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I can't sit by.. I have to do something... so I'll take 5 mins to make a few contacts... Here is my last letter to
Walt Minnick
Congressman
ID, 1st CD
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I can't sit by.. I have to do something... so I'll take 5 mins to make a few contacts... Here is my last letter to
Walt Minnick
Congressman
ID, 1st CD
Dear Mr. Minnick,
Your last email blast has me really concerned about healthcare for people that don’t have it… I want to state a few points I think most of the government seems to be for getting. One is that there are many like me, where both parents work (this one is an advertiser/graphic artist) that make enough to own a house pay the normal bill but don’t have the 200-500 a month to pay for insurance. To that if you force me to have insurance and it cost more than $100 a month then we will sink like a rock quickly.
Another point the government seems to forget is that the universal health care we give kids no currently under insurance works great. You may be asking how I would know this. Well this man in a well paying job how has been taken care of all his responsibilities, got denied coverage less I pay a rate of around $400 or so a month for my wife and me. So Medicaid stepped up. My son was found in the womb to have a problem with his kidney that would be life threatening later on. The induced him a month early and he was sent to surgery 3 months later. Now he is a happy healthy boy and owes his life to a form of universal health care. But he has been denied for coverage due to a major pre-existing condition. At this rate he’ll never have coverage.
My third point and last is this. I and many, many others are sick and tired of the rich thinking they know best. A health workforce makes more money for the rich. A well educated person makes more money for the rich… These facts are saddening when, us the working class are treated like the salves of Hawaii sugar cane plantation owners; paid and taken care of but only enough to pay the rent and food they’re charged for, making them no better than a real slave.
Please understand and make you peers understand we the people will not take it anymore. Unions will strike, good Americas will start to leave to better ranked counties, and if need be a class action suit for price fixing and what not will be put to the insurance corporations and the government officials as well for accessory to theft of the common. PLEASE don’t make us Rome. I don’t want to see this great county burn.
Thank you for your time.
Jeremy L Bass
Why did I write this...? Here is the email from just before from him.
September 17, 2009
Mr. Jeremy L. Bass 1515 21st Avenue Lewiston, ID 83501-3926
Dear Jeremy:
Thank you for taking the time to contact me with your concerns and recommendations for health care reform. This is an important issue that will have long lasting consequences, and I appreciate your views.
I spent three decades running everything from a small garden store to a multi-national forest products company. So I understand all too well how frustrated people are with the high cost of insurance. Health insurance premiums have increased an average of 73% over the last five years, faster than wages and inflation. The United States spends more per capita on health care than any other country in the world. Yet, we rank almost last in preventing deaths associated with treatable cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. Idahoans expect and deserve better.
While, H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act, has many good provisions that will move our country toward the health care reform we need, I cannot support the bill as it is currently written. It will cost more than $1.6 trillion over ten years, leaving much of the cost to our children and grandchildren. It also relies on a government-run insurance plan, which would reduce competition and limit choices for the American people. I do not believe this is the best way to reform our health care system. However, I am encouraged by other ideas coming out of the Senate Finance Committee. I am hopeful that I will be able to vote for and support the final bill that the President signs into law.
My reservations about the current House bill do not serve as an endorsement of the current system. For far too long the federal government has failed to fulfill its duty to ensure Americans have access to quality health care. Congress must set the rules of the road under which health insurance companies and health care providers operate. This includes prohibiting discrimination based on age, employment status, and pre-existing conditions and setting a national standard for appropriate health care coverage. Once insurers and providers understand the rules, they will be able to adapt to provide affordable, quality coverage for the American people.
The discussion about health care reform is far from over, and I am hopeful that Congress will be able to come together to find a solution that will benefit all Americans. Again, thank you for taking the time to contact me, and I apologize for the long delay in responding to your letter. Feel free to visit my website at http://minnick.house.gov for continued updates on my work, and do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of assistance in the future.
It is an honor to serve you in the U.S. Congress.
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