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pecuniumI just got off the phone with Adam Schiff's office (D Calif.). It seems someone reported he had signed onto a Blue Dog letter. I was told, very gently, after I explained that I wanted a public option, no trigger; prescription drugs with the gov't being able to bargain: because what I really want, single payer, isn't going to happen anytime soon, that he supported a public option.
That's when I was told a blogger had made a mistake. I said I was sorry if I'd added to a hectic day, and was allowed to explain that I really wanted single payer. That I far preferred a gov't "beaureaucrat" making the decisions over a corporate one. I wanted the interest of that gatekeeper to be the solvency of the system, not the profit margin.
I was allowed to ramble about the VA, NHS, and Canadian systems.
If he is being called madly because of a mistake, well I'm sorry, on the one hand. If it turns out he did/was considering the possibility, then a lot of calls probably stopped it. I worked to get him elected in the first place (Maia and I ran lights for a fundraiser, when he was running against Fred Rogan). I'd have no qualms against working to unseat him if he drops the ball on this.
To be honest, I was surprised to see it. He's a trifle more conservative than I am, a bit less progressive, but he's been pretty much on the right side of the issues, showing a bit more spine than most Dems when Bush was in Office.
So... if someone who looks to have as freindly a constituency as this, gets swamped with calls, there may be some spillover (because it will be talked about in the waiting room for 15 minute calls; when they are doing face-to-face with constituents).
Might be the time to call your rep too. Tell them you heard about the Blue Dog Letter, and you are against it.
Public Plan
No Trigger
No Profit over People
Bargaining Power for Prescriptions
In short, healthcare, to make a healthy nation.
That's when I was told a blogger had made a mistake. I said I was sorry if I'd added to a hectic day, and was allowed to explain that I really wanted single payer. That I far preferred a gov't "beaureaucrat" making the decisions over a corporate one. I wanted the interest of that gatekeeper to be the solvency of the system, not the profit margin.
I was allowed to ramble about the VA, NHS, and Canadian systems.
If he is being called madly because of a mistake, well I'm sorry, on the one hand. If it turns out he did/was considering the possibility, then a lot of calls probably stopped it. I worked to get him elected in the first place (Maia and I ran lights for a fundraiser, when he was running against Fred Rogan). I'd have no qualms against working to unseat him if he drops the ball on this.
To be honest, I was surprised to see it. He's a trifle more conservative than I am, a bit less progressive, but he's been pretty much on the right side of the issues, showing a bit more spine than most Dems when Bush was in Office.
So... if someone who looks to have as freindly a constituency as this, gets swamped with calls, there may be some spillover (because it will be talked about in the waiting room for 15 minute calls; when they are doing face-to-face with constituents).
Might be the time to call your rep too. Tell them you heard about the Blue Dog Letter, and you are against it.
Public Plan
No Trigger
No Profit over People
Bargaining Power for Prescriptions
In short, healthcare, to make a healthy nation.
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Date: 2009-07-10 07:39 pm (UTC)Most discouraging thing I've heard about this is that when it passes, they're not planning to implement until 2013. I've only seen that in one place so far so don't know if it's true, but if it does that's really depressing. My COBRA runs out next July, I want this available by then. They need analysts and paper pushers to make it happen faster, I'm more than happy to work on that.