STEALTH HEALTH

September 20, 2017

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher,

101 Main Street #380

Huntington Beach, CA 92648

Dear Congressman,

Re: Stealth Health

So your fellow Republicans in the Senate are trying to sneak through yet another attempt to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act. Have they not learned by now that the American people want, need, and deserve a health care system that serves their legitimate needs and protects them from disaster? So far as I gather, the “new” bill is just a rewrap of same old tired ideas, adding to the deficit and benefiting no one but those who profit from the misfortune of others.

I heard that House Speaker Paul Ryan already announced that the House would pass the Senate bill, virtually sight unseen—or at least without a cost estimate by the CBO. And I presume that you would go along with that?

How loud do the American people have to shout to be heard on this issue? The dreadful truth is that this bill could actually attract enough Republican Senate votes to pass, with a majority of one—that Vice President’s vote. A bill that is not only absurdly cost-ineffective, but is also totally pointless, unless as an act of sheer spite against the previous president. And the only people who want it are partisan Republican politicians.

If this bill is passed from the Senate back to the House, you should vote against it.

Respectfully,

Peter Clothier, Ph.D.