[nfb-talk] Where the Senate Health Care Bill Fails

[Jack Heim]

I think what you did was great. It's probably about the best we can do 
at this point. Maybe writing to the Vice President is a little less 
valuable strategically than writing to your own Senators but it can't 
hurt, especially if your Senators are already down on one side or the 
other.

Here in Wisconsin, we have one of the most liberal Senators iin 
Washington, Tammy Baldwin, and one of the most conservative, Ron 
Johnson. I wrote Ron Johnson a letter, on paper I mean, under the 
assumption that actual letters, signed by a human being still mean more 
than emails. I doubt it will matter though.



On 06/26/2017 02:37 PM, Marianne Haas via nfb-talk wrote:
> Good Morning Listers,
> My name is Marianne.  I did something different about the health care bill.
> I actually wrote an email to Vice President Pence reminding him of his words
> about taking care of the most vulnerable in this society.  It may come to
> Pence being the deciding vote.  So, I asked him to vote no on the bill and
> to advocate for people with disabilities to get Medicaid.  However, I also
> let him know that many disabled people would like nothing better than to
> work in competitive jobs instead of getting SSI and Medicaid.  I gave him
> some suggestions of things to help those so called most vulnerable.  I, for
> instance suggested that companies hiring disabled people should get a huge
> tax break.  I also suggested that websites companies use should be made
> accessible to screen readers.
> 
> So, I understand if people do not think this method of fighting for what we
> want is effective.  However, this is what I did and will do in the future.
> I will also talk to people in churches to talk about what taking care of the
> most vulnerable means.
> 
> Marianne
> 
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> 
> Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin published an op-ed piece in the NYT today
> explaining his objection to the Republican health care bill.
> 
> Here is a quote, "it also boosts spending on subsidies, and it leaves in
> place the pre-existing-condition rules that drive up the cost of insurance
> for everyone."
> 
> Can we all agree that the subsidies and the rule on pre-existing conditions
> benefit disabled people a great deal? It would be bad for blind people in
> general if those things were to be done away with, right? Essentially,
> Senator Johnson is objecting to the bill because it still does too much.
> There certainly is a chance that the bill will be modified before it passes
> but there is, in fact, a good chance it will be made worse! Anyone who
> thinks the Republican majority in the Senate won't be willing to make the
> changes Senator Johnson demands is fooling themselves.
> 
> A link to the op-ed piece:
> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/26/opinion/senate-health-care-bill.html?acti
> on=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-#con
> tinues-post-newsletter
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