OK, in light of the rotten proposal about Trade Adjustment Assistance being paid for by extending the Sequester cuts to Medicare payments into the second half of 2024, I have got to speak up!
This is a DIRECT ATTACK ON MY INCOME!!!
Follow below the swirl for explanation...
I am, by trade, a medical biller and coder. I own my own company. I currently have one doctor client. I'd like to get more, but marketing is very cost-prohibitive for me currently.
AND NOW WASHINGTON WANTS TO MAKE THIS EVEN HARDER FOR ME!!!
You see, my contract is such with my doctor (and this is industry standard, I might add) that I am paid based on a percentage of actual collections my doctor makes.
What this means is...when Medicare payments to my doctor client are reduced through Sequestration, he makes less money...AND AS A RESULT SO DO I!!
This has a direct impact on my bottom line as a small business owner and self-employed person. It directly and negatively impacts my ability to market for new clients, to expand, to grow...and to therefore be in a position to be a job creator and hire employees!
Who has the small business owners like me in mind? NOBODY.
Seniors will not be DIRECTLY negatively impacted by these cuts, because the doctors are not legally able to charge them for amounts not collected as a result of Sequestration. However, this COULD tangentially affect seniors negatively if doctors decide they no longer want to see Medicare patients because of these cuts!
But it DOES directly impact my business's bottom line, my ability to market my services, to grow, expand, and hire new employees. And all because this money I am now not making is going to pay for "Trade Adjustment Assistance"...where's MY Trade Adjustment Assistance?!?!?
And if TPP was NOT such a bad deal for American workers...why would we even NEED Trade Adjustment Assistance? Details, folks...they are trying to sneak this one by us, hoping no-one will notice. But you do not need Trade Adjustment Assistance for displaced workers...IF THE DEAL IS NOT GOING TO DISPLACE AMERICAN WORKERS!!
They are as good as TELLING US...by this very action...that the deal is rotten for American workers (not that we didn't already know this!)
Sign the petition to block this raid on Medicare HERE
And continue to call your Members of Congress to oppose the entire TPP and Fast Track! The only Fast Track this is - is a Fast Track right down the drain for our economy. The only losers will be American workers and American consumers, AND THEY KNOW IT. They need to know that YOU know it...and will hold them accountable.