Re: Healthcare Reform

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One ringy dingy, two ringy dingy......imagine what Lily

On 4/05/10, Sharon wrote:
> Okay, time out. I gotta show you guys something. Regardless of what you think of healthcare
> reform, this one is just plain wrong!
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> In a message dated 4/5/2010 11:18:46 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, senator@feinstein.senate.gov
> writes:
> Dear Mrs. kramer:
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> Thank you for contacting me to express your opposition to a public healthcare option in healthcare
> reform legislation. I am pleased that you took the time to write to me on an important issue facing
> our country, and I welcome this opportunity to explain my views.
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> As you know, President Obama signed two health reform bills into law; the Patient Protection and
> Affordable Care Act (Public Law No. 111-148), and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act
> (Public Law No. 111-152). These pieces of legislation will reduce the deficit by $143 billion over
> the first 10 years and by as much as $1.3 trillion over the second 10 years. A public option was
> not included in the final legislation. Instead, the bill requires the Office of Personnel
> Management (OPM) to create two national plans, one of which must be a non-profit. While this
> solution is not the same as a public option, it will provide additional coverage choices to people
> purchasing insurance.
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> I supported the health reform legislation because I believe it will lower premium costs, increase
> access to health insurance, and provide new consumer protections from insurance company abuses. It
> does all this in a fiscally responsible way, reducing the deficit and extending the solvency of the
> Medicare Trust Fund.
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> Please know that as this legislation is implemented over the next few years, I will keep your
> comments in mind while I work to make sure that this legislation improves the healthcare system in
> California.
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> Again, thank you for writing. If you have any further questions or comments, please do not hesitate
> to contact my Washington, D.C. office at (202) 224-3841
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regards.
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> Sincerely yours,
> Dianne Feinstein
> United States Senator
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> Further information about my position on issues of concern to California and the Nation are
> available at my website http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/. You can also receive electronic e-
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> In a message dated 4/5/2010 12:30:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, SNK1955@aol.com writes:
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> Dear Senator Feinstein,
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> Thank you for your reply. May I ask who wrote this response letter on your behalf? Apparently,
> neither they nor you actually read my letter to you.
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> Contrary to the reply received from your office, I did not "express [my] opposition to a public
> healthcare option in healthcare reform legislation." I expressed my opposition to healthcare
> reform legislation which does not include a public option.
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> My feeling is that without adding competition for the insurance industry to the equation, we are
> simply handing over trillions of our hard earned tax dollars to the insurance industry; while
> giving them even greater monopoly control of our economy and the future of our physical and
> financial health as a nation.
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> My feeling is that we are adding 30 million more people to an already broken and insurance industry
> controlled system - with even the first amendment invasive intent to penalize those private
> citizens who refuse to buy insurance from the private sector monopoly of the insurance industry.
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> Sadly, this response letter from your office appears to be a clear illustration that our elected
> officials have not listened a word their constituents have said over the matter.
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> Sincerely,
> Sharon Kramer
> Escondido, Ca 92029
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> I had to fax it. The email address from which it came, senator@feinstein.senate.gov comes back
> with a " ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----(reason: 550 5.1.1
> ... User unknown)"
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> On 4/05/10, johncodie wrote:
>> On 4/02/10, Thomas Paine wrote:
>>> So when reality clashes with your opinion, you alter the reality.
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>>> Interesting
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>>> Thomas Paine
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>>> On 4/02/10, johncodie wrote:
>>>> On 4/02/10, Thomas Paine wrote:
>>>>> Whether you choose to believe it or not, the facts are the facts. Insurance companies are
>>>>> highly regulated. Their financial data is public domain. Simply seek and ye shall find.
>>>>>
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>> No your propaganda sides with the Allstate request for a 45&37; rate hike. Can you see the state
>> Commissioner saying sure when the just got a 25&37; profit. Makes better reason when you only
> say
>> it was a missley 3&37;. Ask for 45&37;, get 10&37; with the 25&37;. Not bad even with payouts
> in a bad year.