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Issues-Advocacy    H3'ed 10/4/09

Let the PEOPLE Decide!

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Let the PEOPLE Decide!

    

Let the PEOPLE Decide!
This entire debate about Health Care Reform has made itpainfully obvious how corrupt MOST of our Congressionals are; one only has to look at the bribes they accept from the Insurance and Big Pharma lobbies, starting with Baucus and Snowe, on down the line of influence.
It's time to hand this decision to the PEOPLE!

We should all be clamoring for a NATIONAL REFERENDUM on the health care issue, with a choice for Single-payer clearly on the poll. The PEOPLE should be deciding this, not a compromised and bribed Congress!
There should beno reason this can't be organized in time for this November's voting season.
The choices might be;

1. Do Nothing and let the Insurance companies continue to have their way with US.
In fact, mandate that people buy their insurance, so they can further enrich themselves!
2. Stricter regulations for the Insurance companies, and hope they comply, but also include a Public Option like Medicare for ANYONE who wants to buy into it.
3. Single-payer Public Health Insurance, where everyone pays in and everyone is served.
And this should be done IRV-style, where voters can rank their choices. That way it will be as clear and informative a vote as we can get on what People REALLY WANT.
Oh yeah, and make it BINDING, of course!

YES! Let's have some real Democracy and let Voters decide on Health Reform!
No, let the Congess and their Insurance Lobbies decide for US!
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Bia Winter is an Artist/Writer from Maine, and has been an activist and letter-writer since the 60's. In 2004 she received the Roger Baldwin Award from the Maine American Civil Liberties Union for furthering Democracy after she got a Resolution (more...)
 
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