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Rescue Health Care Day Coalition
Physicians
Who Care
National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers, Inc.
And over 200 Consumer and Professional Groups across the U.S.
A
Petition to the Congress of the United States
No
More HMOs - Let’s Build a
Better System
We,
the undersigned, do hereby plead and petition the members of the Congress
of the United States the following:
That
the form of health care financing in the United States, commonly known as
corporate health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and other forms of
“managed care” must be wholly replaced as quickly as possible, for the
following reasons:
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That
this nation's practice of medicine has been corporatized,
creating a system in which the needs of the patient are no longer
the primary focus.
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Being
forced to bend their Hippocratic Oath, many physicians now follow
corporate dictates on medical care, fearing the loss of HMO
contracts (patients) if they stray.
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That
this has created a breach of medical ethics, resulting in the
destruction of the quality core of American medicine.
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That
we, as citizens and residents of the United States, demand the
freedom to choose all of our own physicians and other clinicians
based on their abilities and skills, rather than being assigned
to a "gatekeeper," who is given financial incentives
(capitation and other incentives) not to refer or to perform
adequate diagnostic testing or therapeutic procedures.
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That
the above system of managed care be abolished, as it creates a
conflict of interest between patient and clinician.
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That
HMO policies have resulted in the sacrifice of patients, who have
suffered agonizing pain, life-threatening worsening of mental
disorders and, in too many cases, death because a cold-blooded
and monstrous decision was made, directly or indirectly, by an
HMO executive to deny patients the life saving diagnostic
procedures and therapy that they deserved.
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That there be a
new beginning, where new alternative ideas on health care
financing will be presented to Congress, unimpeded by corporate
HMOs, with their legions of lobbyists and unlimited funds, which
have been used to block meaningful patient protection
legislation.
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Please
return signed petitions to:
National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers, Inc.
PO Box 438, Commack, NY 11725
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