Kucinich Recommends Using 'Short and Long Term' Solutions

Here is my reply to Rep. Kucinich's recent email recommending the use of a 'short and long term'solution for health care reform:

Dear Dennis,

I am a huge admirer and I go along with your 'short term and long term' approach.

However, for short term I suggest some things that should be popular with all Americans:

1. Allow Medicare to negotiate for drugs and simultaneously allow import of cheap drugs... everyone wins.
2. Allow ANYONE to purchase Medicare A and B at an 'at cost' rate, starting tomorrow.
These two things put pressure on the Republicans to oppose populist ideas, and allow Democrats to prove they are not in the pockets of special interests. Democrats have an immediate crisis of being known as 'sell outs' to special interests. This solves that problem. Unless they can prove that before November, I think they are in big trouble.


Sincerely,

Jerry