E/mail to Senators Franken and Klobuchar

[loveable liberal]

Senators Klobuchar, Franken and staff,



Please SAVE THE PUBLIC OPTION, DO NOT GIVE UP!!!



My mother had to pay cash to go to Switzerland for cancer treatments to save her life.



Our surgeons bone stimulator supply company wrote off a $1000.00 bill just because we asked them too. Medical supply company's have no oversight as to what they charge, WE ARE BEING RIPPED OFF!!!



THE CEO OF UNITED HEALTH MADE $60,000.00 AN HOUR IN 2005 (based on a 2080 work hour year).

Health care costs are killing us!!



Signed

[dflprincess]

1. The public option as presented in HR3200

won't help a whole a lot with this stuff it does far to much to keep the private insurers in the game. The only thing that will stop the rip offs is HR676 and Bernie Sanders single payer bill in the Senate.

Franken has apparently indicated a willingness to go with the coop plan (he doesn't like single payer at all) and Klobuchar can't seem to give a straight answer about what she supports. Franken ranked 43rd and Klobuchar 51st in donations from the insurance industry which probably explains where they're coming from - but you'll note they are both to invoke Wellstone's name when it serves their purposes even though they will never hesitate to vote against the very things he would have supported.

[SomeGuyInEagan]

2. My email messages to Klobuchar and Franken

Dear Senator,

Public Option IS a compromise.

I vote. I donate to politicians who I believe are making a difference for us and for our children.

A Single Payer health care solution is the morally and financially responsible plan. Anything less is a disgrace. And while I don’t like it, I understand the Public Option plan as a compromise and stepping stone to the future, something to build upon.

Single Payer is the ideal, but ANYTHING less than Public Option is unacceptable.

Again, I vote. I contribute. Any support by you for anything less than Public Option would force my vote to your opponent and to work against your re-election in the next election.

Please be responsible in how you represent us with Minnesota’s U.S. Senate seat. Please be on the right side of history.

Best,

[dflprincess]

3. You can read the non-response you'll get from Klobuchar in Eric J's thread here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=160x36641