What we (hopefully) are all doing about it. I am calling, faxing, e-mailing, writing letters. But I am very specific when I talk to anyone and I tell them that fixing ______ or ________ is NOT sufficient and will NOT result in a good bill. I enumerate the MANY problems in the bill because I l WILL not leave them with the impression that one issue is my only problem with the bill - whatever the one issue happens to be and that if they just fix that, everything else is fine and dandy.
I’m glad you’re doing your part in stopping this horrible bill.
Since they ignore us, after I contact them, I report what I said or wrote, and send it as a short letter to the editor. MAYBE they will pay better attention if thousands of readers of a newspaper read our ideas.
For instance, here is my editor’s letter to a newspaper, which was published:
“Editor:
Here is my note to my rep. re: national healthcare:
“My husband’s and my suggestions for health care reform are tax deductions for health care costs, tort reform, allowing Americans to purchase their health insurance from any company in the country and health savings accounts.
I do not want any kind of bill, just improvements on the current health care system. However, IF a bill were to pass, there should be amendments that stipulate NO abortion, euthanasia or denial of treatment because of age or severity of illness.
Thank you,”
More recently I wrote this letter which was published in two newspapers:
“Editor:
This week I called Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, and told them both: “Please stop ignoring us. We don’t want government healthcare; we want jobs.” If they ignore us, yet again, we know what to do on their election days.
After making the call, though, I became a little nervous. I hope our senators don’t think I want them to mess around with the job market, too. The govt. will only make the economy even worse. Lower taxes for businesses, and let the free market work.”
(My last paragraph was to add a bit of levity while making a point.)