#77) Don't Give Up

April 25, 2017

Dear Mr. President,

There has been some buzz in the media in the last few days that Republicans are preparing to release another health care proposal.  When you were asked about this you said, "This is a great bill.  This is a great plan and it will be great health care.  It's evolving.  It was never a give up. The press sort of reported there was a give up. There was no give up.  We started."

From what I can tell, this new incarnation of your health care plan would allow insurers to retain (for higher fees of course) or drop people with medical conditions.  It would allow insurers to pick and choose whom and what to cover…which completely defeats the purpose of health care.  It leaves us all at the mercy of insurance companies AGAIN.

And I love that you are pretending that you didn't "give up" on health care a few weeks ago when you literally said "We are moving on" to tax reform.  When the health care bill was pulled, Paul Ryan even said, "Obamacare is the law of the land for the foreseeable future."  That isn't the media calling it a "give up".  That's the Speaker of the House calling it a "give up".  Stop blaming everything on the media. 

The selective memory game you play is getting old.

Sincerely,

Amy Beaton