Health Care Reform? Reply to Senator Cantwell

This is my reply to Senator Cantwell.


Dear Senator Cantwell,


Thank you for your response. I appreciate you taking the time out of your very busy schedule.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act sounds good. Every patient wants protection and of course everyone wants affordable health care. I applaud you for trying to do that. But this is not the way.

Who will protect me when you come to arrest me for not buying health insurance? Who will protect me when I am forced to pay for everyone else's insurance - including illegal aliens? Who will protect me when I refuse to pay for a woman to kill her unborn baby? Will you protect me when I'm old and get cancer, and the insurance will not pay for any procedure other than counseling? I should never be forced by the federal government to buy insurance! I should not be paying a penny to support illegal aliens! My religion prevents me from paying for a procedure to kill another human being! My insurance now will pay for life-saving procedures even though they may be expensive.

And the best way to make health care affordable is tort reform. Make these crazy multi-million dollar settlements illegal. Increase competition and let us buy insurance across state lines. If the federal government ever gets into universal health care there will be so much waste and fraud and pocket-lining that there is no way it could be 'affordable'.

To say that this Act will reduce the deficit is folly. When was the last time a government program came in on budget? It will not happen because of the reasons listed above (waste, fraud, pocket-lining) and other ways not yet even created.

This Act will not allow me to keep my insurance as has been claimed many times. My employer will find that the government plan costs him much less than what he is providing now, so he will switch. A business man has to watch the bottom line. Will you tell him he has to keep me on my present plan and pay for it rather than switching me and saving money? Of course not. So you are wrong, I will not be able to keep my present insurance. Of course I could not get the insurance provided free by my employer and instead get a single policy and pay for it myself but we all know that that is not realistic.

I believe Congress is not interested in health care reform. However, Congress is interested in getting reelected, lining the pockets of their cronies, enriching themselves, and preparing for the day when they are finally booted out of office and become lobbyists that then have their pockets lined with our tax dollars.

There are many other problems with this Act, but I am sure you get the point. I cannot support anyone that votes for this socialist monster. Put me on your health plan and I might change my mind. Until then I will do everything I can to help your opponent.

I do very much appreciate the time you've taken to correspond with me on this vital matter. Thank you.


Sincerely,