Mr President:
I read in the in "The Wall Street Journal"* that the big drug companies are getting most of what they want in the health care bill. This alarms me. I fear that in order to get some kind of a bill, there will be a sellout to the insurance companies, Big Pharma, and other corporate interests and maybe to the Republicans for the sake of bipartisanship.
I know the enemies of reform are rich and powerful, but I hope you and the Democratic Party will do everything possible to fight the lies, distortions, misrepresentations, and all the other scare tactics of the combined forces of Republican and corporate opposition.
Republicans have fought every piece of progressive legislation from Social Security and Medicare right down to the present.
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It is extremely important that Medicare be authorized to negotiate with drug companies on drug prices. The original bill was essentially written by the drug companies.
We need genuine and substantial reform, not the mere appearance of it.
I have confidence in you. Do not permit a sellout to corporate interests and reactionary ideology.
Thank you very much from an enthusiastic supporter.
Ken Cauthen
*See: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124779006528954995.html
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