18 July, 2017
Rep. Dana
Rohrabacher,
101 Main
Street #380
Huntington
Beach, CA 92648
Dear
Congressman,
Re: Your Senator McCain
I’m sure you’ll join me in sending good thoughts to Senator John
McCain for a speedy recovery from his surgery. I had been worried about him
since his strange and rambling questioning of James Comey a few weeks ago—it
seemed almost like the onset of dementia. I have always admired the man, though
I have generally disagreed with his positions; and truthfully my respect for
him began to wane at the time of his run for the Presidency. His choice of
Sarah Palin was, in my view, a serious lapse in judgment.
But I surely wish him well. He had not yet clarified his position
on the cruelly misnamed Better Care Reconciliation Act, but his yes vote would
surely have been the sharpest of ironies. The cost of his recent surgery and
post-operative care has amounted, I read, to nearly $80,000. He was fortunate,
indeed, to be protected by the kind of insurance his party and his president
seem intent on putting beyond the reach of millions of Americans.
I am glad that zombie bill has been finally (???) pronounced dead.
Now it seems the Republican effort will be to repeal Obamacare without replacing it. Good luck with
that! The ire of the American people has been aroused, and will not easily be
pacified—especially not by an even more brazen attack on something they now
recognize to be a right.
A modest suggestion: Obamacare is now popular. It works. It can be
made to work better with good faith and a willingness to compromise on either
side. So get to it!
(And of course, the obvious choice is still for a single payer
system that dumps the whole “free market”, profit-motivated approach to health
care for all. Will we ever get what every other advanced nation already has?)
Respectfully,
Peter Clothier, Ph.D.
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