The Public Option is NOT Optional
Attn: Senators Baucus et al,
As someone who was diagnosed with breast cancer at 42 and whose life choices ever since have been dictated by the need to maintain continuous coverage that would accept a pre-existing condition, I believe fervently that making the equivalent of Medicare to people of all ages is the only way to provide fairness and adequate competition to private insurers. Living in Massachusetts the last few years, I have watched in horror as health care costs climb relentless and yet people outside the state fail to realize that the compromises made to private insurers here have created an unsustainable system. Having lived abroad and worked with people from other countries for much of my adult life, I am painfully aware of how ludicrous we look to the rest of the developed world.
Most doctors and most voters support a public option. Who doesn’t? Only insurance companies and their lobbyists.
Please, in honor of Ted Kennedy’s memory, give us a bill with a true public option. Waiting till I’m old enough to qualify for Medicare to get the care I need is NOT an option. Thank you.
