Please join me in signing a patition to tell Rob McKenna to - Back Off
The following is from the office of Congressman Jay Inslee - I've signed, so should you! I know that this historic piece of legislation is not perfect but the simple immediate provisions are hard not to support - children covered to age 26 - no denial of care for pre-existing conditions, no lifetime maximums - these are huge. It may be because I worked in the health care field for so many years in a past life but I've seen these be real issues for families over and over. For those that say we can't afford it - make a trip to Harborview Medical Center Emergency Department or any other ED for that matter and see how many people use this as their primary healthcare. We are paying for it now and then some!
Well, that didn't take long.
Sunday, I was so pleased to vote for health care reform. This morning, I was honored when President Obama signed the bill that provided insurance coverage to 32 million Americans, and proud of all of you for helping me push the final vote through.
But even before President Obama could put pen to paper, Washington Attorney General Robert McKenna announced that he was hell bent on tearing down all of this progress.
By announcing that he would join a partisan group of Attorneys General from states like South Carolina and Texas in suing the federal government to stop health care reform, he's made it clear this isn't about people -- it's about scoring cheap political points with the extreme right wing.
This is unacceptable. My colleagues and I fought over 2,000 insurance lobbyists in Washington D.C. to get health care reform passed -- and now we have to fight Washington State's Attorney General too? I refuse to accept that.
If you agree that we can't give up critical reform that was 30 years in the making for one politician to try to win the support of right-wing extremists, then sign this emergency petition right now.
Click here to tell McKenna that he does not represent us, and we want him to end his attempt to block health care access for Washingtonians right now.
When I was working until 3 a.m. Saturday night to include key provisions on Medicare to ensure the bill's passage and solve our state's decades-long reimbursement disparity, I was doing what was right for Washingtonians.
Meanwhile, all weekend, right-wing Tea Partiers attacked our efforts and stopped at nothing to try to kill this landmark bill. I knew we'd be in for more of these attacks -- but I didn't expect it to come from our own Attorney General.
We have fought too hard and have come too far to give up now. This legislation delivers critical reforms, like providing health insurance for an additional 32 million Americans, eliminates discrimination based on pre-existing conditions, and corrects reimbursement disparities that have been costing Washington families for decades. That is a big win for all of us, and I won't let Rob McKenna take it away.
Please, help me put a stop to this. Sign the petition now, and demand Rob stop his attempt to sue the federal government and deny Washington families access to affordable health care.
Very truly yours,
Jay Inslee
Member of Congress
P.S. After you've signed the petition, please forward this message to five friends today!
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