I got through the capitol switchboard--877-762-8762--to Kucinich's number, but his voice mail was full. Surprise, surprise. I was going to leave a "true believer" message in there, you know, advising him to switch back to a NO vote since we can't have a glorious, pure single-payer health system.
In truth, I loathe even the term single-payer. It only makes sense if there was only one person in the country who paid taxes.
Just sent this email:
ReplyDeleteCongressman Kucinich -
You really should think about changing your vote back to NO on this so-called "reform" of health care. You took a principled stand against this mess of a health care bill in the past. It doesn't establish single-payer. It won't cover everybody. It doesn't control costs. It doesn't improve quality or access. The only people it seems to empower are the lawyers who will have new ways of suing health care providers. One survey showed that 43% or doctors are thinking about leaving the medical profession if it passes. That is not change we can believe in, and that is NOT what we signed up for when we elected President Obama.
Go back to the drawing board.