An message from the Independent Women's Forum to its considerable email list tells a terrifying tale. "More American women are going to die of breast cancer if you and I surrender to President Obama's nationalized healthcare onslaught," it reads.

It's as simple as that.

You see, over the past 30 years our nation's doctors and self-responsible citizens actually drove the mortality rate from breast cancer down 25%....

Why? Because nationalized healthcare does not let doctors and their patients decide what's best. Because nationalized healthcare means fewer treatment options.

And because, at the end of the day, you and I are much more likely to do all it takes to keep ourselves alive than some faceless government bureaucrat.

I suppose the logic is that the treatments and screenings that have lowered the breast cancer rates will disappear or be "rationed" after Obama "nationalizes" the health care system.

You can read the entire letter below the fold.

Dear Xxxxxx,

More American women are going to die of breast cancer if you and I surrender to President Obama's nationalized healthcare onslaught.

It's as simple as that.

You see, over the past 30 years our nation's doctors and self-responsible citizens actually drove the mortality rate from breast cancer down 25%.

That's at least 300,000 more women who are alive today because America's healthcare system works better than government-run systems. And that's at least 300,000 women who, facing cancer in the future, are likely to suffer under nationalized healthcare.

Why? Because nationalized healthcare does not let doctors and their patients decide what's best. Because nationalized healthcare means fewer treatment options.

And because, at the end of the day, you and I are much more likely to do all it takes to keep ourselves alive than some faceless government bureaucrat.

As IWF's chairman Heather Higgins pointed out recently on Fox and Friends , the difference between healthcare in America and in countries with nationalized healthcare is staggering. In the United States, the cancer survival rate is better than 90%. In England, that rate is only 77%. It's even worse elsewhere in Europe.

Let me tell you, that difference is real lives saved. People you and I know. Real people who are alive today because America's healthcare system works! And real people who might not make it if President Obama inflicts his nationalized healthcare on America.

Now, I've told you the bad news. But now let me give you the good news. Because there is good news.

While the administration tries to con America with a nationalized healthcare shell game, you and I can defeat their slight-of-hand with facts. And our message is simple:

Nationalized healthcare means huge costs and higher mortality.

Now, that's a clear message! And it's at the center of our exciting new television ad you can watch right now at http://www.iwf.org .

I think you'll agree it is a message you and I can use to stop President Obama's nationalized healthcare train in its tracks!

Our new ad makes our point in the most powerful terms possible. It will convince millions of women who might not even consider themselves conservative that "Obamacare" threatens the lives of their family and friends.

With your help, IWF will convince Americans to reject nationalized healthcare.

Now, concerned Americans like you have already helped IWF create this ad and air it in nine states. The response has been tremendous! And that's good.

But to stop the government-funded promotion of government-run healthcare, IWF must raise $1 million to get our message out to the American public.

And you know I will spend every dollar to make sure we win! Together we will,

* Increase our presence on television shows, radio shows, and in print,·
* Reach new audiences with aggressive online outreach, and
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* Run our new ad and run it again. And again and again until Americans know the truth. And until Washington has no choice but to get it right!

Jeffrey, will you please take one more look at our new ad, and then send me a tax-deductible gift of $25, $50, $100, $250, $500 or even more today? Will you please make the most generous gift you can afford, right now ?

And when you have made your generous contribution, I hope you will do even more.

You see, Jeffrey, I hope you will e-mail a link of our new ad to every person you know. I hope you will post a link of our new ad at every blog you can find. And I hope you will forward this e-mail to anyone you think might support our effort to save America from President Obama's nationalized healthcare. That's a lot, I know.

But with the lives of hundreds of thousands of American women on the line, you and your Independent Women's Forum can do no less.

Thank you for all you do for Independent Women's Forum. Especially now.
Sincerely,

Michelle D. Bernard

President and CEO
P.S. As Heather Higgins says in this recent Wall Street Journal Article , "If this takeover isn't worth resisting, what is?" Millions of Americans are waiting for our answer. And I hope to hear from you soon.