National health care plan won’t be as effective Congress should be seated alphabetically
I believe that many folks coming to America from countries with so- called “universal health care” are blown away by the depth of our non-rationed health care system.
In America, folks are free to choose the health care they need, free to not have to support the rest of the system and free to tell the government to go take a hike.
If the pandemic has taught us anything, it is that the government does not have to be centrally located in Washington; it can be conducted remotely from the home district of a Congress member.
Anything that keeps members of Congress in their district and directly available to their constituents is to be encouraged.
A universal health care system would be the reverse. It would place our representatives within the orbit of the “K Street D.C. lobbyists.”
Money would flow to Washington from the states and come back at a greatly reduced rate.
Keeping health care within the states is to be encouraged. Making that health care portable is a step in the right direction.
— Rick Johnson, Novato
There is much talk about how we need to come together as a country and how we need to work together for the greater good. Yet, for all that talk, the United States is increasingly polarized and dysfunctional. A team mentality seems to have escalated into a “win or die” combativeness that stifles cooperation and compromise.
Here’s a simple way to reshape one aspect of this polarized blockage: Seat all members of Congress alphabetically.
As long as Congress sits as a divided body, with an aisle between opposing teams, cooperation and unity are unlikely. By seating Congress alphabetically, members would have more opportunities to get to know people with diverse views.
Humanizing contact between folks with diverse viewpoints fosters dialogue, possibly even friendship, respect and a willingness to find common ground.
Write your Congress members and ask them to support this idea.
— Elaine Reichert,
Santa Venetia