In case you both were snowed in, in DC, or have refused to exit your ivory towers, or just forgot what it is like not to have the Government pick up the tab for Health Insurance; Anthem Blue Cross of California, the state in which you both are Senators, will be increasing its rates for individual policies beginning in March.
Now, I know, your favorite M.O. is to say that policies affecting just California, are the purview of local and state wide politicians, and you both need to be focused on national issues. You both usually remain quiet about anything California, and only peek into California politics when you are running for re-election. You make promises about helping Californians, and do your due diligence with a few "pork projects", so some bridge or park can be erected, giving you some kind of patronizing piece of mind.
Senator Feinstein, during the debate on Health Reform, I had to be reminded you were still in office. Your silence pro or con was deafening. Perhaps you had some doctor's appointments, second opinions, or had some prescriptions to pick up. I wonder if your tax payer provided Health Insurance kept you from considering, lets say, everyone else's insurance. ( You certainly demonstrated your "give 'em hell" attitude, when another California issue came to the fore., when you mentioned that "...the time is not right to consider Gay and Lesbian marriage..." It was a California ONLY issue (like health care expenses in California) but you managed to drop your (I am in the Senate so I only consider the "bigger" picture issues) to participate in the debate.
I wonder Senator Feinstein, once you get elected by the people, when is it you stop doing the work for the people?
Senator Boxer, where have you been? I know you were busy appearing on the Rachel Maddow Show. You proclaimed while being interviewed that if your colleagues voted against the Health Care Reform Bill, you would take the floor of the Senate and ask them,"why can't all Americans have the same coverage as the select few? You dramatically looked into the camera, the veins in your neck shuddering, and you too, like your cohort, Senator Feinstien, got your "give them hell" attitude, but to no avail, one the cameras went to black.
But then Senator Boxer, thee was SILENCE!
How about looking into your own backyard Senator Boxer. Remember us, us Californians? We are the ones you rediscovered now that your term of office is up and you need to come back home to hope we re-elect you. We still don't have Health Reform you know like the kind you and your colleagues have. And Senator Feinstein, per your inaction, and just a lot of blustery hot air posturing, our rates are on the incline. And guess what, if Anthem Blue Cross gets away with this, any other health Insurance provider in California will do the same. You know free market, free for the corporation, expensive for the public.
Madam Senators, when do you begin to wonder or worry about the people who once believed in your skill, your concern, your conscience? How hard is it to help? Is it easier to use excuses and not take action? Senator Feinstein, you have received free health insurance since 1992, 18 years living on the dole. Senator Boxer, you have been a recipient of tax payer funding for 20 years being both a Congress woman and Senator.
We in this country, are having a difficult time with any controls or equality in Health Care. We in California, are now going to struggle even more with the increase in rates. Where is your outrage, your assistance, your soul?
Senator Feinstein, Senator Boxer where are you? When do Californians count? When?
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