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This is from Bruce Jay, a great volunteer whom I’ve worked with on the FairDistrictsFlorida.org petition drive. I thought he expressed this well and asked permission to share it.

Dear friends,

I just got a call from the Sun-Sentinel saying that they are considering publication of my letter to the editor whose text is reproduced below. I will also be sending this to my Congressional Representatives. Don’t you think that this is the moment that your views and experiences should be heard?

TEXT of my Letter to the Editor:

Top Republicans are using inaccurate and provocative sound bites to promote a do nothing effort to preserve our failed health system. If they were so much against a government health system, then why not give up on their own. I spend many frustrating hours every week attempting to assist my wife with her PRIVATE health insurance claims, co-pays and overcharges. My Medicare doesn’t give me any of these hassles. What does the opposition to President Obama’s healthcare initiative really want? Playing politics with the lives of so many under and uninsured and the frustrations and uncertainties of the rest of us is shameful.

I am shocked at the tone of the current debate considering the experience that I and so many others have with the current healthcare system. Making this a political Waterloo is not what we need. It is truly shameful coming from the mouths of the privileged.

Best wishes,

Bruce