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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">"Third, I personally
was looking forward to seeing Mr. Crabtree’s howls of indignation the first time
a clinic refused to provide prenatal care to a welfare mother with more children
than she can support. Or, the first time a married woman was denied
insurance coverage for baby number three, four, five, or more. Or, the
first time one of his buddies was denied his ED medication. Or, a loved
one was denied reconstructive surgery following a mastectomy. And so
forth."</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><FONT
color=#000000>She sets 'em up and she knocks 'em down! The straw men, that is.
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><FONT
color=#000000>She then goes on to make a specious argument that involves
fiscal responsibility. It's good to start ones day with a hearty belly laugh.
Keep it up Ms.Lund. Now that D.L. Hughley is a "journalist/news commentator"
there's a slot for angry comedienne that's come open. The similarity in
hairdo's should aid in the transition.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><FONT
color=#000000>The fact of the matter is that not one of your
examples forces the health care provider to be complicit in the death of a
child. Yip and squeal all you like, killing people is not the equivalent of
being denied a boner pill and someone who thinks our new demander in chief trots
on water really has no chops for making an economic responsibility
presentation.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=sslund_2007@verizon.net href="mailto:sslund_2007@verizon.net">Saundra
Lund</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 03, 2009 11:46
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Obama to
Rescind Conscience Rule</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Tongue planted
firmly in cheek, I have to say that I don’t think the Conscience Rule was all
bad </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">J</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> Of course,
it helps that it was drafted by morons who didn’t bother to think about
anything other than trying to ram their beliefs down the throats – and into
the pocketbooks – of everyone.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">First, I think
folks should read what it actually says and what it actually requires.
It’s freely available in the CRF – have a good read.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Second, isn’t it
absolutely amazing that so many of the people – who lost the election – are
screaming about evil government and wanting to keep evil government as small
as possible except when they want it to advance their personal agendas?
Why, the unmasking of the hypocrisy alone is worth the price of admission,
isn’t it?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Third, I
personally was looking forward to seeing Mr. Crabtree’s howls of indignation
the first time a clinic refused to provide prenatal care to a welfare mother
with more children than she can support. Or, the first time a married
woman was denied insurance coverage for baby number three, four, five, or
more. Or, the first time one of his buddies was denied his ED
medication. Or, a loved one was denied reconstructive surgery following
a mastectomy. And so forth.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Because, of
course, the “Conscience Rule” allowed health providers (the definition of
which was incredibly broad) to refuse to provide, participate in (even
tangentially), provide referrals, or process claims and payments not only on
the basis of “sincere religious belief,” but also “moral conviction.”
Thus, health care delivery in this country was turned into an arena where
others were given free rein to force their religious beliefs and moral
convictions on the rest of us.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">And, let’s think .
. . just for a minute . . . about implementation. In order to maintain
adequate standards of care, this moronic “Conscience Rule” opened the door for
employers – including the government – to stick their noses into the religious
beliefs and moral convictions of their employees and potential
employees. How else could they make sure to staff adequately for
whatever situation might arise? You wouldn’t want, for instance, the
only lab employee on duty to be a Jehovah’s Witness who is willing to do all
the work except those pertaining to transfusions if you were the victim of a
drunk driver and needed an emergency blood transfusion, would
you?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">So, that brings us
to the next inevitable result: skyrocketing health care costs.
Because in order to maintain adequate standards of care, more employees would
be required at all times to pick up the slack of those refusing to do all
aspects of the jobs they were hired to do. So, not only was our care –
and not just those pertaining to family planning, reproductive freedom, and
end of life care – to be dictated by the religious beliefs and moral
convictions of those calling the shots, but we were supposed to pay for the
increased financial burden of those religious beliefs and convictions.
Yeah, that was gonna be real helpful for those of us already struggling with
out-of-control health care costs.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Yuppers, that
“Conscience Rule” was a real brilliant move conceived by incredibly brilliant
people, huh? It would have been a real hoot to see their spittle-flecked
outraged faces when they realized the Pandora’s Box they
opened.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Saundra<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Moscow,
ID<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The only thing
necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
nothing.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">~ Edmund
Burke<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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