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Dear F-List,
House Minority Leader, John Boehner, has recently been quoted in an interview saying, "I'm still trying to find the first American to talk to who's in favor of the public option, other than a member of Congress or the administration."
Dear John Boehner,
I wanted to write to you concerning your comment, "I'm still trying to find the first American to talk to who's in favor of the public option, other than a member of Congress or the administration." I certainly hope you’ve had many Americans inform you of where they stand on this issue. My name is Sarah, and I currently live in Memphis, Tennessee for college, though my hometown is a rural community an hour north of Memphis. Next year, I will be commissioning as a Second Lieutenant in the US Air Force. And I support the public option.
Sir, I’m well aware that the public option has a high price tag to it, as do many major program changes. But the fact of the matter is that we are spending 1.5 times as much on our healthcare as any other country in the world, and with less of our citizens covered than our Western peers.
The number of people that would benefit from the public option seems to me as though it would outweigh that price tag—which I believe would naturally pay itself off as prices for healthcare lowered due to many factors. The government being able to negotiate lower prices and fewer unnecessary treatments, the burden of paying for the healthcare of those who don’t have insurance no longer falling on the tax payer, etc. etc.
I am well aware of the idea of “death panels.” And I’ll state here: I find them a low, stupid scare tactic, designed by bitter, idiotic people to trick Americans into not supporting something that would make all of our lives better. I certainly hope that is not the entire basis you have for making ignorant observations about whether or not Americans support the public option! I’d be deeply disappointed if an elected official had fallen for such a low trick.
If you would like to speak to me in person, I will be in Memphis for the rest of the year. And I’m certain I could find plenty of supporters of the public option in Memphis who would also like to speak to you.
Signed,
Sarah
Ahh, I feel politically active now!
House Minority Leader, John Boehner, has recently been quoted in an interview saying, "I'm still trying to find the first American to talk to who's in favor of the public option, other than a member of Congress or the administration."
Dear John Boehner,
I wanted to write to you concerning your comment, "I'm still trying to find the first American to talk to who's in favor of the public option, other than a member of Congress or the administration." I certainly hope you’ve had many Americans inform you of where they stand on this issue. My name is Sarah, and I currently live in Memphis, Tennessee for college, though my hometown is a rural community an hour north of Memphis. Next year, I will be commissioning as a Second Lieutenant in the US Air Force. And I support the public option.
Sir, I’m well aware that the public option has a high price tag to it, as do many major program changes. But the fact of the matter is that we are spending 1.5 times as much on our healthcare as any other country in the world, and with less of our citizens covered than our Western peers.
The number of people that would benefit from the public option seems to me as though it would outweigh that price tag—which I believe would naturally pay itself off as prices for healthcare lowered due to many factors. The government being able to negotiate lower prices and fewer unnecessary treatments, the burden of paying for the healthcare of those who don’t have insurance no longer falling on the tax payer, etc. etc.
I am well aware of the idea of “death panels.” And I’ll state here: I find them a low, stupid scare tactic, designed by bitter, idiotic people to trick Americans into not supporting something that would make all of our lives better. I certainly hope that is not the entire basis you have for making ignorant observations about whether or not Americans support the public option! I’d be deeply disappointed if an elected official had fallen for such a low trick.
If you would like to speak to me in person, I will be in Memphis for the rest of the year. And I’m certain I could find plenty of supporters of the public option in Memphis who would also like to speak to you.
Signed,
Sarah
Ahh, I feel politically active now!
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Maybe he should stop talking to his spoon.
Good e-mail though! I wish more people who buy into that death panel bullshit would start facing reality: There are no death panels. In fact, if there were I'd think the UN would've stepped in by now since that's beyond inhumane.
It makes me sad that the people who are really buying into all that propoganda are some people who need a public option the most. Sure you'll have to pay a little bit more in taxes each year, but your health will get better. Your family's health will improve. Your neighbor's health will improve. People won't be as afraid to go to the doctor when they're ill because they no longer have to worry about being able to afford the examination.
And if you're happy with your current health insurance you're ALLOWED TO STAY WITH IT. I'm not even American and I know this. But if, god forbid, a crisis hits your life and you lose your insurance, all hope isn't lost for your health.
I wish people would just understand this.
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The more I learn about nationalized healthcare, the more I want it. I had to do a presentation in one of my classes last year about nationalized healthcare. Basically, I and another guy had to debate and present the two opposing sides.
I had the misfortune of the more I read about why national healthcare was bad, the more I realized I really wanted it. It made debating really, really hard.
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In my own opinion, that term sounds more like they'd ask 'would you wish to be resuscitated in a worst case scenario' or even setting up a small legalized will. As often as people state that everyone SHOULD have a will, many people just don't have the means to get a legalized will up and ready before they pass on. If it is something like that, many families can be saved from the burden of fighting with the government over a deceased loved ones estate if they're hit by an unforeseen event unprepared.
Even if I am wrong, I still don't believe the US would set up a panel of judges where you sit in front of them and they say "Oh you have a tumor threatening your heart? Well, it looks like the costs to keep your alive are prohibitive so we're going to deny your application. NEXT!"
Oh wait...don't many health insurance companies already do something like that?! OH SHIT DEATH PANELS OMG RUN FOR YOUR LIFE
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Who are using one of the equivalents of a public option.
For god's sake.
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