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October 12, 2009
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Adam,
I really enjoyed your op-ed piece in The Ledger today. Your thoughts reflect my own and I appreciate you being a voice for so many of us. Thanks for looking out for the taxpayer. My wife Sasha and I live in Palm Beach County where she is an OB/GYN and I am a co-owner of a money management firm in Marin County so please let me know what I can do to help your cause in Martin and/or Palm Beach County . Thanks again Adam.
Matt Melendy
RE: http://www.TheLedger.com/article/20091016/COLUMNISTS/910165012
* Adam, YOU SAID: “By encouraging wellness and prevention programs, we can create incentives for people to lose weight, have healthier lifestyles, manage their diabetes, and lower their cholesterol or blood pressure.”
* You are absolutely correct! ~ I had been meaning to give you some of my health and dietary research, but you can pick up a copy here: http://www.GordonWayneWatts.com/consumer.html ALT: http://www.GordonWatts.com/consumer.html
* YOU ALSO SAID: “We can make legal reforms that help contain the cost of malpractice insurance and reduce the number of tests and procedures that physicians sometimes order not because they think it’s in the best interest of the patient, but because they are afraid of being sued.”
* Correct! — Too many frivelous “million-dollar type” lawsuits cripple the system and load it down like a heavy rock. I’m not opposed to compensation for Medical Malpricatice, but many times, the “jury awards” are far too great -and accomplish nothing but (it’s worth repeating) crippling the system.
* ADAM SAID: “We can allow people to purchase insurance across state lines, expanding competition and driving costs lower.”
* Yes, the Free Market must not be crippled by preventing interstate commerce. Only with genuine competition can we expect the Free Market to have a chance.
** PS: I don’t know if I’ll be able to make your Town Hall meeting this Monday -i have car troubles -however, in case you have questions on Healthcare, I have compiled a “random” chart of “pros and cons” that might prove helpful and/or interesting to stimulate debate:
http://GordonWayneWatts.com/FannyDeregulation/HealthCarePOINTS.html
ALT: http://GordonWatts.com/FannyDeregulation/HealthCarePOINTS.html
GW
I’m afraid I cannot support the view that government bureaucracy would come between patient and the doctor in a single payer healthcare plan. I had Champus (federal healthcare) years ago and had the best medical (and cheapest) coverage ever in my lifetime. Dealing with private insurance has been (and still is) an absolute nightmare. It has cost me and my family dearly in time, health, and aggravation through delayed and sometimes denied treatments and procedures.
The idea of increased cost is simply not true. If we had to pay an increase in taxes, that would easily be offset by not only finally getting healthcare to those who cannot afford it, but by eliminating the inefficiencies of the current system through lower premiums, lower co-pays, no or lower deductions and lower pharmaceutical costs. The difference would be in the saved dollars that would not be skimmed off the top by insurance executives, stockholders, highly paid hospital CEOs, excessive pharmaceutical profits through greedy loophole use of patent laws and denial of generics, and, of course, excessive administration costs. Get rid of all the “for-profit” insurance, corruption and unnecessary middleleeches. Health is not a commodity that should be bought and sold on Wall Street by greedy corporate America. I am sick of corporate American’s consistently greedy “make money” attitude about yes, even healthcare. I wonder how many of these greedy people would watch a family member die in lieu of a buck. Believe me I know what I’m saying because I lost my son to leukemia when a bone marrow transplant was not covered under my so-called “better” private insurance.
The ONLY solution is a single-payer system. No, it is NOT socialized medicine. Why did Senator Baucus not allow any single-payer advocates a seat at the table for his hearings on health care reform? Why were 13 physicians and other advocates arrested for seeking a seat at the table? Are we living in a dictatorship now? Are “we the people” out of vogue? what is going on here – shall we ask the lobbyists OR OUR REPRESENTATIVES? Seems worse than Canadian “socialism” to me!
We need true health care in the form of a single-payer system. I have vowed that before I vote again in any election, I will know the healthcare positions of all those on the ballot and will vote accordingly. So, any candidate not for the people’s best interest where healthcare is concerned, will not receive my vote.
S. Kemper
You may be aware that Rep. Mel Watt’s subcommittee on monetary policy introduced changes to the Federal Reserve Transparency Act (HR 1207) that restrict inquiry around transactions with foreign central banks, monetary policy deliberations, transactions made under the direction of the Federal Open Market Committee and communications between the Board, the reserve banks, and staff.
These changes have the practical effect of killing the bill, and eliminating the transparency that our economy and financial markets require for stability and sustainable growth.
It is also clear that Rep. Watt does not fear for his re-election, given his willingness to put the narrow interests of the banking industry, his top donors over the last decade, above those of the American people. I’m hoping you will be more responsive to the people.
HR 1207 has over 300 cosponsors in its ORIGINAL form. I trust you will use your influence to remove Rep. Watt’s changes, and bring HR 1207 to a vote on the House floor in its original form.
I’m also sending a copy of this message to my two Senators so that they too will know how important this HR 1207 is to me.
I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
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