Congress and the new Health Plan

[Elizabeth Ziebarth]

WELL, WE FINALLY HAVE A CHANCE !!!!!!!!

Please pass this on!!

On Tuesday, the Senate health committee voted 12-11 in favor of a
two-page amendment courtesy of Republican Tom Coburn that would require all
Members and their staffs to enroll in any new government-run health plan.
Yet all Democrats - with the exceptions of acting chairman Chris Dodd,
Barbara Mikulski and Ted Kennedy via proxy - voted nay.
It took me less than a minute to sign up to require our congressmen
and senators to drink at the same trough! Three cheers for Congressman John
Fleming of Louisiana !
Congressman John Fleming ( Louisiana physician) has proposed an
Amendment that would require congressmen and senators to take the same
healthcare plan they force on us (under proposed legislation they are
curiously exempt).
Congressman Fleming is encouraging people to go on his Website and
sign his petition (very simple - just first, last and email). I have
immediately done just that at Senator Flemminhg's website:
http://fleming.house.gov/index.html. Please urge as many people as you can
to do the same!
If Congre
ss forces this on the American people, the Congressmen
should have to accept the same level of health care for themselves and their
families.
My apologies if you've already received this, but it's too important
to let congress just ram this legislation thru - this is the only way they
will slow down and think about this!
Dean Adkins


PS - it may take a couple of tries to sign onto the petition as the website
has been overloaded - just hit the "back" arrow and resubmit until it goes
thru.

[Ken & Mary Mitts]

Thanks SO MUCH for this information!