Because you are in a position to influence public perception, I urge you to tell the truth about the need for health-care reform in our country. While we may disagree on the details of the solution, claiming there is no need for reform ignores the stories of millions of Americans hurt by our current health-care system.

I believe that quality health care is a human right not a privilege for only the fortunate.  “We the people” need to stand up not just for ourselves but for those who do not have the same health care benefits we do.  Besides, without reform there will come a time when most of us will not have available the health care we need.

The major proposals for health-care reform ensure that all people have access to affordable care, either through an employer-based plan or through subsidies to buy insurance in an exchange marketplace.

To say as you have done that “there is no need for health care reform” is to turn a blind eye to those less fortunate than ourselves.  “We the people” ARE the government of the United States of America, and we all should be proud to live in a nation which chooses to care not just for the majority in power, but for all of those who live in our land. 

Democracy should not be administered according to the vagaries of the marketplace; for we are only as strong as the least fortunate among us.  This means that I cannot act just for the benefit of myself; “we the people” have an obligation that comes with our freedom to share our bounty for the sake of the common good.  Anything less is an insult to our shared human dignity, and should be beneath what is acceptable to any proud American, however fortunate or humble.

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