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Not to be political...but the elephant in the room...health care reform
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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 349899" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">For those who choose to be involved in the political process, they absolutely can call their congress-person, state representatives, etc. You can write, email or call if you feel the need. Also, at some point, I feel that we need to trust that those we elected into any office at any level will vote the way his/her constituents would like them to. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">As you stated in your earlier post, Marg, our country population-wise, is HUGE. Therefore, it is difficult to vote on something so large as a healthcare reform bill which may (or may not) effect large and small groups of our population. For example, I have four siblings. While my sister (also in CT) and I enjoy a very nice (comparably) health insurance plan, my oldest sister in a poor part sticks-like area of WV has NO insurance at all and she hasn't qualified for state insurance (well, I think she has, but she won't apply). My brother in NY has decent health insurance through his union but he pays through the nose for it. And my other sister in PA has insurance through her union and she is happy with it to date. We all worry about our oldest sister. She has been the loudest cheerleader for the health reform bill because niether of her adult sons with families of their own have health insurance either - they will all benefit from this somehow. By the time I may benefit from it, perhaps all the bugs will have been worked out! </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 349899, member: 2211"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]For those who choose to be involved in the political process, they absolutely can call their congress-person, state representatives, etc. You can write, email or call if you feel the need. Also, at some point, I feel that we need to trust that those we elected into any office at any level will vote the way his/her constituents would like them to. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]As you stated in your earlier post, Marg, our country population-wise, is HUGE. Therefore, it is difficult to vote on something so large as a healthcare reform bill which may (or may not) effect large and small groups of our population. For example, I have four siblings. While my sister (also in CT) and I enjoy a very nice (comparably) health insurance plan, my oldest sister in a poor part sticks-like area of WV has NO insurance at all and she hasn't qualified for state insurance (well, I think she has, but she won't apply). My brother in NY has decent health insurance through his union but he pays through the nose for it. And my other sister in PA has insurance through her union and she is happy with it to date. We all worry about our oldest sister. She has been the loudest cheerleader for the health reform bill because niether of her adult sons with families of their own have health insurance either - they will all benefit from this somehow. By the time I may benefit from it, perhaps all the bugs will have been worked out! [/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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