HEALTH CARE: Just the facts, ma'am

A letter titled “Doomsday” authored by Denise Graves shows that so many people refuse to understand the health care debate. What we will have is corporate welfare because  30 million more people will be getting insurance from one of many for profit mega-million dollar insurance companies. Contrary to MS Graves beliefs, the health care bills have everything to do with health care. All of her talking points have been debunked for so long by real annalists, not ones paid for by FOX news or lobbyists funded by the insurance companies and special interests. It’s funny that when the Republican “right” polls people about health care, they only poll people who have good insurance. They never poll the millions of Americans that don’t have or have lost their coverage for whatever reason. If you have insurance, and like the coverage, you can keep it. Fact.

The “right” only wants a bill that is weak that cause minimal changes to protect the profits of the mega-million dollar corporations and because they are having a tantrum. They say no because they were kicked out of power and will LIE and do anything to regain it. MS Graves makes like the so-called “nuclear option” has never been used before ignoring the fact Republicans have used Reconciliation sixteen out of twenty-two times. The majority gets it done.

MS Graves has a very narrow view of America and American politics. I do agree with her opening line stating, “We have only a few days to save the United States of America as we know it.” I don’t want my kids to recite “The Pledge of Allegiance to the Corporation.” Freedom is not for profit and health shouldn’t either.

P.S. There is so much information on health care available. See through the lies.

MIKE MARTENS

Coeur d’Alene