{"id":25195,"date":"2017-07-17T16:05:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T23:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/23-million-americans-would-lose-health-care\/"},"modified":"2017-07-17T16:05:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T23:05:57","slug":"23-million-americans-would-lose-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/letters\/23-million-americans-would-lose-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"23 million Americans would lose health care"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dear U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan,<\/p>\n
I just read a newspaper article the title of which was “Health care Repeal.” That headline prompted me to get out my trusty Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary and look up the word “repeal.” The definition is as follows:<\/p>\n
Repeal: transitive verb (14th century)<\/p>\n
1: to rescind or annul by authoritative act; esp: to revoke or abrogate by legislative enactment.<\/p>\n
2: abandon, renounce.<\/p>\n
Should you vote yes on health care repeal, you will indeed do precisely that. You will rescind, annul, revoke, abrogate, abandon and renounce health care for 23 million citizens.<\/p>\n
I urge you each to vote no on health care repeal.<\/p>\n
Nothing needs to be repealed to reform (a: to put or change into an improved form or condition. b: to amend or improve by change of form) the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n
Please do that.<\/p>\n
William Dillon,<\/p>\n
Juneau<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"