A request of Senator Sherrod Brown
Dear Senator Brown,
Americans see Health Insurance Reform as the primary issue essential for the betterment of us all. An overwhelming majority of Americans (77%) prefer a Public Health Insurance Option, which will not drop you if you lose your job, which is affordable, and which will not drop you if you file lots of claims. (I would prefer Single-Payer, but am willing to wait for that.)
President Obama is showing a great deal of weakness in fighting for the Public Option. It is within his grasp, but he seems more interested in maintaining the Washington status quo. People are suffering and need insurance. People are dying, denied coverage.
The thing is, if Congress sends the President a bill with a Public Insurance Option, I doubt the President would veto it. However, I doubt he would veto a bill because it *does not* have the Public Option: he owes too much to Private Insurance CEOs and lobbyists, I fear, and would "buckle".
Therefore, Sherrod, I am asking you to filibuster a bill if it does not include a Public Health Insurance Option. Since the President is not saying he *must* have a Public Option, then I say that *you* must give him a bill with a Public Option included; a robust option which is neither a front for Private Insurance, nor one which triggers after years pass (maybe).
I hate to make this a "litmus test", or a "last straw", or a "deal breaker" for the President, but it looks like the country has been played by yet another bait-and-switch artist. The President won with promises to bring to pass red-meat issues like the Public Option, but all along - it seems - was thinking he would be just as content with the status quo.
Please don't prove yourself to be a member of the Washington elite, Senator Brown. Stand up to the special interests and insist on basic decency and kindness and dignity for people and their health. Filibuster a bill if it does not include a robust Public Insurance Option.
The Constitution was written, in part, "to promote the General Welfare". This is what I feel the President and Senator Reid and Congressman Hoyer are missing - that more than 3/4 of America wants real change in health insurance, and do not want lobbyists to transform that dream into a payoff to Private Insurance CEOs.
Thank you,
Americans see Health Insurance Reform as the primary issue essential for the betterment of us all. An overwhelming majority of Americans (77%) prefer a Public Health Insurance Option, which will not drop you if you lose your job, which is affordable, and which will not drop you if you file lots of claims. (I would prefer Single-Payer, but am willing to wait for that.)
President Obama is showing a great deal of weakness in fighting for the Public Option. It is within his grasp, but he seems more interested in maintaining the Washington status quo. People are suffering and need insurance. People are dying, denied coverage.
The thing is, if Congress sends the President a bill with a Public Insurance Option, I doubt the President would veto it. However, I doubt he would veto a bill because it *does not* have the Public Option: he owes too much to Private Insurance CEOs and lobbyists, I fear, and would "buckle".
Therefore, Sherrod, I am asking you to filibuster a bill if it does not include a Public Health Insurance Option. Since the President is not saying he *must* have a Public Option, then I say that *you* must give him a bill with a Public Option included; a robust option which is neither a front for Private Insurance, nor one which triggers after years pass (maybe).
I hate to make this a "litmus test", or a "last straw", or a "deal breaker" for the President, but it looks like the country has been played by yet another bait-and-switch artist. The President won with promises to bring to pass red-meat issues like the Public Option, but all along - it seems - was thinking he would be just as content with the status quo.
Please don't prove yourself to be a member of the Washington elite, Senator Brown. Stand up to the special interests and insist on basic decency and kindness and dignity for people and their health. Filibuster a bill if it does not include a robust Public Insurance Option.
The Constitution was written, in part, "to promote the General Welfare". This is what I feel the President and Senator Reid and Congressman Hoyer are missing - that more than 3/4 of America wants real change in health insurance, and do not want lobbyists to transform that dream into a payoff to Private Insurance CEOs.
Thank you,
posted by batguano at 9:37 PM
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