After Trump
was elected, postcard parties were held around the country for people to send
postcards either to the president or members of his Cabinet expressing their
opinions about various actions or inactions being taken. I kept this up
for the rest of 2017 and into 2018, but had slacked off a bit. But seeing the
news today that Mick Mulvaney, head of the Office of Budget and Management and
acting chief of staff, is the force behind the administration’s move to ask the
courts to declare the whole Affordable Care Act unconstitutional galvanized me.
Here’s my postcard to him today:
Dear Mr. Mulvaney,
What exactly do you have against people with pre-existing
conditions getting health insurance? Why are you so eager to take away health
insurance from people who’ve gotten it through Obamacare, when they could not
afford it before? Do you seriously think that suddenly insurance companies will
stop denying insurance to people who have had cancer in the past, or some other
disease the company doesn’t want to cover? You are heartless.
No doubt he’ll never see this message, but underlings in the
mailroom will, and possibly it will get to someone in Mulvaney’s office. It
might make a few people stop and think about what is going on.
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I’m
participating in the 12th annual Slice of Life Challenge over at Two
Writing Teachers. This is day 1 of the 31-day
challenge. It’s not too late to make space for daily writing in a
community that is encouraging, enthusiastic, and eager to read what you have to
slice about. Join in!
Good for you. Sometimes you just have to get your thoughts out there. There is so much that needs fixing and it's hard to feel like you have an impact. I, too, have done the postcards. It's sickening that health care for all and certainly for pre-existing conditions is something we have to fight for. You've inspired me to get out my new batch of postcards. Keep on writing!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you're inspired. Let's keep up the pressure.
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