Nov 7 - AMA "Shout-Out" - Tea Party Express Stop - Houston
Friday, November 6, 2009 at 4:00PM SCROLL TO BOTTOM OF PAGE TO SIGN-UP
(Doctors wear your white coats/scrubs. Bring signs!)
11:30 AM - Tea Party Express Rally, Sam Houston Race Park, 7575 N. Sam Houston Parkway West, Houston, TX
Approximately 1:30 pm - Caravan to AMA meeting at Brown Convention Center - Downtown Houston immediately after TPE rally
Approximately 2 pm - Arrival at Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX [possibly near the parking garage by Discovery Park, but please keep alert for possible changes.]
We encourage everyone who can to attend the Tea Party Express Rally prior to "Shout Out", but we understand that this may not be possible for some due to attendance at AMA meeting downtown. If you can come to the Tea Party rally, doctors, wear your white coats/scrubs & Bring Signs! If you cannot come to the Tea Party Rally keep your eye out for the arrival of the Bus and Caravan in the proximity of the Brown Convention Center parking lot.
(Note: The times for caravan are approximate due to nature of Tea Party Express event & travel time from event to the convention center. )
For printable flyer:
http://www.aapsonline.org/houston-tpe-final.pdf
LOCATION:
Sam Houston Race Park
7575 N. Sam Houston Parkway West
Houston, Texas 77064
AMA interim meeting going on across town. Bus & rally will caravan over to
AMA MEETING for “shout- out.” Thousands expected!
Tea Party Express Bus going across country. We need doctors visible at every rally—spread the word.
WEAR WHITE COATS/SCRUBS & BRING SIGNS!
NOV. 7 11:30 am
Featuring : AAPS Director JULIETTE MADRIGAL, MD &
AMY KREMER Founder, Tea Party Patriots
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Reader Comments (2)
Get Sean Hannity or Glen Beck of Fow to attend or broadcast your protest!!
Hello,
As a representative of our hospital to the Organized Medical Staff Section of the AMA, I introduced a resolution today about physician Tax-credit for uncompensated care provided specifically to the uninsured low-income patients. Instead of government providing insurance to this segment of the population and fund this thru taxation or additional printing of money that will increase our national debt and depress the value of U.S.$., providing tax-credit is budget-neutral. Fortunatelly the OMSS passed this resolution., with the help of Dr. A. Goyal, Dennis Mallory and Edgar Borda. Hopefully, it will pass the House of Delegates.
The AMA has a policy of "mandate for all to buy health insurance". I do not agree with this unfunded mandate per se , but also because failure to buy insurance incurs a penalty of $2,500 and/or 5 years jail-time. I then introduced an amendment to the Health System Reform resolution at the OMSS, that "...the AMA takes a stand, that, before implementation of this mandate to buy individual health insurance, it must pass consitutional muster of the U.S. Supreme Court." I thought this is the least we can do and a modicum of propriety and respect for our Founding Fathers, as the majority in Congress aligned with the White House, is taking 1/6 of the economy under their control. It is not about the AMA itself, taking this directly to the Supreme Court, but , rather, just taking a stand. Hopefully, if passed, that 'amicus brief" can come thru AMA to support anybody or group who may choose to challenge the constitutionality of mandate. Also, since the Constitution is the only recourse to buck this majority in Congress and White House, enumerated powers of these branches of government can only be addressed by the Supreme Court. Remember that a Constitutional republic that we have can negate the coercive powers of the majority. Unfortunately, this amendment failed.....to my chagrin.