Link from Instapundit.
*Yes, I know, but I like the phrase.
**And I practiced safe fax (wireless).
[Update] Here's the letter I sent:
I am writing to ask that you vote against any version of the Pelosi-Reid-Obama health care reform bill that will come before Congress. I recognize that some reform of the laws governing health insurance in the U.S. is both desirable and necessary, but the bill now before Congress is not the reform needed.
At last count some 53% of all Americans oppose the current reform. I doubt it’s coincidence that that number is approximately the same percentage as the percentage of Americans who pay federal income taxes each year.
Kill it. Drive a stake through it. Then start over in the next Congress with incremental and bipartisan changes. Reduce mandates; let us decide what level of insurance we wish to carry. Enact tort reform. Allow more competition by permitting insurance across state lines (just how many companies are multi-state?). Allow private affinity groups to sponsor health plans. Remove the employer tax exemption.
Done right, these changes can get bipartisan support.
And I can get health insurance I can live with.
Respectfully,
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