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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (59611)	7/28/2009 1:11:30 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

You mention constituency concerns - but that is far less an issue for a Senator, most all Senators, than for congresspeople... but I recall when Baucus had a townhall in Montana and got double earfuls from the people. I've not seen a poll selective of the state, but I just went to newslink.org and am through 3 of the papers they have listed for Montana, reading the letters. so far it is 7-2 in favor a public option. of the 2 against, one person thought it meant an end to liberty, the other said Larry Kudlow said it was a bad idea. anyways, from one letter that speaks about gatherings in Billings about healthcare... Health care reform must start with our children The people of Montana are really trying hard to make their voices heard on health care. About 80 people showed up Monday evening, June 29, Montana State University-Billings downtown, and that was only Billings! Eight other Montana cities attended the statewide teleconference as well: Bozeman, Havre, Helena, Libby, Miles City, Missoula, Great Falls and Kalispell. Two more, Glasgow and Wolf Point, were on line just to listen. People told their personal stories, their struggles with the outrageously high costs of insurance and medical care, terrible facts that too many live with. One small business owner said that he wants to provide insurance for employees but “there was no way.” He earnestly concluded that he “believes the business should pay part, the employee pay part and the government pay part.” Yes, it would take everybody paying as much as possible to continue the way we are going; it would take all the money everybody could scrape up. But can we really continue health care as we are doing it now? Can we just tweak the current system a bit and call it good? By the time we broke into small group discussions, some of us had begun to think about the demographics of our nation. We are growing old, and our health care dollar is being spent on old people. If we really want a better future, a healthier future, it has to begin with our children. Prevention is the key to the future and it could well be the key to affordability. In Montana’s vast distances, the key is also government participation, the public option. Combining our needs and our problems, our small group discussed government funded school-based clinics as part of the solution. missoulian.com ---------------- btw, I like the clinic idea, be it schoolbased or otherwise done, though there is some merits to having it schoolbased. --- also when I was in elementary school long ago, they gave eye and hearing tests to all the children. I don't know if such a thing still happens, but especially since a problem with sight or hearing is a detriment to learning, it makes some good practical sense. And methinks it is appearing that Baucus is not so greatly concerned with the opinions or needs of the people of Montana as he is perhaps concerned with the wishes of certain powerful folks.