An open letter to the citizens and legal residents of the United States of America from the current administration and the 115th U.S. Congress:
We are not going to let your continual whining about the cost of health insurance, cost of health care and cost of prescription medication deter us from our ideological battle with the liberal minded.
The possibility of winning a hollow and meaningless victory is too tempting, even if it is carried out on the backs of the working class.
We also want to thank our many corporate sponsors in the health care industry for not letting the potential for helping the American people through the ACA get in the way of their greed and bottom line focus.
Harsh words, maybe; but valid none the less.
There are about 200 countries in the world. Right now, only about 20 of them have a health care program that includes the government in some form.

That number will remain “about 20” even if the AHCA becomes that law of the land, because there will still be government involvement. Problem is that involvement becomes negative rather than positive.
A fourth-grader with access to the internet can learn that the effective programs in that group of 20 have three things in common. They include some sort of a mandate to have health insurance. The programs are administered by not-for-profit organizations. The costs and benefits of the programs are the result of negotiations among all the participants in the programs.
With seven years of time and an abundance of information available to evaluate, why are we looking at such a dismal prospect for health care in this country. Sadly, it appears to be nothing about the will of the people and all about the balance of power (or lack of) in Washington.

John H. Kasten
Sun City West