LPM OnlineOctober 5, 1999 |
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There will be a meeting at the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Auditorium (1200 N. Telegraph Rd., Pontiac) on October 5, 1999 at 7:30 PM to provide information to, and get feedback from the public on the planned 911 telephone tax. This tax money will be used to upgrade the 911 system to pinpoint the location of cellular phone callers. Would you like to let the County know what you think of yet another tax? Here's your chance. The FCC is requiring all 911 plans to have the capability of automatically identifying the location of cellular phone callers by June 2000. See the national LP news release at: http://www.lp.org/rel/990922-phone.html for more details on this invasion of individual privacy.
The Libertarian Party of Oakland County has a new meeting place, Sila's Restaurant in Berkley. Sila's is located at 4033 W. 12 Mile Rd., Berkley, two blocks east of Greenfield. The LPOC Executive Committee will meet at Sila's on October 13, 1999 at 6:30 PM for dinner, business begins at 7:30 PM. Don't miss the General Membership Meeting on October 27, 1999 at Sila's. Meet for dinner at 6:30 PM, business meeting begins at 7:30 PM.
Earlier this year, the national Libertarian Party launched their DefendYourPrivacy.com web site to halt the "Know Your Customer" rule that was about to be foisted upon our banks. DefendYourPrivacy.com was a resounding success, resulting in over 170,000 emails being sent, and a fast halt to a bad rule. Now, the Libertarian Party of Michigan, which has already made an impact with its radio ad campaigns, will be launching SpeakOutMichigan.org - a web site designed to make grass roots activism as simple as clicking a few buttons on your keyboard. LPM members have the opportunity to get a sneak peak at this web site and test it out before the official launch next week. Don't be afraid to click any buttons, email is sent to a test address rather than your legislator until the official launch next week. Check it out and let us know what you think.
http://www.SpeakOutMichigan.org
At the same time that doctors are attempting to form unions nationwide, the nation's largest physician groups have banded together to push for universal health insurance for all Americans. They have launched a public campaign to make universal coverage the top priority in the 2000 presidential election. However, the coverage they want to ensure could really be a mandate on the American public. They want to force Americans to buy (or government to pay for) health insurance that covers "generally accepted standards of medical practice, supported by outcomes-based evidence." Who will define the standards? Who will define the outcomes? The new unions? Will our treatment choices be limited to only those approved by "peer-reviewed", union-backed journals? Imagine Universal Religion --------------------------Can you imagine what would happen if the nation's largest religious groups banded together to declare that religion is a "right," and that all Americans should be forced to join a church that offers "generally accepted standards of religion, supported by outcomes-based evidence?" We would never tolerate such dominance over our religious decisions. Do we really want to allow such control over our health care choices? Watch for Rhetoric ------------------In the coming months, watch out for the buzzwords "universal" and "right to health care." This rhetoric might sound good. But mandatory universal coverage could strip Americans of their freedom to buy the health services they prefer. We might end up with "unionversal" health care for all. You can view the statement "All Americans Must Have Health Insurance" at the following Web site address:
http://www.aafp.org/news/990614nr.html
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This article was originally published in the July/August
1999 issue of "Health Freedom Watch", the bimonthly watchdog
report published by the Institute for Health Freedom.
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