Dear Mr. Congressman
Saturday, April 1, 2017
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Our Families Need Affordable Health Insurance
Even those of us who have health insurance through our jobs are worried about how repeal of the ACA will affect our extended families. |
Dear Person
Who Opens the Mail,
Here’s
something you might not expect: If I had to pay for my own health insurance, I
would get $3,000 more under the AHCA than under the ACA.
But, I am
STILL against AHCA. Here’s why:
I have a daughter.
What if she starts a business after she’s 26? What if she becomes ill and
doesn’t have insurance through her employer?
I have a sister
who is barely making it. Her son has a life-threatening illness.
What will
happen to them if she loses her health insurance?
I have a mother.
What will happen to her when the ACHA cuts Medicaid?
Here is what
I want you to tell the Congressman: do not forget that we have families
and friends. That is why I call and write about AHCA. It’s not just
about me and what could happen if I lost health insurance. It’s about everyone.
That’s why
I’ve enclosed this papercut family. Americans are all connected, and we are all
going to do much better if we can minimize health catastrophes.
I urge the
Congressman to vote NO on the AHCA.
Sincerely,
Ellen Mackey
Paul Ryan, Health Care, and Lift-the-Flap Subtext
These are the top flaps of Congressman Ryan's health care plan. But, if you lift them, you will find out what he really means underneath. See next picture. |
Sorrow Eaters and American Health Care
a Poem About People Who Feed on Sorrow |
Dear Person Who Opens the Mail,
I read a book last week,about a village
That had a day of sacrifice.
On that day, the youngest child
A baby was taken to the woods
And left there to appease a witch.
But there was really not a witch.
Only a woman in the village
Who needed sorrow.
A sorrow-eater.
She made up the story about the witch
To make people feel bereft and afraid
The better to feed her appetite.
Just a fantasy book, right?
No sorrow-eaters in America.
And yet, we must have sorrow
People who can’t pay for insurance must suffer
Personal responsibility, and corporate profits
And They Have to Learn Somehow, and all that.
But, would it be so bad if
We didn’t have to be thrown in a dark hole of fear?
Live one tragedy away from ruin?
Is there really a better way to spend our money?
Puppet Show: Is the US a Compassionate Nation?
Maybe You Need Some Better Magic
And, as far as I can tell, he hasn't really spoken up on the more egregious things Trump has done: his budget which makes deep cuts in vital programs so that he can give even more to the military, decimating the EPA, the travel bans, appointing alt-right leaders and corporate billionaires to positions of power, etc.
And, it took hi 4 months to have a face-to-face meeting with his constituents.
But, on the afternoon this photo was taken, he was perfectly happy to get some attention from a friendly crowd.
The magician called him up to be a part of her show. They cut the middle out of a handkerchief, and of course hers "healed" during the course of the act, and his was left with a gaping hole.
The symbolism of the thing struck me, though. Is he just a void at the center? Will he sell out his principles to get ahead with the new administration?
Here was my letter:
February 19, 2017
Dear Person Who Opens Mr. Coffman’s Mail,
In
case you didn’t hear about it, your boss tried to perform a little magic at the
Chinese New Year celebration last month.
It didn’t go so well.
Please tell him I sent him this magic wand so that he can
fix health care so that it can do all they’ve promised with the tax credits and
HAS contributions they’ve proposed.
Without an individual mandate, they’re going to need some
magic to keep premiums affordable.
And—they haven’t said a thing about trying to keep costs
down. Letting the government negotiate with pharmaceutical companies would be a
good start. They shouldn’t get to profit 20% while so many middle-income people
go without medicine. Shameful.
Most sincerely,
Ellen Mackey
Mr. Coffman needed a better magic wand. So I sent him this one. |
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