open letter to Senator Kerry
Senator Kerry,
I believe that a public healthcare option is essential. With the current near-monopoly or duopoly situation in most insurance markets, there is little to no real competition. A robust publicly run health insurance option is needed to reform the private insurance market and provide an insurer of last resort for all Americans.
I would like a straight answer to the following questions:
1) Do you support a public option for health care?
2) Do you believe this public option must be available immediately, not based on some criteria which private insurers must otherwise meet?
3) Will you push for this, wholeheartedly, including publicly refusing to pass any healthcare legislation which does not meet these criteria?
I hope to hear from you soon.
Regards,
Michael Leuchtenburg
I believe that a public healthcare option is essential. With the current near-monopoly or duopoly situation in most insurance markets, there is little to no real competition. A robust publicly run health insurance option is needed to reform the private insurance market and provide an insurer of last resort for all Americans.
I would like a straight answer to the following questions:
1) Do you support a public option for health care?
2) Do you believe this public option must be available immediately, not based on some criteria which private insurers must otherwise meet?
3) Will you push for this, wholeheartedly, including publicly refusing to pass any healthcare legislation which does not meet these criteria?
I hope to hear from you soon.
Regards,
Michael Leuchtenburg