Dick Durbin's tepid response to my letter in support of single payer

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izzybeans  (1000+ posts)        Fri Jun-26-09 05:06 PM
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Dick Durbin's tepid response to my letter in support of single payer
 Edited on Fri Jun-26-09 05:39 PM by izzybeans
He sounds like he has no political will. I should also add that letter included my additional support of a public option-as a choice open to each citizen-as a compromise between ideal situation and tough reality.

June 26, 2009



Mr. Izzy Beans
XXX N. Bean St.
Chicago, IL XXXX


Dear Mr. Beans:

Thank you for contacting me with your support for a single-payer national health care system. I appreciate hearing from you.

All Americans should have access to affordable health care coverage including the 47 million Americans without health insurance and the 8.9 million children. One of the most frequent concerns I hear from businesses as well as consumers involves the rising cost of health insurance. This struggle is especially severe for small businesses and their employees.

To address these problems, I support an employer-based approach to universal health insurance coverage, supplemented by a publicly-financed program to assist those with limited means and to encourage small businesses to provide health insurance for their employees. As a first step, I have introduced bi-partisan legislation to make health insurance more affordable for small businesses and the self-employed by allowing them to join purchasing pools with a choice of health plans and tax credits to reduce their costs.

Advocates of a single-payer system must overcome the skepticism regarding a "government-run" program. They may have more success grafting a public health plan option onto a system that retains private health insurance plans. I believe in leaving major elements of the American health care system in place while addressing the current system's serious shortcomings. This approach can lead to coverage of more individuals sooner. I look forward to working with the Obama Administration and my colleagues in the Senate to address the growing health insurance crisis.

Thank you again for sharing your thoughts. Please feel free to keep in touch.

Sincerely,
Richard J. Durbin
United States Senator

RJD/kg

No pony for the DUmmie.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5934275

[franksolich]

I'll bet this part of the letter, the primitive added on, when typing it in:

Please feel free to keep in touch.

[Carl]

That voodoo word employer came up again.

That is the part that DUmmies hate.

[RobJohnson]

That voodoo word employer came up again.

That is the part that DUmmies hate.

yup   

[JohnnyReb]

If DUmmies think healthcare is bad now, just wait until they start getting thrown off by their free ponies.

[Karin]

And I've never seen a bunch who go to doctors more than these losers.  They're forever waiting in doctor's offices, booking appointments, going back to the doctors for med modifications, etc.  Always.  When rationing kicks in, what will they do with their free time?  Systematic Chaos, for instance, nobody's going to have time for him anymore.  He will pass on.  As Obama says, "take a pain pill." 

[NHSparky]

Reminds me of the story where 9 people went to Austin-area ER's 2700 times in a 6-year period.

The cost?  3 MILLION DOLLARS.  And of course, the DUmmies want someone else to shoulder that burden.  Dear DUmmie, under "single payer", YOU bear that cost eventually, even if you never step foot inside a hospital.  How is that fair?