Should we dispense with our Compromised Congress and have a NATIONAL REFERENDUM on Health Care Reform?
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Let the PEOPLE Decide!
This entire debate about Health Care Reform has made itpainfully
obvious how corrupt MOST of our Congressionals are; one only has to look at the
bribes they accept from the Insurance and Big Pharma lobbies, starting with
Baucus and Snowe, on down the line of influence.
It's time to hand this
decision to the PEOPLE!
We should all be clamoring for a NATIONAL
REFERENDUM on the health care issue, with a choice for Single-payer
clearly on the poll. The PEOPLE should be deciding this, not a compromised and
bribed Congress!
There should beno reason this can't be organized
in time for this November's voting season.
The choices might be;
1. Do Nothing and let the Insurance companies
continue to have their way with US.
In fact, mandate that people buy their
insurance, so they can further enrich themselves!
2. Stricter regulations for the Insurance
companies, and hope they comply, but also include a Public Option like Medicare
for ANYONE who wants to buy into it.
3. Single-payer Public Health Insurance, where
everyone pays in and everyone is served.
And this should be done IRV-style, where voters can
rank their choices.
That way it will be as clear and informative a vote as we can
get on what People REALLY WANT.
Oh
yeah, and make it BINDING,
of course!
Authors Website: www.BiaWinterArt.com
Authors Bio:Bia Winter is an Artist/Writer from Maine, and has been an activist and letter-writer since the 60's. In 2004 she received the Roger Baldwin Award from the Maine American Civil Liberties Union for furthering Democracy after she got a Resolution Against the USA"Patriot"Act passed in her small home town in Maine, by overwhelming show-of-hands vote at Town Meeting. She continues to Write, Activate and Cartoon for Progressive causes. Her Letters are often seen in the Baltimore Chronicle, as well as local papers in Maine.
Her favorite "hobbies" are gardening and cooking, and rockin' out with the "Burnin'Band".