How tiresome it is that the political supporters of a status quo that earns huge profits for insurance corporations and their shareholders at the expense of basic health care for millions of American workers and their children are once again using frightful fiction to scare Americans into rejecting all meaningful health care reform.
These politicians, these serial fear-mongers, would dress up the ugly pig that is our current health care system, put lipstick on it, and try to convince us that this sickening swine is instead a prized porcine heirloom that must be safeguarded from the same government of which they've spent millions to be a part.
Sad to say, their use of fear, uncertainty, and doubt to maintain the unjust and unjustifiable status quo is working. Every day in recent weeks, in my pediatric medical office, parents have been asking me questions about health care reform. I hear the doubt that's been instilled, see the fear in their eyes created by deceitful sound bites.
And so, in response, this week I've written the following letter that addresses some of the most common questions I've received. Today I sent it out to over 1000 parents on my email list. I hope that some here will also find it useful to pass along to others.
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