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Duration : 1:35:24

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Representative Lamborn had just sent out an estimated 70,000 mailers “prepared, published and mailed at taxpayer expense” that were full of LIES and disinformation about the healthcare reform bills. It’s only estimated to be 70,000 because, when asked about the total number mailed, LAMEborn’s Communications Director Catherine Mortensen, “I have the figures, but I don’t have the authority to give that to you.”

Actually they don’t have the authority to withhold that information because it’s public record, given that this pack of LIES was “prepared, published and mailed at taxpayer expense.”

The mailer says “114 million could lose their current health care coverage under the bill”.
This is a LIE!
This absurd figure comes from “The Impact of the House Health Reform Legislation Coverage and Provider Incomes,” by the Lewin Group.
The Lewin Group is a “research” and management consulting (lobbyist) firm owned entirely by the second largest health insurer in the nation, UnitedHealth Group.

Furthermore, the “research” does NOT say 114 million LOOSING healthcare but CHANGING insurers. The 114 million was a figure the Lewin Group published in June, which they revised DOWN to 88.1 million in July, so it’s not even their most current LIE.

The Congressional Budget Office completely refutes that, saying that enrollment in the House Democrats’ proposed public plan would total 10 to 12 million people.

The Lewin Group is part of Ingenix, a wholly-owned UnitedHealth subsidiary that was accused by the New York attorney general and the American Medical Association of helping insurers shift medical expenses to consumers by distributing skewed data. Ingenix supplied UnitedHealth and other insurers with data that allegedly understated the “reasonable and customary” doctor fees that insurers use to determine how much they will reimburse consumers for out-of-network care.

In January, UnitedHealth agreed to a $350 million settlement with the AMA, and a $50 million settlement with the New York attorney general, covering conduct going back as far as 1994, when they were distributing skewed information to fight President Clinton’s healthcare reforms.

Next LIE in this mailer:
“4.7 million jobs that could be lost as a result of tax hikes on small businesses”.
This absurd figure comes from an op-ed piece written by House minority leader John Boehner, who admitted to distributing bribes from Big Tobacco on the floor of the House. He says got the figures according to the methodology developed by Christina Romer, the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. She NEVER said such a thing, and he obviously he doesn’t understand her methodology.

What did she really say?

“The current healthcare system does not work well for small businesses.”
“They pay about 18% more for comparable coverage than a big firm, and that puts them at a competitive disadvantage.”
“Healthcare reform is ABSOLUTELY aimed at easing those burdens.”
“The plan has a tax credit for small businesses.”

Watch her entire statement here.

Lewin Group Vice President John Sheils admits 114 million would NOT lose their employer-sponsored coverage AND they wouldn’t be forced into a government-run health plan. Rather, they would be able to choose between the public option and other private options, through the exchange, and “they might very well be better off,” he said.

But not all of the firm’s corrupt reports see the light of day. For example, a study for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association was never released, Sheils said.

“Let’s just say, sometimes studies come out that don’t show exactly what the client wants to see. And in those instances, they have [the] option to bury the study — to not release it, rather,” Sheils said.

http://csaction.org/TPs/TP_LAMEborn.html

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00028133

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/22/AR2009072203696.html

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lewin_Group

http://waysandmeans.house.gov/News.asp?FormMode=release&ID=923

http://www.oag.state.ny.us/media_center/2009/feb/feb18a_09.html

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ingenix

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20090115/REG/301159956

http://www.healthcareforallcolorado.org/

http://www.barackobama.com/

http://www.aarp.org/

http://www.seiu.org/

http://www.ufcw7.com

http://www.coloradansforpeace.org/

http://www.theafricanamericanvoice.com/

Duration : 0:5:56

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Actually they don’t have the authority to withhold that information because it’s public record, given that this pack of LIES was “prepared, published and mailed at taxpayer expense.”

The mailer says “114 million could lose their current health care coverage under the bill”.
This is a LIE!
This absurd figure comes from “The Impact of the House Health Reform Legislation Coverage and Provider Incomes,” by the Lewin Group.
The Lewin Group is a “research” and management consulting firm (lobbyist) owned entirely by the second largest health insurer in the nation, UnitedHealth Group.

Furthermore, the “research” does NOT show 114 million LOOSING healthcare but CHANGING insurers, AND an additional 9.4 million being insured that are not now. It’s a total guess as to how many will change over to the public plan, if offered. The 114 million was a figure the Lewin Group published in June, which they revised DOWN to 88.1 million in July, so it’s not even their most current LIE.

The Congressional Budget Office came to a different conclusion, saying that enrollment in the House Democrats’ proposed public plan would total 11 million to 12 million people.

The Lewin Group is part of Ingenix, a wholly-owned UnitedHealth subsidiary that was accused by the New York attorney general and the American Medical Association of helping insurers shift medical expenses to consumers by distributing skewed data. Ingenix supplied UnitedHealth and other insurers with data that allegedly understated the “reasonable and customary” doctor fees that insurers use to determine how much they will reimburse consumers for out-of-network care.

In January, UnitedHealth agreed to a $350 million settlement with the AMA, and a $50 million settlement with the New York attorney general, covering conduct going back as far as 1994, when they were distributing skewed information to fight President Clinton’s healthcare reforms.

Next LIE in this mailer:
“4.7 million jobs that could be lost as a result of tax hikes on small businesses”.
This figure comes from an op-ed piece written by House minority leader John Boehner, who admitted to distributing bribes from Big Tobacco on the floor of the House. He says got the figures according to the methodology developed by Christina Romer, the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Obama administration. She NEVER said such a thing, and he obviously he doesn’t understand her methodology.

What did she really say?

“the current healthcare system does not work well for small businesses.”
“They pay about 18% more for comparable coverage than a big firm, and that puts them at a competitive disadvantage.”
“Healthcare reform is ABSOLUTELY aimed at easing those burdens.”
“The plan has a tax credit for small businesses.”

Lewin Group Vice President John Sheils admits 114 million would NOT lose their employer-sponsored coverage AND they wouldn’t be forced into a government-run health plan. Rather, they would be able to choose between the government plan and other private options, through the exchange, and “they might very well be better off,” he said.

But not all of the firm’s corrupt reports see the light of day. For example, a study for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association was never released, Sheils said.

“Let’s just say, sometimes studies come out that don’t show exactly what the client wants to see. And in those instances, they have [the] option to bury the study — to not release it, rather,” Sheils said.

Join hundreds at Thursday’s healthcare town hall, August 27, 7pm in the club house of the Valley Hi golf course, 610 south Chelton.

http://csaction.org/TPs/TP_LAMEborn.html

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00028133

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/22/AR2009072203696.html

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lewin_Group

http://waysandmeans.house.gov/News.asp?FormMode=release&ID=923

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ingenix

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/22/AR2009072203696.html

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20090115/REG/301159956

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAC2xeT2yOg

Duration : 0:5:25

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Statement

I Colin Berry am making a statement on behalf of my wife Mrs. Mary Berry and my self; the reason why Mrs. Berry is unable to make her own statement is because of a head injury received at the accident.

I Colin Berry am a self employed businessman who ran an established business since 1983 named “Colin Berry BMS” it specialized in Electrical and Plumbing and also offered to carry out Building Maintenance Specialist work on commercial and domestic properties.

My wife does domestic work, 31 and a half hours a week for various individuals including 10 hours for Enfield Council, she also carried out additional work dealing with the clerical side of my business in taking calls and keeping accounts to date.

Accident at Costco

We went shopping on the 5 April 2003 at Costco Chingford around 5:00 p.m. after passing the first isle walking in between the first and second isle we heard an enormous bang that shook the whole building, preventing my wife from taking another step forward she flew out of my grasp and vanished followed by another enormous bang two washing machines lying in front of me but my wife was not to be seen, I panicked trying to find her she was thrown about 10 ft behind me in the opposite direction from where we were heading. She was unconscious with blood coming from her mouth, I laid beside her calling her name and suddenly realized that she needed an ambulance and shouted out, get an ambulance, but there was no one around it must have frightened everyone, it seemed forever but eventually someone tiptoed and poked their head around the corner I screamed at them get an ambulance please.

Finally a plea was announced across the tannoy asking for Medical Assistance, a doctor and several other people two of which were an ambulance crew; they were directed to the scene by Costco’s management but the management kept well away from the seen of the accident? My wife finally stirred I asked her if she was all right but she was still dazed the ambulance crew that was shopping there came and introduce themselves to me and began to put my wife into a safe position awaiting the Air Ambulance crew to arrive.

Police

The police were called, their was around five officers at the accident they had to seal the whole area off one of the police officers who was taking photos remarked, don’t worry we have taken 14 photos of the incident and have all the names of the witnesses, he pointed up to show me where the washing machines were stacked, 8 machines on the highest shelf the remaining 4 were tipping over, there was barely sufficient room to accommodate the 4 that fell at the back, the bottom 2 machines fell on the racking on our side the top 2 machines that fell and hit my wife was 30 ft. high the police officer remarked how the machines manage to pull the cling film down because of their weight resting on it due to the 20% overlapping.

Air Ambulance

The air ambulance crew had to cut my wife’s clothes off to enable them to assess her injuries, she was in a lot of pain and refused to move they eventually managed to lift her on to the stretcher and went, I was told that a constable would take me to the Royal London Hospital. When I arrived at the Hospital she was in the emergency intensive care area where a lot of X-rays was taken, after a while a Doctor approached us with the X-ray and informed me that three of my wife’s vertebrae’s were fractured and showed me on the X-ray that there was concern for internal bleeding and wanted to take more CT scans, now it is past 10:00 p.m. I am told that it is best that I go home don’t know the area and asked my son-in-law to come and pick me up.

Admitted in Hospital

My wife was in intensive care for five days and was moved to an adjoining ward after, she had to wear an extremely restrictive “neck collar MJ 200L” for over a week, she had bruises to the head and extensive bruising to the right side of her rib cage and arm, she looked a mess, she could not turn her head to the left without extensive pain, she had a body cast made and fitted, that allowed her to move more freely, 12 days later I over heard a conversation made by her Consultant Dr. Afshar on the phone debating whether or not to discharge my wife with his superiors, “there is a possibility that the bone may break away” after the phone call he approached us saying there is a shortage of beds would she be prepared to accept to be discharged. Well I gather that they were willing to take the risk on behalf of my wife, throwing the ball into our court, I guessed if there were patients that needed the bed it would be right that she accepted to be discharged and I agreed. (I am appalled to think that the NHS is under such considerable strain that they are prepared to release patients with such severe damage to their vertebras and partial movement to her neck, not to mention her head injury, which was totally discarded.)

Outpatient at Bart’s

Regular X-rays was taken at Bart’s Hospital and a CT Scan at the London Chest Hospital revealing, this is what the nurse had to say, “in the 15 years doing this work I have only come across one other similar fracture, there is only a wedge remaining of one vertebrae carrying a rib, how did this happen?”
I mention to the Consultant’s in charge of Mary’s case at Bart’s that she has a memory problem and was told, I am a Consultant Neurosurgeon there is nothing I can do for Mary and finally referred Mary to a Consultant Neurologist Dr. Gawler at Bart’s.

Dr. Gawler said that he couldn’t locate any problems with Mary’s short-term memory loss. Dr. Gawler requesting that Mary see a local psychiatrist, letter sent to Mary’s GP Dr. Connaughton, letter dated 24 March 2005; he had also made an appointment with a Mr. Blunden Chartered Clinical Psychologist for the 27.6.05. At the appointment on 27 June 2005 Mr. Blunden told me that Mary’s GP failed to carry out the request made by Dr. Gawler for a local Psychiatrist to see Mary. Apparently I only knew of the appointment to see Mr. Blunden he was annoyed that the request was not followed through by Mary’s GP.

Eventually Mary saw a local Psychiatrist, Consultant Psychiatrist at the CMHS Edmonton N9
Dr. Balasubramaniam asked for reports from the following doctors mention. Psychologist Dr. Gillion Century was assigned to her case, further test conducted by Dr. M. K. Burke Clinical Psychologist and was referred on to Dr. Kizzy Alner Clinical Neuropsychologist at Queen’s Square London, she advised me that our Solicitor should obtain private rehab for Mary “remarked Medico Legal should have been involved in the first six months,” she advised in her report that Mary should obtain rehab.

Our first and second Solicitors’ failed to see the need to obtain rehab for Mary or even obtaining an independent Medical Expert Report, with my constant pleading for protocol rules to be in force the both Solicitors’ ignored my request, I had to report the both Solicitors’ to the Law Society. They failed my wife dismally and refused to obey any of my instructions. Currently we are on our third firm of Solicitors’ and my wife is still consulting a local psychiatrist and awaiting Brain Rehab assessment at Edgware Hospital.

Second Claimant Colin Berry

I am still in a dream I cannot believe what has happened, my heart torn from me and haven’t had the time to recover, its as if my soul is missing and has been replaced with sheer determination.
My world fell apart and have not been given the opportunity to recover in the midst of deep sorrow and destruction lies a soul that is misplaced and required some form of normality to regain its consciousness.
Extremely hurt injured and bitter determine to get justice at no matter what cost.

Business and accounts

We was thrown into the deep end and left to die, we received no financial help or advice from the hospital or our solicitor, eight months before an interim payment of £5,000 was offered, my wife required constant care, I had to employ someone we knew and trusted and someone to help with the backlog of work already booked in my business, pledges that we could not deny, customers that had over twenty years loyalty and elderly. I had to accomplish clearing my pledges in whatever way I could and what ever help I could get, realizing that it was impossible to keep my business going due to extreme circumstances I find myself in, the reality is that people want plumbers and electricians ASAP and remain till the job is done.

After dismissing our first appointed solicitor for professional negligence he demanded £15,000 + to release the files eventually settled for £5.875.00 as an interim payment.

The second appointed solicitor took the case on a private client bases, saying that it was till they received the files from the first solicitor but decided to leave us on a private client basis till they finally came off the records that was a further £1,000 in interim payment.

We have cleared all of our savings of £15,000 and Mary’s life insurance policy of a further £10,000 and loss of earnings for 4 and half years.

This accident not only destroyed us physically but also mentally and demolished all the faith we had in our society.

Duration : 0:15:34

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Statement

I Colin Berry am making a statement on behalf of my wife Mrs. Mary Berry and my self; the reason why Mrs. Berry is unable to make her own statement is because of a head injury received at the accident.

I Colin Berry am a self employed businessman who ran an established business since 1983 named “Colin Berry BMS” it specialized in Electrical and Plumbing and also offered to carry out Building Maintenance Specialist work on commercial and domestic properties.

My wife does domestic work, 31 and a half hours a week for various individuals including 10 hours for Enfield Council, she also carried out additional work dealing with the clerical side of my business in taking calls and keeping accounts to date.

Accident at Costco

We went shopping on the 5 April 2003 at Costco Chingford around 5:00 p.m. after passing the first isle walking in between the first and second isle we heard an enormous bang that shook the whole building, preventing my wife from taking another step forward she flew out of my grasp and vanished followed by another enormous bang two washing machines lying in front of me but my wife was not to be seen, I panicked trying to find her she was thrown about 10 ft behind me in the opposite direction from where we were heading. She was unconscious with blood coming from her mouth, I laid beside her calling her name and suddenly realized that she needed an ambulance and shouted out, get an ambulance, but there was no one around it must have frightened everyone, it seemed forever but eventually someone tiptoed and poked their head around the corner I screamed at them get an ambulance please.

Finally a plea was announced across the tannoy asking for Medical Assistance, a doctor and several other people two of which were an ambulance crew; they were directed to the scene by Costco’s management but the management kept well away from the seen of the accident? My wife finally stirred I asked her if she was all right but she was still dazed the ambulance crew that was shopping there came and introduce themselves to me and began to put my wife into a safe position awaiting the Air Ambulance crew to arrive.

Police

The police were called, their was around five officers at the accident they had to seal the whole area off one of the police officers who was taking photos remarked, don’t worry we have taken 14 photos of the incident and have all the names of the witnesses, he pointed up to show me where the washing machines were stacked, 8 machines on the highest shelf the remaining 4 were tipping over, there was barely sufficient room to accommodate the 4 that fell at the back, the bottom 2 machines fell on the racking on our side the top 2 machines that fell and hit my wife was 30 ft. high the police officer remarked how the machines manage to pull the cling film down because of their weight resting on it due to the 20% overlapping.

Air Ambulance

The air ambulance crew had to cut my wife’s clothes off to enable them to assess her injuries, she was in a lot of pain and refused to move they eventually managed to lift her on to the stretcher and went, I was told that a constable would take me to the Royal London Hospital. When I arrived at the Hospital she was in the emergency intensive care area where a lot of X-rays was taken, after a while a Doctor approached us with the X-ray and informed me that three of my wife’s vertebrae’s were fractured and showed me on the X-ray that there was concern for internal bleeding and wanted to take more CT scans, now it is past 10:00 p.m. I am told that it is best that I go home don’t know the area and asked my son-in-law to come and pick me up.

Admitted in Hospital

My wife was in intensive care for five days and was moved to an adjoining ward after, she had to wear an extremely restrictive “neck collar MJ 200L” for over a week, she had bruises to the head and extensive bruising to the right side of her rib cage and arm, she looked a mess, she could not turn her head to the left without extensive pain, she had a body cast made and fitted, that allowed her to move more freely, 12 days later I over heard a conversation made by her Consultant Dr. Afshar on the phone debating whether or not to discharge my wife with his superiors, “there is a possibility that the bone may break away” after the phone call he approached us saying there is a shortage of beds would she be prepared to accept to be discharged. Well I gather that they were willing to take the risk on behalf of my wife, throwing the ball into our court, I guessed if there were patients that needed the bed it would be right that she accepted to be discharged and I agreed. (I am appalled to think that the NHS is under such considerable strain that they are prepared to release patients with such severe damage to their vertebras and partial movement to her neck, not to mention her head injury, which was totally discarded.)

Outpatient at Bart’s

Regular X-rays was taken at Bart’s Hospital and a CT Scan at the London Chest Hospital revealing, this is what the nurse had to say, “in the 15 years doing this work I have only come across one other similar fracture, there is only a wedge remaining of one vertebrae carrying a rib, how did this happen?”
I mention to the Consultant’s in charge of Mary’s case at Bart’s that she has a memory problem and was told, I am a Consultant Neurosurgeon there is nothing I can do for Mary and finally referred Mary to a Consultant Neurologist Dr. Gawler at Bart’s.

Dr. Gawler said that he couldn’t locate any problems with Mary’s short-term memory loss. Dr. Gawler requesting that Mary see a local psychiatrist, letter sent to Mary’s GP Dr. Connaughton, letter dated 24 March 2005; he had also made an appointment with a Mr. Blunden Chartered Clinical Psychologist for the 27.6.05. At the appointment on 27 June 2005 Mr. Blunden told me that Mary’s GP failed to carry out the request made by Dr. Gawler for a local Psychiatrist to see Mary. Apparently I only knew of the appointment to see Mr. Blunden he was annoyed that the request was not followed through by Mary’s GP.

Eventually Mary saw a local Psychiatrist, Consultant Psychiatrist at the CMHS Edmonton N9
Dr. Balasubramaniam asked for reports from the following doctors mention. Psychologist Dr. Gillion Century was assigned to her case, further test conducted by Dr. M. K. Burke Clinical Psychologist and was referred on to Dr. Kizzy Alner Clinical Neuropsychologist at Queen’s Square London, she advised me that our Solicitor should obtain private rehab for Mary “remarked Medico Legal should have been involved in the first six months,” she advised in her report that Mary should obtain rehab.

Our first and second Solicitors’ failed to see the need to obtain rehab for Mary or even obtaining an independent Medical Expert Report, with my constant pleading for protocol rules to be in force the both Solicitors’ ignored my request, I had to report the both Solicitors’ to the Law Society. They failed my wife dismally and refused to obey any of my instructions. Currently we are on our third firm of Solicitors’ and my wife is still consulting a local psychiatrist and awaiting Brain Rehab assessment at Edgware Hospital.

Second Claimant Colin Berry

I am still in a dream I cannot believe what has happened, my heart torn from me and haven’t had the time to recover, its as if my soul is missing and has been replaced with sheer determination.
My world fell apart and have not been given the opportunity to recover in the midst of deep sorrow and destruction lies a soul that is misplaced and required some form of normality to regain its consciousness.
Extremely hurt injured and bitter determine to get justice at no matter what cost.

Business and accounts

We was thrown into the deep end and left to die, we received no financial help or advice from the hospital or our solicitor, eight months before an interim payment of £5,000 was offered, my wife required constant care, I had to employ someone we knew and trusted and someone to help with the backlog of work already booked in my business, pledges that we could not deny, customers that had over twenty years loyalty and elderly. I had to accomplish clearing my pledges in whatever way I could and what ever help I could get, realizing that it was impossible to keep my business going due to extreme circumstances I find myself in, the reality is that people want plumbers and electricians ASAP and remain till the job is done.

After dismissing our first appointed solicitor for professional negligence he demanded £15,000 + to release the files eventually settled for £5.875.00 as an interim payment.

The second appointed solicitor took the case on a private client bases, saying that it was till they received the files from the first solicitor but decided to leave us on a private client basis till they finally came off the records that was a further £1,000 in interim payment.

We have cleared all of our savings of £15,000 and Mary’s life insurance policy of a further £10,000 and loss of earnings for 4 and half years.

This accident not only destroyed us physically but also mentally and demolished all the faith we had in our society.

Duration : 0:15:54

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Duration : 0:4:17

Technorati Tags: Baltimore, employee engagement, healthcare, human resources, keynote speaker, Maryland, motivational speaker, nurse, professional paradise, Vicki Hess, www.hrkeynotespeaker.com, www.nursekeynotepspeaker.com, www.vickihess.com

Duration : 0:3:36

Technorati Tags: attorney, healthcare, legal nurse consulting, Vickie Milazzo Institute

Duration : 0:0:35

Technorati Tags: attorney, healthcare, legal nurse consulting, Vickie Milazzo Institute