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In This
Issue ·
Meadowlands ·
A Letter to our
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A Little Bit
of Humor… E-Mail
cynthia.davis@house.mo.gov Find me
on
Committees Special
Committee on Children and Families Chair Chair Special Committee on State
Parks and Waterways Official Homepage for Official Government Homepage for your
Look up Look up Consumer Complaints & Fraudulent Activity, No-Call List Federal
Links Congressman Blaine
Luetkemeyer |
The
Meadowlands Ribbon Cutting
I
attended a ribbon cutting at the Meadowlands last week. In the above
photo, I am presenting a resolution to Kevin Kast, Managing
Member.
This
is an advanced assisted living and memory care facility. This
project includes an 86-bed, 53,000-square-foot facility that provides
specialized care to elderly and memory care patients.
Located
in O’Fallon off
We
welcome all brave entrepreneurs who are improving our choices in
O’Fallon. Healthcare
Choices Many of
you have written or called my office to ask me about the national
healthcare bill. My best advice is to have meaningful interaction
with your representatives in congress. While many may have never
done this before, now is a good time to start. Their offices exist
for the purpose of bringing our best interests to Representative
Davis’ Letter to Dear
Senators Bond and McCaskill and Representatives Akin and
Luetkemeyer, As the
Representative for District 19 in the Missouri House of Representatives, I
have some questions and concerns about the national-healthcare
proposal. As an elected official, I understand the pressure you may
feel to placate the leadership in Remember
the old expression, “If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it.”? Why would
anyone want to change the best healthcare system in the entire
world? The only part of healthcare causing discontent is the rising price of healthcare.
All the bills under consideration will do little to drive down costs; this
means the proposal on the table fails to address the biggest problem.
Finding ways to funnel more money to the providers without making
them compete for customers is anti-free-market and moves our country
closer to socialism. If you
are sincere about making a difference in the real health care problems we
face, I would like you to address these
issues: ü
Why
don’t you let amendments pass that will assure us you will not be using
our money to pay for unethical extermination of innocent human beings? For
more information: view it
online ü
Why not
exchange the current Medicaid program for health savings accounts or
healthcare vouchers which gives the consumer the incentive to save?
Even if people are on Medicaid, they are still capable of making choices
that will be in their best interest. ü
Why
don’t we make all medical
expenses (including dental, lasik, and eyeglasses) tax
deductible? ü
Stop
showing disdain for those who don’t have medical insurance. There
are some very fine Amish and Mennonite constituents in ü
What is
being done to increase transparency? If you ask your providers how
much a test or drug will cost, they usually can’t tell you because they
don’t know. How would any other industry operate if you were forced
to purchase a service without knowing what you will
pay? ü
Why do
you spend money you don’t have? How about paying off the national
debt and then when you have a surplus, you give it back to the taxpayers
so we can purchase the healthcare of our
choice? ü
From
where does congress receive constitutional authority to be passing any
kind of healthcare bill?
The
Math:
Cost of medical care +
Cost of processing paperwork, overhead for buildings and
staff +
Less concern or interest about the price
tag _____________________________________________________________ =
more money being redistributed out of the taxpayer’s wallets and into the
bank accounts for hospitals, insurance companies and
administrators. Cost of more people on government insurance is
> current conditions. It is
counterproductive for our congress to be spending time on something that
will take us backward. I have served the public in an elected
capacity for more than 15 years and have never once had a constituent ask me
to change our healthcare system. I believe those pushing this in
I
welcome your reply and would be eager to speak with you if you would like
to call me. My office is always open to
you. Sincerely,
Representative
District
19 How to
contact your If you
live within Representative Davis’ district: Senator
Kit Bond - Senator
Claire McCaskill - Representative
Todd Akin - Representative
Blaine Luetkenmeyer – If you
are outside Representative Davis’ district and don’t know who is your
1) Click
on the 2)
Locate the Legislator
Look-up box on the lower-right corner; enter your 9-digit zip
(if you do not know your +4 zip extension, use the Look-up +4 box and follow the
directions) then click the GO box. The screen will list your
State as well as 3) Place
your pointer over the Representative’s name and one left-click should take
you directly to their website whereon you can find a CONTACT tab either on
the top, side or bottom of their website to use to contact them.
You can
only email them through their websites. You cannot e-mail them directly
because of the email filters. This will require you to use an
internet connection. I have the links to their websites on the left side
bar of this Capitol Report. Your
thoughts are important to me, so please let me know what you think about
the national healthcare proposal. You can send me your opinion by
clicking here: Cynthia Davis A Little
Bit of Humor
A
doctor, a nurse and an HMO president all die at the same time and arrive
in heaven. God says
to the doctor, “Why do you deserve to stay in
heaven?” The
doctor replies, “I am a doctor and I treated the sick all my
life.” God
smiles and declares her work to be good and the doctor is permitted to
stay in heaven. God then
asks the nurse, “Why do you deserve to stay in heaven?”
The
nurse says, “God, I have done your work all my life. I have cared for the
sick, suffering and dying.” God
smiles at the nurse and declares his work to be good and the nurse is
permitted to stay in heaven. God then
turns to the HMO president and asks the same question, “Why do you deserve
to stay in heaven?” The HMO
president answers, “Well I was the president of the largest health
maintenance organization in the world. We insured millions of people for
their healthcare needs.” God thought for a moment and then said, “Well, I guess you qualify for a three day stay, but then you’ll have to go.”
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