Nicely done.

I launch this here because this blog is always on point. I dio this tonight following Obama's speech. Something needs to be done.

I've had enough of the posturing, lying, propaganda and hypocrisy. It's time to hold feet to the fire.

We're not going to get the obvious, sensible and real solution to US healthcare which is single payer, (No, that doesn't necessarily exclude private insurance.) Combining Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP, Federal, VA and the military, dumping all the unnecessarily different bureaucracies, and building a realtime medical IT system. The X-factor insurance costs.

If any of our representatives and senators want to vote against a federally funded public option, how about they give up their federal healthcare. Give them an extra $12,700 a year or so (the average family cover 2008), no tax break, and let them find their own.

And with ethics oversight to make sure they don't get deals or care other people can't.

Let's see if they like the insurance company control over their doctor's choices and their choice of doctors. Let's see what they call rationing. See how they like having to employ someone to fight their bills for them -- god knows they are too incompetent to do it themselves. Let's see what they think about nationalised health, socalization, and socialized medicine then.

Below's what I already sent my senator and rep (Klobuchar/Ellison) with some modification for them. We need a whole load of people to put these shits in a position of shame. We need this to spread exponentially. I'm going to spend the next few hours working the blogs and internet talking about healthcare, and hit all the Senators and as many reps as possible (though most won't accept non-constituents).

Help me, please. Hit all blogs, etc.

I recommend putting this somewhat in your own words.

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Representative/Senator ---------,

I write to you concerning healthcare.

I understand the inertia impeding the attempt to make healthcare cheaper, more effective and efficient, far less complicated, and universal. Single payer, which would not necessarily mean no private insurance, is the way to go. Adding a publically (federally) funded option is a key if small, and complicating, step on this route.

In order to avoid any perceived conflict or hypocrisy, I recommend that any senators or representatives voting against a public option renounce their federal healthcare coverage and receive an additional $12,700 per annum (or equivalent, as this was the average health insurance family coverage premium in 2008), no tax breaks (like every other private insuree), and ethics oversight to prevent insurance company favoritism in cost, coverage or service, or federal help in fighting the bills or for care.

Let's see who is against a public option then.

I thank you for your service.

Sincerely,
My name

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One of the Republican "talking points" is to tell anyone that is rich and says that they are willing to pay higher taxes to "Go ahead; pay more taxes. Send a check to the IRS." Let's all start hitting these people.

The young may not think this matters but I have been in the States almost 30 years and healthcare has gone from 8 to 17% GDP of a much bigger GDP per capita. 30 years from now?

The CBO itself says it is not mostly about the baby boomers but rising health costs.

Please take time to put this out. Can we make this national?

Write.

Thanks.