WATCH OUT! You are about to be Robbed. . .again

Promoted by Steven D, with minor edits.

This one should make you just happy as someone about to face a firing squad.

If we don’t do our best to contact our Senators and congress critters, and any part of this criminal legislation passes, 85 million people will find that they no longer have the health care coverage that they thought their Health Insurance afforded them, and there will be, of course new higher prices for what little coverage you get.

This idiot criminal, a Senator from Wyoming, Enzi, has a bill before the Senate to do away with ALL STATE REGULATIONS that govern health insurance. And have added the provision that any state, or states Attorney General that makes any law or regulation contravening this new Federal Law, or fail to comply with this law, will be taken to court by the Insurance Co.

Oh it’s a beauty, this one is.

Families USA Please follow the link to read about this in depth.

S. 1955, the Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization Act (HIMMA), was introduced by Sen. Michael Enzi (R-WY) and is slated for a floor vote in the U.S. Senate the week of May 8. This legislation, if enacted, will strip away almost all state-enacted consumer protections for people buying insurance individually or through their employers.

Though the bill’s alleged purpose is to make insurance affordable for small businesses, its reach is far greater than that: States will no longer be able to mandate coverage of benefits, services, or categories of providers for individuals, small groups, or large groups. Premium rating protections, enacted by states to make small group insurance more affordable to older and sicker workers, will be set aside. Insurers will be allowed to sue states that do not comply. The bill sets a ceiling on, but no floor under, what states can do to protect insurance consumers.

Here is some more helpful information:

What You Can Do to Counter Enzi Supporters and Protect Our Health Care

The Enzi bill would jeopardize the health care of 85 million Americans by overriding existing state laws that guarantee coverage of such crucial services as cervical, prostate, and colorectal cancer screenings, mammograms, mental health, well-child care, and many others.
Here’s what you can do:

Call your Senators: We had a wildly successful National Call-In Day on May 3rd, when more than 13,000 Americans called theirs Senators in opposition to the Enzi bill. So we’ve declared a Second National Call-In Day for Monday, May 8th.

Call Your Senators, Toll-Free:
1-800-828-0498 (it’s not to late to call them TODAY!)

If calling isn’t your thing, you can also e-mail your Senators here. We expect a vote will probably happen on Wednesday.

Support your Attorney General. As part of the wide front of opposition forming against this bill, 41 state attorneys general signed a letter opposing it. In this impressive letter, the AGs noted:

“Consumers rightfully expect their state government to require a minimum of health benefit protections and to protect them from abuse by health care insurers. Elimination of strong health protections in exchange for weak federal oversight fails consumers.”

Now, supporters of the Enzi bill are striking back, attacking the state attorneys general for doing their job–protecting our health care.

The National Federation of Independent Business issued a press release attacking the state attorneys general for opposing the bill, sending an “error-filled letter” and “misleading” legislators. The accompanying letter sent to the AGs goes on to make the same discredited arguments about Enzi we’ve heard before. A thorough debunking of these arguments, courtesy of the National Partnership for Women and Families, can be found here.
Do you live in one of these states?

Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin.

If so, your state AG signed this letter, and s/he needs your support! Take a minute to call your AG and thank him/her for opposing the Enzi bill. You can use the Web site of the National Association of Attorneys General to find your AG’s contact info.