Serious Vaccine Reactions to Now Be Called 'Coincidence'?

Every day Americans wake up to news reports that warn us about the dangers of influenza, especially the new H1N1 “swine flu”.
But swine flu is mild for most people and the virus is not mutating into a more serious form.
Millions of people around the world have recovered from swine flu, and millions more will get sick with fevers, body aches, nasal congestion, cough and sometimes diarrhea and vomiting and recover from it this year and next year without any complications.

Nonetheless, wide-scale vaccination is being encouraged -- even though swine flu vaccines have been tested on only a few thousand healthy Americans for a few weeks. There is little or no information about how safe the vaccine is for pregnant women and chronically ill or disabled children.
If you or your child are injured from getting a flu swine flu shot, you are on your own. Congress has shielded the vaccine manufacturers and any person giving swine flu shots from lawsuits if people get hurt.

There is no funded government vaccine injury compensation program for swine flu vaccine.
Do NOT let a doctor or anyone else tell you that a serious health problem you or your child experiences after vaccination is a coincidence and allow more shots to be given until you know for sure.

The most tragic cases of vaccine injury occur when vaccine reaction symptoms are dismissed as a 'coincidence" and more vaccines are given that result in more severe symptoms -- and sometimes end with permanent brain and immune system damage or death.

But while Americans are still debating whether to roll up their sleeves for a swine flu shot, companies have already figured it out: vaccines are good for business.

Drug companies have sold $1.5 billion worth of swine flu shots, in addition to the $1 billion for seasonal flu they booked earlier this year. These inoculations are part of a much wider and rapidly growing $20 billion global vaccine market.

"The vaccine market is booming," says Bruce Carlson, spokesperson at market research firm Kalorama, which publishes an annual survey of the vaccine industry. "It's an enormous growth area for pharmaceuticals at a time when other areas are not doing so well," he says, noting that the pipeline for more traditional blockbuster drugs such as Lipitor and Nexium has thinned.

As always with pandemic flus, taxpayers are footing the $1.5 billion check for the 250 million swine flu vaccines that the government has ordered so far and will be distributing free to doctors, pharmacies and schools. In addition, Congress has set aside more than $10 billion this year to research flu viruses, monitor H1N1's progress and educate the public about prevention.

Drugmakers pocket most of the revenues from flu sales, with Sanofi-Pasteur, Glaxo Smith Kline and Novartis cornering most of the market.

But some say it's not just drugmakers who stand to benefit. Doctors collect copayments for special office visits to inject shots, and there have been assertions that these doctors actually profit handsomely from these vaccinations.

Photo credit: AP / Sue Ogrocki, The Sacramento Bee October 12, 2009

Sources:

Vaccine Awakening October 1, 2009

New York Times October 7, 2009

Time Magazine October 19, 2009

Examiner September 30, 2009

Science News September 20, 2009

Dr. Mercola's Comments:

The vaccine market is booming right now. Already, drug companies have sold $1.5 billion worth of swine flu shots, in addition to the $1 billion for seasonal flu they booked earlier this year. In addition to that, Congress has set aside more than $10 billion this year to research flu viruses, monitor H1N1's progress and educate the public about prevention.
But there is still some good news in the midst of all this, and that is that more people than ever before are finally beginning to sit up and take notice, and are beginning to consider the risks versus benefits of flu vaccinations.

As I recently reported, a new poll by Consumer Reports shows that nearly 2/3 of American parents plan to either hold off on vaccinating their children against the H1N1 (swine flu) virus, or won't vaccinate them at all.
In fact, quite a number of surveys, polls and studies are showing that more and more people are refusing the swine flu shot for themselves or their children over health and safety concerns.

And even a recent New York Times article acknowledges this site as playing an important role in educating the public about vaccine safety concerns, which has contributed to a less than wholehearted embrace of the government’s recommendation to rush out and get vaccinated.

The NY Times reports that, "The popular Web site Mercola.com is urging parents not to get the flu vaccine ...", with the result that the majority of parents are now planning to refuse to let their children get these shots.

Largely as a result of this Web site's posting the information, and your sharing it with your friends and relatives, we have together created MAJOR doubt in the minds of many consumers about the value of these vaccinations. Many people are now coming to the realization that flu vaccinations can cause serious health problems.

Together, we are making a difference! A difference that is likely saving people’s lives and preventing permanent and irreversible health consequences.

Have You Thought About This?

Barbara Loe Fisher with the National Vaccine Information Center brings up several important points to consider in her blog,Vaccine Awakening. I highly recommend you read her article in its entirety, but here are a few of the highlights:

• Getting vaccinated in a non-medical setting can be very dangerous.
  The swine flu vaccine is now being offered all over the place; in pharmacies, stores, schools, and even drive-by kiosks. Getting vaccinated in a non-medical setting like this can be very risky. For example, if you drive away immediately after getting vaccinated and suffer an unexpected allergic reaction or collapse, it could be deadly, not only for you but also for innocent bystanders and others sharing the road with you.
  These places also do not have the ability to properly evaluate your medical history, nor perform the necessary follow-up, should you have any adverse reactions.

• If you get vaccinated and suffer health complications, REPORT IT!
  This is a crucial element of vaccine safety, and diligent reporting of all adverse reactions can help save the lives of others. As Fisher recommends, insist that the health care worker who gave you the vaccine immediately files a report with the US federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). If they, for whatever reason, won’t do it, you CAN file it yourself!
  To file a report yourself, simply go to www.vaers.hhs.gov and follow the instructions.

• Don’t accept “coincidences” when it comes to vaccine reactions.
  I strongly agree with her concern when she says:

  “Do NOT let a doctor or anyone else tell you that a serious health problem you or your child experiences after vaccination is a coincidence and allow more shots to be given until you know for sure.
  The most tragic cases of vaccine injury occur when vaccine reaction symptoms are dismissed as a 'coincidence" and more vaccines are given that result in more severe symptoms and sometimes end with permanent brain and immune system damage or death.”

• There is NO safety data or precedent for receiving 3-4 flu shots in one season.
  Even though the media and government pronouncements sound confident and authoritative it’s vital to realize that the current recommendations by doctors and health officials are unprecedented, and highly experimental.
  Some people, including children under the age of 10, are urged to get as many as four flu shots this year: two shots for seasonal flu and one or two more for swine flu, depending on a few different factors.
  Never before have this many flu shots been given in a single season, and there is absolutely no information about the safety of doing so.

• Standing up for health care workers’ right to choose could save you from mandatory vaccination down the line.
  
  As of right now, the swine flu vaccination program is still voluntary – unless you’re a health care worker that is… New York and other states have already implemented laws that force their health care workers to get the swine flu vaccine in order to work.
  According to a recent report in Time Magazine, this includes not just NY doctors and nurses who care for patients, but also administrative staff, including housekeeping and food-service personnel.
  What does that tell you about the possibility of mandatory vaccinations for the rest of us?

Anti-Virals Now Pose Serious Health Threat from Environmental Sources Too

According to a Japanese study published in the September 28 issue of Environmental Health Perspectives, the flu drugTamiflu is now contaminating rivers downstream of sewage-treatment facilities.

The source? Urinary excretion from people taking Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate).

Researchers are quite concerned that birds exposed to these waterborne residues could develop and spread drug-resistant strains of various types of flu.

Science News reports:

“Once ingested, virtually all Tamiflu will end up in the environment in the active form, notes environmental chemist Jerker Fick of Umeå University in Sweden. The reason: Tamiflu becomes active once the body converts it into a carboxylate form.
Roughly 80 percent of an ingested dose becomes this OC, which your body eventually excretes. Your body sheds the remaining 20 percent of Tamiflu in its original form, but this phosphate form is immediately turned into the active, carboxylate form when it reaches a water treatment plant, he says.”

Making matters worse, previous studies have confirmed that water treatment removes ZERO percent of this drug, and appears to have a half-life of approximately three weeks, once exposed to sunlight.

I bring this up to demonstrate the long-term dangers inherent in our current drug-based paradigm.

Each time you take a drug like Tamiflu, you not only expose yourself to potentially serious health risks, you’re also contributing to a growing problem of ever more drug-resistant flu strains that can affect countless others. The willy-nilly administering of anti-virals goes far beyond just the immediate health risks – it affects the environment and every living thing in it, including the human race at the top of the food chain.

The fact remains that there are many FAR BETTER alternatives to anti-viral drugs and vaccines. These drugs are not essential for human health – nutritious food, clean water, and an overall healthy lifestyle are.

I’ve listed my top recommendations for avoiding the flu on many occasions. For a refresher, you can find that list here.

In addition, should you be forced to take the swine flu shot, please review Dr. Blaylock’s recommendations on what to do in that situation.

The Time to Act is Now

I urge you to join NVIC and become a grassroots vaccine safety and informed consent advocate in your community.

“Stand up for the human right to make informed, voluntary health care choices, including vaccine choices, today - so your children and grandchildren and all Americans will have that right tomorrow.” Barbara Loe Fisher

If, like NVIC says, we don’t stand up for our rights to choose now, there is no doubt in my mind we’ll all be paying for it, both financially and physically, in the years to come.

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New Warning-Ritalin Kills

A new study reveals that healthy kids who take Ritalin have a whopping 500 percent greater risk of sudden death. These aren’t kids with pre-existing heart conditions. The results would have been worse if they were included.

Here’s proof that what you’ve been told for decades – that Ritalin is safe for kids – couldn’t be further from the truth.

Ritalin is a stimulant. It causes the heart to beat faster. And that can lead to sudden cardiac arrest. Ritalin acts exactly like amphetamines such as crystal meth and cocaine.

In spite of evidence that it could stunt their growth1, and cause irreversible brain damage2 and that it is linked to serious cardiovascular events, the FDA remains silent.

Still, the FDA refuses to take action. No new warnings are planned and prescriptions for Ritalin continue to spiral upward.

Objections to the FDA’s sluggishness are even starting to appear in conservative medical journals like JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association. In a recent editorial, they criticized the FDA by saying the FDA is “interpreting the results cautiously.”

Plus, JAMA notes that the FDA funded and approved the design of the study. Only when the results came out did they have a problem with the design of the study. I guess the FDA didn’t like the results their own design produced.

This is the big point for all of us: Doctors hand out Ritalin prescriptions every day. And too often you aren’t told of the dangers.

ADHD is still the most commonly diagnosed disorder in children.

What’s more, studies show that the drugs don’t work. The same study that found Ritalin stunts kids’ growth also found that it has no beneficial effect on behavior over a three-year period.

So what do you do for children who have trouble concentrating, focusing, or calming down? Here are a few easy, safe, and natural ways to bring kids “to attention” without endangering their mental and physical health.

1. Ramp up the amount of omega-3 in their diet. Studies show that many children with ADHD don’t get enough omega-3. Cod liver oil and fish-oil capsules deliver the two kinds of omega-3s the body needs.

You can also get them to eat more lean meats, eggs, and nuts, preferably free-range, grass-fed and organic. These are all great sources of omega-3. I recommend 1,000 mg of omega-3s daily.

2. Pine bark extract is another natural supplement that works. One European study using pycnogenol, an organic compound found in the bark of the French maritime pine tree, showed that after only one month, children’s behavior improved significantly on as little as 1 mg per day.3

3. Finally, certain naturally occurring amino acids can treat ADHD.

One of them is 5-HTP. It’s a precursor to serotonin, one of the chemicals in the brain that relieves anxiety and depression (popular antidepressants like Prozac, Zoloft, and Lexapro all boost serotonin levels). I recommend 50 to 100 mg three times per day with meals.

Another is tyrosine. It works like 5-HTP, increasing levels of various chemicals in the brain connected to mood and the ability to concentrate. The optimal dose is 5,000 mg per day for children and up to 10,000 mg per day for adults.

These are natural and safe alternatives that I use in my medical practice every day. They aren’t harmful or addictive, and unlike all those ADHD drugs, they actually work. They are easy to find at health food stores.

To Your Good Health,

Al Sears, MD

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Great Candid Discussion By “Real” Doctors on Healthcare and Healthcare Reform – Definitely Worth a Watch! Plus RFK Jr. on Vaccines…

Doctors speak candidly about upcoming cuts and what will happen if ObamaCare passes; about what really needs to be done; and offers and suggestions of what to do.

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Glenn to Doctors: How Many of You Cut Feet off For Extra Dollars? - Part III

Doctor: “Government HC Causes Us To Compromise With Patients Care” - Part IV

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As as we all know… if Harry Reid is admitting to this… the cost is probably even higher and the savings are less. Add that to all the other negatives… This is and will be a disaster!!

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THE BAUCUS BILL IS A TAX BILL

As it now stands, the health care reform plan proposed by Democrats and the Obama administration (the Baucus Bill) would not only fail to reduce the cost burden on middle-class families, it would make that burden significantly worse, says Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

For example:

• The bill would impose nearly $400 billion in new taxes and fees.
• Nearly 90 percent of that burden will be shouldered by those making $200,000 or less.
• It might not appear that way at first, because the dollars are collected via a 40 percent tax on sales by insurers of "Cadillac" policies, fees on health insurers, drug companies and device manufacturers, and an assortment of odds and ends.

The economics are clear:

• These costs will be passed on to consumers by either directly raising insurance premiums, or by fueling higher health care costs that inevitably lead to higher premiums.
• Consumers will pay the excise tax on high-cost plans; the Joint Committee on Taxation indicates that 87 percent of the burden would fall on Americans making less than $200,000, and more than half on those earning under $100,000.

Industry fees are even worse because Democrats chose to make these fees nondeductible, explains Holtz-Eakin:

• This means that insurance companies will have to raise premiums significantly just to break even. American families will bear a burden even greater than the $130 billion in fees that the bill intends to collect.
• Premiums will rise by as much as $200 billion over the next 10 years -- and 90 percent will again fall on the middle class.

Senate Democrats are also erecting new barriers to middle-class ascent:

• A family of four making $54,000 would pay $4,800 for health insurance, with the remainder coming from subsidies.
• If they work harder and raise their income to $66,000, their cost of insurance rises by $2,800.
• In other words, earning another $12,000 raises their bill by $2,800 -- a marginal tax rate of 23 percent.
• Double-digit increases in effective tax rates will have detrimental effects on the incentives of millions of Americans.

Source: Douglas Holtz-Eakin, "The Baucus Bill is a Tax Bill," The Wall Street Journal, October 13, 2009

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10 Tips to Help Asthmatics Survive the Halloween Fright

You might not think of Halloween as a trigger for asthma, but it can be. From my own personal experience, I can think of no holiday worse on asthma than Halloween.

In fact, my asthma acted up just about every Halloween that I participated in Trick-or-Treating until I was 11-years-old, at which time I vowed never to do it again. This, as you may imagine, was not easy to do.

When I was 24, I forgot my vow and each Halloween from 1990 to 1993 I went to a Halloween costume party and ended up in the Emergency room on -- ahem -- Halloween night.

In retrospect I've learned that I am not allergic to Halloween, but things I did on that night put me face to face with some of my most frightful asthma triggers.

Thankfully, you don't have to learn the hard way as I did, as I have come up a list of 10 tips to help you or your asthmatic child enjoy the Halloween fun.

1. Do not use recycled costumes that were stored in a box all year long. My parents were bent on saving money and kept old Halloween costumes in a box in the basement. While rummaging through them I was exposed to dust mites, a major asthma trigger.

2. Wear costumes that are new or recently washed. You'll want to make sure the costume is allergen-free. If you have latex allergies, make sure there is no latex in your costume!

3. Do not wear masks. Halloween masks can be full of dust mites, and when you have them over your face you are inhaling those dust mites with each breath. There may also be other asthma triggers in the mask too. Avoid them.

4. Do not enter homes while trick-or-treating. You never know what asthma triggers might be in someone else's home, including pet dander, dust, cockroaches, mold and fumes, so it is best to simply stay out of them. Have your kids say "Trick-or-treat," knock on the door, and stay on the porch.

5. Avoid smoky homes. If smoke is pouring from the door as it opens for other trick-or-treaters, avoid it at all costs. The last thing you want your asthmatic child to do is breathe cigarette smoke.

6. Stay home if you have a cold. If you or your child is congested or coughing he is more susceptible to having asthma symptoms and exposure to asthma triggers can make it all the worse.

7. Avoid inclement weather. Fall has a tendency to bring in some nasty weather. Cold air and humidity can be asthma triggers, and light rain can stir up allergens that were previously lying on the ground, such as ragweed pollen and dust. So if you want to risk the elements, make sure you dress yourself and your child appropriately for the weather, or avoid going out altogether if it's bad enough.

8. Don't forget about food allergies. Thankfully I never had to worry about this one, but many asthmatics have allergies to food, which you can read about here. Make sure your child isn't eating something he's allergic too. Common food allergies include nuts, eggs and milk products. Only take food with labels on them so you know exactly what the ingredients are before your child touches or consumes them. Sorry, that means avoiding homemade treats, no matter how healthy (or indulgent) they look!

By: Rick Frea

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Note Back From Congressman John Campbell on Healthcare - He Has Co-Sponsored H.R. 2520, the Patient's Choice Act

Thank you for contacting me to express your thoughts on our nation's healthcare policy. I appreciate hearing from you on this important matter.

Enhancing the quality of current healthcare and making affordable healthcare more accessible is one of the most pressing challenges facing our nation. I believe we must allow people to determine their own healthcare plan independent of their employer or the government. This will encourage an active, competitive marketplace that will in turn increase access and affordability.

This approach will resolve the fundamental flaw of our current system of healthcare - the disconnection that now exists between individuals and the price and quality of care. Today, an individual's capacity to get healthcare coverage is dependent upon a third party payee like an employer or the government. This system has, in many ways, reduced the power of the marketplace and forced Americans to become prisoners to health plans dictated upon them.

Congress needs to initiate policies that will encourage personal choice and increase competition, not enact socialized government medicine or price controls. Also, whatever Congress enacts must not bankrupt our country or cause individuals to lose their current health insurance - both which would happen under the current proposals being discussed.

Rather than supporting President Obama's and the Democrats' approach - a government run health care system - I have cosponsored the H.R. 2520, the Patient's Choice Act, introduced by Congressmen Paul Ryan and Devin Nunes and Senators Tom Coburn and Richard Burr. This legislation transforms health care in America by strengthening the relationship between the patient and the doctor; using choice and competition rather than rationing and restrictions to contain costs; and ensuring universal, affordable health care for all Americans. "The Patients' Choice Act" promotes innovative, State-based solutions, along with fundamental reforms in the tax code, to give every American, regardless of employment status, age, or health condition, the ability and the resources to purchase health insurance. The comprehensive legislation also includes concrete prevention and transparency initiatives, long overdue reforms to Medicare and Medicaid, investments in wellness programs and health IT, and more.

We also must work to expand the availability of Health Savings Accounts. Established by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, HSA's allow employees and individuals to accumulate tax-free savings for lifetime health care needs. Individuals are able to make pre-tax contributions towards their health plan deductible, with a maximum annual contribution. Rather than forcing people to pay monthly fees whether or not they use any medical services, this system allows you to save up tax-free funds for when the need for care is necessary. Today, over three million Americans are already taking advantage of this system, of which many were previously uninsured.

In addition, we need to address our nation's broken litigation system that has caused a rapid increase in liability insurance for doctors. The threat of frivolous litigation has caused doctors to begin practicing defensive medicine and is now endangering patient access to the best treatments. In 1975, California passed legislation to limit "pain and suffering damages" to $250,000, and today our access to quality health care is among the nation's best. This common sense policy should be applied nationwide and I have introduced such legislation (H.R. 2975) to do this.
As Congress continues to analyze and discuss this issue, I will be sure to follow it closely and seek to ensure a stronger and more accessible healthcare emerges. We must move towards a system that breaks down the stifling and cost raising barriers of a third party payee system.

Thank you again for taking the time to contact me. Having the benefit of your views is important, and I appreciate you sharing them with me.

I remain respectfully,

JOHN CAMPBELL
Member of Congress

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Six Foods That Lower Cholesterol

Peppermint May Affect Your Cholesterol Meds

If you have a problem with high cholesterol, incorporating these foods into your diet may help.

If you’re one of the estimated 16% of adult Americans with high cholesterol, you should probably avoid foods full of saturated fat such as red meat, butter, and cheese. You should also steer clear of margarine, fried food, and processed products that contain trans fat. But did you know that some foods can lower your cholesterol? And unlike some medications, their only side effect is a satisfied stomach

1 Oranges
Oranges are rich in pectin, the stuff that makes jams and jellies gel. Like other forms of soluble fiber, pectin forms a gooey mass in your gut, trapping cholesterol and ferrying it out of your body before it can clog your arteries and compromise your health. One medium orange provides 2 to 3 grams of soluble fiber, as well as other beneficial nutrients such as vitamin C, folate, and potassium. You have to eat whole oranges to benefit from their fiber, so put your juicer aside.

2 Oats
Oatmeal is a proven winner when it comes to lowering cholesterol. Oat flour offers many of the same benefits. If you can’t find oat flour where you typically shop, you can make your own by pulverizing rolled oats in a food processor. Oat flour can be substituted for up to half the all-purpose flour in most pancake and muffin recipes. I even use it in low-fat oatmeal cookies.

3 Beans and Lentils
Both legumes are sky-high in heart-healthy soluble fiber. They’re also great replacements for animal protein, which is often full of saturated fat. For breakfast, make a burrito with scrambled egg whites, black beans, and salsa. At lunch, a bowl of lentil soup hits the spot. For dinner, skip the potatoes or rice and try seasoned beans.
My favorite bean snack is roasted chickpeas. Drain a 15-ounce can, spread the chickpeas in a single layer on a baking sheet, and mist with nonstick oil spray. Sprinkle with garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne pepper, and a pinch of salt, and roast for 25 minutes in a 400°F oven.

4 Sardines
Sardines are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which can significantly reduce blood levels of artery-clogging triglycerides. I’m convinced that most people who turn up their noses at the mere mention of sardines haven’t actually tried them. If that’s you, consider my uncle’s favorite sandwich: two pieces of chewy whole-grain bread spread with low-fat mayo and topped with a couple of canned sardines, a slice of tomato, and fresh basil leaves. Yum!

5 Pistachio Nuts
These little powerhouses are a great source of phytosterols, natural plant compounds that block absorption of dietary cholesterol. They’re also rich in monounsaturated fat, fiber, and antioxidants–all of which are good for heart health. I prefer eating pistachios in the shell (natural color, no red dyes) because it forces me to go slowly and prevents me from overdoing these healthy but caloric treats. (Hmmm, Didn’t the government just issue a warning against pistachio nuts? Makes you wonder doesn’t it??).

6 Chocolate
Dark chocolate can confer a number of benefits, including lowered cholesterol and blood pressure and reduced risk of blood clots. Choose brands that contain 70% or more cocoa solids, and avoid those that contain partially hydrogenated oil, palm-kernel oil, and other unhealthy additives.

by Joy Bauer, PARADE

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Flexible spending accounts - you probably already know if you are following Health Care reform

I just received this email from my employer:

It has been brought to our attention that the U.S. Senate Finance Committee’s proposed health care reform legislation would impose a cap of $2,500 on employees’ flexible spending accounts (Beneflex) for health care. Currently, federal law allows employers to set the maximum amount allowable to be set aside under these tax exempt accounts for health care (there is a $5,000 cap for dependent care which is set by the federal government). RIT has had a maximum amount of $3,000 for these Beneflex health care accounts, and is planning to increase the cap to $5,000 in 2010 in response to employees’ requests for a higher amount to address family needs and circumstances. Under the proposed Senate legislation as currently written, this would not be possible once the new law takes effect.

Working with RIT’s Department of Human Resources, we wanted to make you aware of this proposal and its potentially negative impact on the ability of individuals to set aside an amount in these accounts that best meets their personal and family needs. If you are concerned about this proposed cap on flexible spending accounts for health care, there is a way for you to express your concerns to your congressional representatives and senators.

The following link:
https://ssl.capwiz.com/savemyflexplan/issues/alert/?alertid=13717151

It enables you to send a message electronically to your elected representatives. You can create your own message or adapt some of the suggested paragraphs provided. The message will be automatically sent to your home congressperson and U.S. Senators. It is important that you send the message from your home address, so that your members will know that it is from one of their own constituents.

We understand that health care is a very complex and multi-faceted issue, and one change can impact other parts of the legislation. Since these flexible spending accounts have been widely used by RIT employees, we felt that it was important to bring this issue to your attention at this time.

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PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO NOW…

PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=G44NCvNDLfc

YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS. This is a video of opening comments on the Healthcare Bill. Michael Rogers (R-MI) unleashes a brilliantly succinct and blistering expose of the Bill's impact on us ALL.

Sen Max Baucus’ Senate Finance Committee plans to vote on their version of Pres. Obama’s health control scheme today, Tuesday Oct 13th. It is critical this piece of legislation never sees the light of day. We need a collective, but individual, e-mail effort to give these lawmakers notice that:

(1) WE DO NOT WANT THE HEALTHCARE REFORMS PROPOSED.

(2) THEY MUST STAND UP AND OPPOSE THIS LATEST POWER GRAB. Government intervention in the health care market created this problem. More intervention is guaranteed to only make it much worse.

(3) WE ARE CLOSELY WATCHING THEIR VOTE. If they support this monstrously dishonest bill, WE WILL FIGHT TOOTH & NAIL AGAINST THEIR RE-ELECTION USING OUR BLOCK OF IN-STATE VOTES; and, wherever we may reside, WE WILL FIGHT TOOTH & NAIL THEIR RE-ELECTION THROUGH CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR OPPOSITION.

If these lawmakers are afraid of the powerful special interest groups for which the Obama administration seems to be the defender-in-chief, we need to let them know that they should be even more afraid to ignore the will of the MOMS and MR. MOMS of this great country. If we act now, we may be able to stop the Baucus bill from ever reaching the Senate floor.

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1) Email Olympia Snowe R-ME: http://snowe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorSnowe.Email

2) Email to Blanche Lincoln D-AR at: http://lincoln.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm

3) List of Sen. Finance Committee member contacts and emails: http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/3486451:4972263716:m:1:170705800:C70AD97A03DAE31C7BDE8F0FF54D2E22

4) The Committee’s main office number is (202) 224-4515.

AND PLEASE SEND THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU CAN!

The Dr. Oz Bait for Vaccines: Why Did He Do It?? Oz Kids and Wife Not Getting H1N1

Interesting Isn't It?? This Video Showed Dr. Oz Shilling for the Powers that Be. He was taking a swine flu shot... And now the video is pulled by HARPO Productions (Oprah's Company). The CNN Video below brings out the fact that DR Oz's wife and children would not be taking the H1N1 Shots... HMMMM??? Kinda like when Obama said he would do whatever it takes for his family's health... and would work around the rules to save them... HMMMM again! Options that would not be open to you and me, if the real goal... a trigger... a public option... and then a single payer plan: Obama Socialized Health Care Infomerical on ABC-TV Bombs; POTUS Drones On and On, Admits He May Not Want It for His Own Family « Frugal Café Blog Zone or President Obama Defends Right to Choose Best Care… For His Family

Dr. Mercola, who orginally posted this article and videos has replaced the pulled video. Their servers went down from all the traffic to read this article. Go Here to see the replaced video.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, talk show host and Vice-Chair and Professor of Surgery at Columbia University is perhaps the most well-known doctors in the U.S.

In the first video, a Walgreens pharmacist gives Dr. Oz a flu shot -- which was also given to everyone in his studio audience. He states that he’s been getting the seasonal flu vaccine every year for about ten years.

But what you didn’t see in that clip was Dr. Oz stating that when it comes to the swine flu shot, neither his wife nor his four children will get the vaccine. This comes up during his interview on CNN, shown in the second video.

It’s amazing how many doctors have been hoodwinked into believing that the flu shot is a necessity. It’s also interesting to note that when employment is not on the line the doctor acquiesces to a far healthier approach, and his wife and children will be spared the toxic burden and other potential health hazards inherent with the swine flu vaccine.

It’s far less surprising how many corporations are happy to promote the belief that you need a flu shot every year, given how much money they’re making off of useless flu vaccines.

Study after study keeps coming to the same conclusion: Flu vaccines DO NOT WORK, and in many cases do more harm than good.

In fact, before the CDC advocated vaccinating children under the age of five, the number of children dying from the flu was very low, and on the decline. Then, in 2003, just after children aged five and under started getting vaccinated, the number of flu deaths skyrocketed.
For this year’s flu season, five biopharmaceutical companies have been awarded massive contracts by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for development and production of more than 195 million doses of swine flu vaccine, in addition to the seasonal flu vaccine.

The companies -- Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, MedImmune, Australian drug maker CSL, and Sanofi-Pasteur -- will likely make a great deal of money.

CSL has contracts to supply $180 million worth of bulk antigen to the U.S. MedImmune will supply 40 million doses of its live attenuated nasal spray swine flu vaccine for more than $450 million. And Sanofi-Pasteur is providing more than 100 million doses of monovalent swine flu vaccine, a $690 million order.

Dr. Mercola's Comments:

In my eyes, Dr. Oz didn’t do anyone any favors by recommending the flu vaccine. Although he has many valuable recommendations, this is absolutely not one of them.

If people only understood the facts, I doubt many would rationally decide to receive a flu shot year after year. Sadly, throwing away money is the least of your worries, should you decide to get a flu shot.
Fortunately, Dr. Oz also openly admits that no one in his family (aside from himself) will submit to getting the swine flu shot. Apparently someone, whether it’s Dr. Oz or Mrs. Oz, knows better and is not willing to line up the family and take a number in the human trial currently underway.

Why Don’t Most Physicians “Get It”?

The problem, of course, is that there is a massive disinformation campaign designed to distort the facts and create a sense of fear and urgency where it is absolutely unwarranted -- in addition to suppressing the emerging evidence of the lack of proven safety and efficacy of this vaccine.

It really is unfortunate that the drug companies have been so effective at brainwashing physicians of the “germ theory” and the belief that vaccines are an effective solution for this. It was only at the NVIC International Vaccine Conference that I had this epiphany.

I was listening to Dr. Bob Sears, who is a vaccine advocate (with a much different schedule for getting them), say that he was convinced of the germ theory. That’s when I realized that that is precisely what was going on. They fully believe that the viruses and bacteria are responsible for all the damage.

It is my belief, and that of nearly all natural health care practitioners, that these infectious agents only serve as triggers to cause the illness, but what is required or responsible for the actual infection is a dysfunctional immune system.

When I lecture, I frequently use the analogy of disease to darkness and health to light. If you shine a light in a dark room it is not dark anymore. Darkness and light simply can’t coexist. Similarly if you are healthy you can have enormous exposure to infectious agents and you simply will NOT get sick. Just like light and darkness it is very difficult, if not impossible in most cases, for a strong immune system and infectious disease to exist together.

What the Science Says About Injecting Mercury

The standard counterclaim from the medical industry and the bobble-heads on TV is that these ingredients, in the doses administered, have never been proven detrimental to human health.

This is a bold faced lie.

But it’s an effective lie, because most people will simply take that statement at face value without doing any further research. Life is far too busy to double check “reliable resources”.

The fact is there’s plenty of evidence indicating that significant brain damage can occur as a result of being exposed to agents such as mercury and aluminum, both for children and adults. In fact, some researchers believe that aluminum may be an even more important toxin than mercury in the vaccines.

For example, in a brand new study published in the journal Neurotoxicology just last month, the researchers found that primates injected with just ONE vaccine containing thimerosal suffered significant neurological impairment when compared with those who received a saline solution injection, or no injection at all.

The monkeys received a weight-adjusted amount of the vaccine preservative thimerosal, so each dose included 2 mcg’s of ethyl mercury. A human infant dose of thimerosal-containing vaccine typically contains 12.5 mcg, and most seasonal flu vaccines as well as the swine flu vaccine will contain 25 mcg of mercury per adult dose.

As a result, the macaques vaccinated at birth took more than twice as long as unexposed macaques to acquire three standardized skills typically used to measure infant brain development.

Despite the overwhelming evidence that has built up over the years, US health officials are still promulgating vaccines as the best solution to the flu.

Worse yet, in a nauseating twist, the state of Washington's Health Department has now temporarily suspended a rule that limits the amount of a mercury preservative in vaccines given to pregnant women and children under the age of 3, just so that they can start administering the swine flu vaccine to toddlers and pregnant women as quickly as possible…

Trading Health for Something that Doesn’t Work Anyway

It really amazes me how effective the drug companies have been at manipulating the culture so that we now allow them to sell these toxic, ineffective and expensive options in pharmacies, airports, college campuses, grocery stores and countless other outlets, without taking into account your medical history or doing any follow-up.

Study after study (that was not unduly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry) has reached the same conclusion—that flu shots simply do not work as advertised. For example:

• Giving young children flu shots appeared to have no impact on flu-related doctor visits or hospitalizations during two recent flu seasons, according to a study published in the October issue of the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine.

• The flu vaccine is no more effective for children than a placebo, according to a large-scale, systematic review of 51 studies, published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

• NO studies have conclusively proven that flu shots prevent flu-related deaths among the elderly.

• A study published in the Lancet just found that influenza vaccination was NOT associated with a reduced risk of pneumonia in older people. Why is this important? Because 35,000 of the 36,000 “flu” deaths the government claims happen each year are actually caused by diseases like pneumonia, and NOT the flu.

• Research published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine also confirms that there has been no decrease in deaths from influenza and pneumonia, despite the fact that vaccination coverage among the elderly has increased from 15 percent in 1980 to 65 percent now.

For even more information, studies and statistics about the flu shot, please review this previous article.

What Should You Do?

I strongly advise against getting any flu shot, and that includes the swine flu shot.

But don’t just take my word for it.

Here I’ve given you a sampling of evidence against the flu shot, but I’ve written hundreds of articles about the flu, flu vaccines, vaccine additives such as mercury, aluminum, and squalene (just to name a few), as well as numerous articles about the coming swine flu vaccine.

You can find them all simply by using the search engine at the top of this page.

Educating yourself on this issue is becoming more important than ever before.

Look, the pharmaceutical industry is not leaving anything to chance to protect their profits. They even have studies showing them just how much risk parents will accept and still inoculate their children, and how much they’re willing to pay while still accepting that risk!

Believe me, if we had the REAL numbers of serious adverse reactions and deaths from vaccines, the vaccine industry would go bust in short order. Unfortunately we don’t know the exact devastation caused, because there’s no mandatory follow-up and reporting of side effects.

Studies have estimated that only 1 to 10 percent of all side effects, including deaths, are ever reported, so the numbers in existence are very deceptive and in no way gives you a realistic view of the true impact of all these vaccinations.

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READ the Health Bill! Not as easy as you think…!

AP – House Speaker Pelosi of Calif. takes part in her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, …

By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer – Fri Oct 9, 7:29 pm ET

WASHINGTON – Read the bill! It was a rallying cry at angry health care town halls this summer and has evolved into something of a political movement. Many Americans are demanding that lawmakers actually read the comprehensive legislation they've written — or at least make it publicly available — before voting on it.

The push for transparency has become a running side debate in Congress, with lawmakers — often minority Republicans, but some Democrats too — pressing leaders to post measures online for 72 hours before a vote.

"I don't think the American people can be left in the dark," House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said this week.

It might sound like a no-brainer. President Barack Obama has made transparency a watchword of his administration, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pledged upon taking office to "create the most open and honest government in history."

The Internet makes it all possible.

So what's the problem?

Well, have you ever tried reading a bill?

Take Medicaid. An average person might describe it as the federal-state health insurance program for the poor. But to the authors of the House Democrats' health care bill, "The term 'Medicaid' means a State plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act (whether or not the plan is operating under a waiver under section 1115 of such Act)."

The bill goes on to say, "The terms 'premium plan' and 'premium-plus plan' have the meanings given such terms in section 203(c)."

Like those examples, the legislation is peppered with cross references to other laws or statutes that are never explained, defying understanding by anyone without a law degree or years of legislative experience. Most lawmakers have never read the bills; that's what staff members are for.

"The minutiae of legal drafting is not necessarily related to understanding the concepts in the bill," said Rep. Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D., who certainly has had his hand in writing laws in nearly 20 years in the House.

"You could literally get lost in the forest for the trees" trying to read it, he said.

The impenetrability of legislative language is not in itself an argument against posting bills online and letting voters try to figure them out. That happened over the summer with the House's 1,017-page health care bill, with mixed results. Some sections of the bill were taken out of context or misunderstood, often to feed critics'political agendas. At the same time, there was a full airing of concerns that the legislation raised.

Despite the hubbub, the House bill is not even close to the final product that Obama might ultimately sign into law. And that's another part of the problem.

Congress' lawmaking process is such that legislation goes through numerous permutations before being massaged into a final bill that could become law. Along the way, particularly in the Senate, legislating happens on the fly, with bills evolving in real time during committee meetings. Even after debate begins in the Senate, changes are the norm.

Posting every incremental development online could be impractical and hardly enlightening for most Americans, defenders of the current system suggest.

But transparency advocates see that argument as part of the problem. They point to instances in which controversial provisions were added quietly, at the 11th hour, unbeknownst to most. Consider this: A provision was tucked into this year's economic stimulus bill in last-minute, closed-door talks that allowed insurance giant American International Group to pay huge executive bonuses.

If lawmakers had put the brakes on the process and exposed it to sunlight, that development and others like it might have been avoided, advocates argue.

"People became outraged when they discovered that the norm was for legislators to vote on legislation they hadn't read," said Colin Hanna, head of a group, Let Freedom Ring, that is asking lawmakers to pledge to read health overhaul legislation before voting.

After all, the nation's health care system represents one-sixth of the economy.

Eight moderate Democrats wrote to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., this week asking for anyhealth care bill to be put online for 72 hours along with an analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office before the Senate acts. They also want all amendments to be publicly available.

Reid has not fully agreed to the request, though spokesman Jim Manley said lawmakers would probably have 72 hours to review the legislation before it comes to the floor.

House leaders also have committed to giving lawmakers 72 hours to review the health bill, though they haven't agreed to demands from some in their caucus to apply that rule to every piece of legislation.

A few weeks ago, the openness issue occupied the Senate Finance Committee for a good portion of a day's work on its health overhaul bill.

Unlike other committees, the Finance panel has traditionally worked from plain English — called conceptual language — rather than legislative text. The reasoning, in part, is that its issues are so abstruse — involving IRS code and other complex items — that some senators argue it's the only practical way to proceed.

Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., sought to prove that point by reading at some length from the bill's legislative text. "By striking amounts for purposes and inserting amounts" and "IV, for 2013, the sum of AA, one-third of the quotient of AA," he said.

Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., replied that Conrad had been talking about a home health care provision that he said had caused a lot of problems.

Conrad corrected him. It was a provision on Medicare managed care plans.

The committee rejected an amendment for the 72-hour requirement. The plain English version of the committee bill and a cost estimate have been online for days, but the legislative language won't be publicly available until after the committee votes on Tuesday.

How long would it actually take to read the bill? A group of voice actors got through the House legislation in about 24 hours; the plain-English version of Baucus' bill took a bit over half that time.

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Let me get this straight… We're going to pass a health care plan written by a committee who…

Let me get this straight... we're going to pass a health care plan written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn't read it but exempts themselves from it, to be signed by a president that also hasn't read it and who smokes, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that's nearly broke.

Have we really gone this mad and this far off course??

HealthCare Call To Action – Please Read Immediately!!

They are going to try to put one over on us this week...

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PEROXIDE

Did you know this about Peroxide ~

This was written by Becky Ransey of Indiana (a doctor's wife), and I
want to share it with you. She was over recently for coffee and smelled the bleach I was using to clean my toilet and counter tops.

This is what she told me:

I would like to tell you of the benefits of that plain little ole
bottle of 3% peroxide you can get for under $1.00 at any drug store. What does bleach cost?

My husband has been in the medical field for over 36 years, and most
doctors don't tell you about peroxide. Have you ever smelled bleach in a doctor's office? NO!!! Why? Because it smells, and it is not healthy!

Ask the Nurses who work in the doctor's offices , and ask them if they use bleach at home. They are wiser and know better!

Did you also know bleach was invented in the late 40's? It's chlorine, folks! And it was used to kill our troops. Peroxide was invented
during WWI in the 20's. It was used to save and help cleanse the needs of our troops and hospitals.

Please think about this:

1. Take one capful (the little white cap that comes with the bottle) and hold in your mouth for 10 minutes daily, then spit it out. (I do it when I bathe.) No more canker sores, and your teeth will be whiter without expensive pastes. Use it instead of mouthwash.

2. Let your toothbrushes soak in a cup of peroxide to keep them free of germs.

3. Clean your counters and table tops with peroxide to kill germs and leave a fresh smell. Simply put a little on your dishrag when you wipe, or spray it on the counters.

4. After rinsing off your wooden cutting board, pour peroxide on it to kill salmonella and other bacteria.

5. I had fungus on my feet for years until I sprayed a 50/50 mixture of peroxide and water on them (especially the toes) every night and let dry.

6. Soak any infections or cuts in 3% peroxide for five to ten minutes several times a day . My husband has seen gangrene that would not heal with any medicine but was healed by soaking in peroxide.

7. Fill a spray bottle with a 50/50 mixture of peroxide and water and keep it in every bathroom to disinfect without harming your septic system like bleach or most other disinfectants will.

8. Tilt your head back and spray into nostrils with your 50/50 mixture whenever you have a cold, plugged sinus. It will bubble and help to kill the bacteria. Hold for a few minutes, and then blow your nose into a tissue.

9. If you have a terrible toothache and cannot get to a dentist right away, put a capful of 3% peroxide into your mouth and ho ld it for ten minutes several times a day. The pain will lessen greatly.

10. And of course, if you like a natural look to your hair, spray the 50/50 solution on your wet hair after a shower and comb it through. You will not have the peroxide-burnt blonde hair like the hair dye packages but more natural highlights if your hair is a light brown, faddish, or dirty blonde. It also lightens gradually, so it's not a drastic change.

11. Put half a bottle of peroxide in your bath to help rid boils fungus, or other skin infections.

12. You can also add a cup of peroxide instead of bleach to a load of whites in your laundry to whiten them. If there is blood on clothing pour it directly on the soiled spot. Let it sit for a minute, then rub it and rinse with cold water. Repeat if necessary.

13. I use peroxide to clean my mirrors. There is no smearing, which is why I love it so much for this.

I could go on and on. It is a little brown bottle no home should be without! With prices of most necessities rising, I'm glad there's a way to save tons of money in such a simple, healthy manner!

I've known that with an infection, a bit of peroxide on that will fizz and help to cure the infection. I've also known that if you had a dog that's flea infested, a bit of peroxide in it's bath water will kill them immediately. But never thought of all the above uses. It is a very useful bottle to have in your home.

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