The Steadfast Patriot

Dear Main Street,

A letter from Chris Foster to his congressperson and Senators. Feel free to copy the letter and put your own name and address it to your Senators and Congressmen/women. You have his permission. To learn more behind the letter and to get involved in the health care debate, see the latest episode of Fostering America by clicking the link above.

Best,

Jay

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Dear Senator Johnson,

I am writing to strongly encourage you to oppose the healthcare insurance bill that passed the Senate Finance Committee.  This bill is not what the American people want.  This bill is not what the American people need.  The American people need a free market.  This bill, or any bill that includes a government run healthcare option, will eliminate free market participation.  Americans need choices.  This healthcare bill will eliminate all choices with the exception of the government option.

This bill will cost an enormous amount of money.  As you are well aware it is money that we do not have.  The notion that somehow this will be “deficit neutral” or that a small amount of American millionaires are going to foot the bill for this is preposterous.  The American people are aware that this will cost all of us more money.  Frankly, many of us feel that the government does not need any more of our money.

I hope you understand that many of us are not interested in the government passing one more piece of legislation that spends one more cent of American taxpayer money.  I think you will admit that there is far too much waste, fraud and theft out there already.  We do not need another trillion dollar piece of legislation just to see a far-to-large portion of it disappear due to waste, fraud and theft.  We have been down that road before.  Afterall, Medicare is a government run healthcare program.  It is heavily in the red financially.  The latest statistics show that Medicare actually denies twice as many claims as the nearest private insurance company.  Is this what we all have to look forward to with the government option?

Just so you do not misunderstand me, like you I do believe that we need health insurance reform.  Where we differ is how to achieve this.  I believe that if we reform tort law, we can reduce malpractice insurance costs for doctors.  That will lower costs across the board.  We must allow private insurance companies to sell insurance to people outside their own state.  This will allow insurance companies to compete on a larger scale.  Basic economics say that the more competition that exists, the lower the prices will be.

Thank you for taking the time to read my letter.  I hope you will consider its content before casting your support or opposition to this horrible, disastrous legislation.

Best regards,

Christopher J. Foster