDICAL system might be costing California taxpayers over $12 billion per year.

In the same government report, the Medicaid program for the poor spent $18.1 billion on false or suspicious claims. Also, the report reveals that the government agency over Medicare ignored internal watchdog or whistleblower warnings about fraudulent or suspicious billing.

Suspicious, false, and fraudulent claims cost billions of dollars per year in higher federal and state taxes.

Insurance companies must follow the laws and regulations on health care. Yes, there are administrative costs. But, almost all the administrative costs associated with health care insurance relates to complying with federal and state laws. When a suspicious or false claim is approved by Medicare, the insurance company that sold a Medicare supplement insurance policy must pay its share of the claim even if it believes that the claim is false.

In the Medicaid system, government policy “arm-twists” doctors and other medical service providers to take less than a standard fee for services. This government policy has made many doctors reluctant to help Medicaid patients because they can not even charge the government what they need to “break even” on their costs. This lack of available doctors has driven many poor people to overflow and overwhelm hospital emergency rooms. The hospitals don’t get paid by Medicaid what they need to “break even”. So the hospital increases charges for people who have insurance to make up the difference. This results in higher claims paid and premiums charged by insurance companies. Again, it is a government policy that creates the problem.

If we really want to fix the health care system and reduce costs, we need to work on fixing the government side of the problem first because that is the biggest source of problems. If Obama and his allies in Congress impose a national health care system that is based on the current systems, the problems will get worse and costs will rise even more.

In past articles, I have estimated that erroneous medical bills that are caused by mistakes at Medicare cost senior citizens in the U.S. OVER ONE BILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR IN FALSE CHARGES. That estimate is based on my experience in helping senior citizens to correct over $600,000 of bad medical bills at the insurance agency where I work. The source of these wrongful charges is mistakes in the Medicare system.

If you think that health care is expensive now, just wait until the federal government makes it “free”.

Note: Woodrow Wilcox is the senior medical bill problem solver at Senior Care Insurance Services in Merrillville, Indiana. That is the largest senior citizen oriented insurance agency in the Midwest. For other Medicare related articles and videos by Wilcox, visit www.medicareproblems.net.



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Written on November 16, 2009 by

Woodrow Wilcox

Wilcox News Service