Beware the Pure Spirit, Let the Flesh Instruct the Mind

Dear Mr. President and Speaker of the House, With all due respect (as I do acknowledge the importance of the positions to which you now occupy) to blame the fiasco that we now know Trumpcare upon the Democrats in Congress is, well, just asinine. This is not playing the blame game, here is the truth. Your party was swept into power during the last election cycle and holds all the power needed to pass your beloved legislation. Both divisions of Congress AND the Office of the Presidency are squarely and securely in YOUR control. And yet you blame the Democrats for your failure to pass your holy grail legislation (to defeat the demonic ACA as though it were a destructive dragon pillaging and destroying America)? Pish posh! You knew that no Democratic legislator worth  their salt was going to join you in beginning the disastrous process of disenrollment  of millions upon millions of fellow Americans from their health coverage. You knew this, and you didn't mind as you also were...

Yesterday was the 7 year mark for The Affordable Care Act (ACA).  With the new administration, there has been a rabid push to "repeal and replace" the ACA. In reality, we know what this will mean for millions of Americans. Yesterday on the campus of ETSU, a group of concerned local citizens came together to hold a press conference and share how lives have been changed by the enactment and implementation of the ACA. They also shared what will be lost if the current GOP efforts are successful. They appealed to our state legislators to not go down the current dark  path, but to find other ways to protect and enhance the current policy so that the millions of Americans can continue to have affordable health care insurance and all that comes along with it. Here is one story that was shared. His story is unique, and also a story that many understand and can personally identify with. Lovingly shared for your consideration... I am self-employed. I am a cancer survivor and I ...