Disappointed Over Veto
Dear President Bush:
I rarely write to you and your staff to express my disappointment with decisions made. I have stayed away from many issues that are really important to this nation, but this is one I cannot let go without a comment. I am very disappointed that H.R.976 was vetoed on October 3.
Although the citizens of the United States are supposed to have access to the best health care in the world, those who are at the lower end of the economic scale have a difficult time being treated in all but emergency cases. For a country whose promise is the guarantee of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, vetoing legislation that helps promote the healthy life to allow them to participate in liberty and pursue happiness goes against the principles set forth by the founding fathers.
Children are the future of this nation. Protect those who will continue the traditions of this republic and they will grow up to participate in this great nation. Allow them to languish in the morass that has become the health system and you will find that children will grow up to be suspicious of the government that should be there to protect them. Raising cynical children who cannot do so in a healthy setting is not good for our future.
The veto of SCHIP and the statement sent to the House of Representatives saying it will move people from private coverage to government coverage suggests that there is an ideological effort to protect the insurance industry. Was this a case of seeing $35 billion not being spent on private health insurance? This is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, not the insurance industry.
I am very disappointed in this action. Rather than spending trillions of taxpayer dollars for issues overseas, spending a few billion dollars for health in the homeland shows that this country cares for its citizens. It gives the impression that the poor and uninsured are less important than other programs.
I urge President Bush work with congress to re-authorize this law in the bipartisan manner for which it passed both houses. Our future depends on it!
I rarely write to you and your staff to express my disappointment with decisions made. I have stayed away from many issues that are really important to this nation, but this is one I cannot let go without a comment. I am very disappointed that H.R.976 was vetoed on October 3.
Although the citizens of the United States are supposed to have access to the best health care in the world, those who are at the lower end of the economic scale have a difficult time being treated in all but emergency cases. For a country whose promise is the guarantee of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, vetoing legislation that helps promote the healthy life to allow them to participate in liberty and pursue happiness goes against the principles set forth by the founding fathers.
Children are the future of this nation. Protect those who will continue the traditions of this republic and they will grow up to participate in this great nation. Allow them to languish in the morass that has become the health system and you will find that children will grow up to be suspicious of the government that should be there to protect them. Raising cynical children who cannot do so in a healthy setting is not good for our future.
The veto of SCHIP and the statement sent to the House of Representatives saying it will move people from private coverage to government coverage suggests that there is an ideological effort to protect the insurance industry. Was this a case of seeing $35 billion not being spent on private health insurance? This is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, not the insurance industry.
I am very disappointed in this action. Rather than spending trillions of taxpayer dollars for issues overseas, spending a few billion dollars for health in the homeland shows that this country cares for its citizens. It gives the impression that the poor and uninsured are less important than other programs.
I urge President Bush work with congress to re-authorize this law in the bipartisan manner for which it passed both houses. Our future depends on it!
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