This is from one of my best friends grand daughter she is 12 and she wrote this to her congressman after watching the news
My name is Chantai I am 12 years old and I have a 8 year old sister named Chyrish. My mother is physically disabled because of a car accident and my sister and I live with our disabled grandparets. My grandmother is 58 and has major back problems. She is almost unable to walk. Her legs and back cause her great pain and she is going to have to have surgery to fix her problems. I fear that under the new health care plan her insurance will not cover the cost of her surgery.
My grandfather who is 65 and is disabled by a lung disease called COPD. He is on oxygen all day and night. He has to take many differant medicine to stabilize his condition. The new health care plan wont cover the cost of his medic ine that keep him alive.
On a news program I was watching there was a chart showing the amount of coverage was 18-22. After and before that a high peak, the line was lower and lower so the young and the elderly barely have any health cre and I strongly disagree with this plan. My grandparents and my family are the most important people to me and in the condition they are in the new plan wont keep anyone older than 50 alive much longer.
For a moment I would like congress to put itself in the shoes of the elderly. Think about it if you were 60 and took a bad fall and broke your hip you would want the coverage to pay for surgery wouldn't you?
Or if you had a brand new grandbaby or even your own child and they had a birth defect, you would want the coverage to take care of that person right? I know I would. It seems to me that most of te people getting into car accidents and shootings are in the 18-25 age group so maybe that is why they have the most coverage. But think about that. If they are the people getting hurt the most aren't they costing the country the most money? Why does congress want to spend trillions of dollars on people who tend to use it up the fastest instead ofg trying to keep our youngest generation safe? They are the ones that one day will be controlling the government.
I would want to set the correct example for them, and try to protect them. Eventually the middle aged people are going to get old. The young are going to become middle aged. So instead of wasting so much money on the ones who use it up, use it to keep the young ones strong. It is proven that the younger you start to build up your immunizations, the stronger you are in the future.
If something were to happen to your child or grandchild wouldn't you hope they would have enough health care to take care of their accident?
The older people (50 and older) are also very important. These are the people who hold America's history. My grandfather is a Vietam veteran. He fought in a war to keep our country safe. If congress is half as patriotic as it claims to be, then lawmakers would know that the elderly are the ones who tell our nations stories. If George Washington suddenly came back to life in perfect condition and he was about 70 years old, we would do everything in our power to keep him alive, right? He laid the cornerstone of our nation he put the walls of Americ. Like Washington, today's seniors citizens are the pillars holding the nation up. They support the triumphs of America. Sure we could get someone to record all the statistal information about wars and our soldiers fought in. Youcan do that. But it wouldn't be the same. The real experience is to hear someone speak about America with true patriotic reverance. To tell the story of how they worked hard to protect our nation. These are the people whose father's father's father's grandfathers fought in a war more than 200 years ago. The elderly have so many stories about the past to share. Kids in America today aren't going to care about that. They think that some 300 year old war isn't worth anything. They wont want to listen to some story how America came to be. They just don't care That's why we need to keep our veterans. They keep America bright.
I hope y letter helps you see the flaws in the proposed health care plan. If not I hope my words will at least rest heavy on your conscience when you are elderly or have a sick grandchild. If you have read this and you are someone who can make a differance, then I thank you for your time. I appreciate it very much.
Chantai * * ******
