These guys are coming for our healthcare right now...we are going to stop them.
I was hoping for a nice calm and fun Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday. The election scuttled that and many other aspects of my life. Now I get to worry about having health care. I’m in my mid-fifties so I’m dead meat without Medicare in my future. Same for my wife. I have several family members and friends who depend on Obamacare. Without it they are also in a ditch.
I’m over the shock of the election, I’m now pissed and ready to fight. I don’t have time to be scared or believe people who say Trump won’t really gut our health care. I was desperately looking for something that I could to, that would not take too much time, because we have two kids and two jobs, plus three grandparents to care for. I was looking for some that also would be effective. I can’t afford to waste time on something that does not have a good chance of having at least some success. The stakes are just too high for my family. That’s when I found Angela’s post here on KOS.
The plan listed below is not my idea. I got the idea from a great post written by Angela Marx. Her post provides lots of additional information about how this works and why. Shout out to Angela Marx.
Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to save health care. Your mission will take time, effort and focus. Your marching orders are below. Good luck and God speed, now get to work.
Marching Orders
What:
The Trump administration and key Republicans are in the process of gutting Obamacare and Medicare.
When:
This is happening right now. It’s happening even before Inauguration day.
Where:
The United State Federal government.
Why:
Unfortunately, we no longer have the luxury of spending time on why.
How:
Trump and the republicans have the House, Senate and Presidency...easy.
How to fight back?
The same way the Republicans kept Obama from getting things done. We can tell our senators to use cloture and the filibuster every day, all day, on everything. We need to make our senators to bring the senate to grind to a halt, for the next four years, when it comes to gutting healthcare.
What do we have to do?
We have to MAKE our senators do this job. They will not do it unless they know for sure we have their backs. The only way we make that clear to them is for all of us to call them each and every day between now and the end of January.
What do we say when we call?
You tell the person answering the telephone, in a very polite manner, where you live and that you want the senator to use cloture and the filibuster every day, all day, to stop the republicans from gutting our healthcare.
Phone calls to senators don’t work.
Both Randi Rhodes and Angela Marx would beg to differ. What doesn’t work is one of two calls. If we can bury them under millions of calls, we will have their undivided attention.
Why do we have to call them every day?
They need to get millions of calls over a long period of time or they won’t think we’re serious. We need to roar, we need to huff and puff and blow their house down. We need to scream. And we need to do it now.
Every time I call I can’t get through, what should I do?
Keep a log of your daily calls. If you find you are not getting through or it’s busy or voicemail is always full, start telling your local newspaper. Tell your local newspaper that you have been trying for days to get through but the phone is always jammed. The newspapers will start to get curious as to why so many constituents can’t get through. They might investigate. Also, write outraged letters to the editor complaining that your senator is not listening, that you can’t reach them.
Side note: Always call their local offices, not their Washington DC offices, it scares them more.
What happens if we fail?
People will die. The stakes could not be higher. Everyone needs healthcare.
How do I find my senators’ telephone numbers?
This resource can help.
But I saw some news coverage that said that Trump is “softening” and that he probably won’t gut our health care. So why do I still need to do all this stuff?
Because Trump is lying to keep you from getting active and stopping his plan to gut our health care. Please don’t fall for it. Remember, the MSM is not our friend. Also remember that Trump and company are master propagandists.
Pro tip: Put a 30 minute appointment on your calendar to make these calls.
