Democracy requires that we know the names of those opposed to the public option.

[Dems to Win]

My letter I just sent to my congresswoman:

Please sponsor and support Congressman Grayson's HR4789, the public option act. And please DEMAND that Speaker Pelosi bring it up to a vote the same day that the Obama corporate insurance subsidy bill is considered.

Glenn Greenwald's recent column about the Democratic leadership's cowardly refusal to include a public option in the Obama plan -- actively whipping against it!-- while paying lip service to supporting it, accurately reflects my understanding of the situation. It is enraging.

Put the public option to a vote! I DEMAND to know the names of the Democrats who are serving the insurance companies, protecting them from real competition, at the cost of American lives.

I am in agreement with Congressman Dennis Kucinich, that the bill being brought to the floor by the White House and Democratic leadership is much more a corporate insurance protection and subsidy act, rather than a universal health care bill.

30 million people will be mandated to buy their products, but will still lack meaningful access to health care, given the high deductibles and co-pays on top of unaffordable premiums, as well as the arbitrary denials of expensive care by for-profit corporations. It is not at all clear to me that working lower-middle class families will have better access to health care under the Obama bill than currently via hospital emergency rooms.

Democracy demands that the people be able to hold their elected leaders accountable. We NEED to know who is opposed to allowing all Americans access to the high-quality, affordable care now provided only to seniors via Medicare.

Please co-sponsor and support HR 4789 and DEMAND that it be brought to a floor vote. Democracy requires it.

Sincerely,

[Mari333]

1. knr

[Donnachaidh]

2. the concept of a Transparent government in fact meant COVER UP

:puke:

[ThomWV]

3. Let me kick this back to the top where it belongs.

[glitch]

4. Good letter, belated welcome! nt

[Old Codger]

5. Damn right

A straight up or down vote and public records of who voted how.... Then start campaigning against the nay votes, primary them out...

[SlingBlade]

6. K & R

[dkf]

7. Barack Obama

Sad but true.

[Jefferson23]

8. Good for you Dems to Win

[sabrina 1]

9. Good letter ~

This is an accurate description of what opponents call 'covering 30 million people who have no coverage'. This is the truth about that claim:

30 million people will be mandated to buy their products, but will still lack meaningful access to health care, given the high deductibles and co-pays on top of unaffordable premiums, as well as the arbitrary denials of expensive care by for-profit corporations. It is not at all clear to me that working lower-middle class families will have better access to health care under the Obama bill than currently via hospital emergency rooms.

And the enforcement section of the bill, which I just looked at today, allows the government to fine those who do not purchase a premium, 'up to $25,000 or a 'year in jail'. And that is if it is classified as a misdeanor. If they are found guilty of a felony, the fine can be as high as a quarter of a million dollars.

I cannot believe that this travesty came from a Democratic administration. If it was a Republican bill, which it is actually is, people would be storming the WH.

K&R