Carlos Mariani ignores emails; Fails to defend Obamacare damage

Carlos Mariani ignores my emails and fails to defend Obamacare damage

The following healthcare update demonstrates why Mariani was wrong to support Obamacare before March 21, when it's final form was passed, to continue to support it as we learn of it's damaging effects on retirees and others, and to "assure you that we will continue to move forward in our 2010 and 2011 sessions to implement whatever federal reforms are finally enacted" in an online petition letter at http://www.progressivestates.org/node/24644.

Op Eds by those Republican legislators in the middle of the fight:
http://spitfiremurphy.wordpress.com/2010/03/26/required-reading-mike-pence-and-paul-ryan-op-eds/

Obamacare costs:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703312504575141642402986422.html

Verizon letter:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YTk1OWNjNGNmYWJiOTIzY2E4YjYyYmJjOTJhMGQwZDg=

Verizon, Medtronic, John Deere, Caterpillar and other companies are rescinding retiree drug benefits because HR3590 removes the 28 percent subsidy.

"Because Verizon offers retiree prescription drug coverage today, the government provides a 28 percent subsidy to help offset the financial burden of offering that coverage. The subsidy was intended to help employers continue to offer prescription drug coverage for retirees so that these retirees would not have to use the Government Medicare Part D program. However, changes affecting the Part D subsidy will make it less valuable to employers, like Verizon, and as a result, may have significant implications for both retirees and employers."

bill text:
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3590/text

Join me in defending retirees and their modest Prescription Drug benefits.
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