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Restore consumer controlled health care
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The politicians tell us free market health care doesn't work, but we haven't had a free market in decades.
- The government already pays for nearly half of all health care. This means we're half-socialized already.
- Starting with depression era wage and price controls, and continuing with government tax policies, the politicians have made Americans dependent on their jobs to get health insurance.
- State government policies have made insurance too expensive by piling on special interest mandates dictating specific types of coverage.
- Medicare and Medicaid have fixed the prices we pay for health care, causing the extraordinary paradox of both price inflation and shortages in areas like primary care.
The list of ways the politicians have screwed up our health care system could go on and on, but now the politicians want to exploit the crisis they created by taking over even more control of our medical care. This will only make things worse, and once we let them do it we may never be able to change it.
You can use this general purpose campaign to ask Congress to...
- Reduce government involvement in health care
- Oppose a specific expansion of government
- Or support a specific reduction of government meddling with health care
Add your personal comments to our generic message to tell your Representative and your two Senators exactly what you want them to do.
Sending a message is easy. You can write as much or as little as you want. And we start with a brief sentence or two for you. We do this so that . . .
- The most important point of this campaign is not lost on the Congressional office.
- No one can hijack our system for a purpose inconsistent with Downsizing DC.
- But you can still personalize the rest of your message — explain why you were motivated to send this message, or what you believe is the most compelling argument in support of your position.
Are these messages read even with so many folks sending a common first line? You bet they are! Congress cannot afford not to pay attention. And many DC Downsizers get responses from their Congressmen. If you receive a letter, feel free to share it with us at comments@DownsizeDC.org.
- If you've used our Educate the Powerful SystemSM before just enter your user email address and password, and hit GO. You'll be taken to a screen where you can add your own comments to the message to your elected representatives.
- If you're using our Educate the Powerful SystemSM for the first time, please fill out the form for new users. This information is used to direct your message to the correct Senators. Please provide your own password. Do not let the system create one for you. Remember your password. It will allow you to use our system easily in the future for other issues.