Posts Tagged ‘Letters Submitted to Press’
Letter to Editor: Clean Cars and Air by Brady of Nashville, TN
Brady of Nashville, TN writes: Weakening standards to cut tailpipe carbon pollution will further contribute to climate change, which can worsen asthma symptoms for the 24 million Americans – including 6.3 million children – who suffer from asthma. I was one of those kids growing up with asthma. Luckily, I no longer suffer from it…
Read MoreLetter to Editor: Molly of Nashville, TN
Molly of Nashville, TN writes: I think most of Americans can agree that to deny people whom may have a pre-existing is unjust and wrong. I am someone whom has private insurance through a reliable institution, but I am also a special educator who has worked with the poor and disabled. I’ve seen first hand…
Read MoreLetter to Editor: Barbara of Crossville, TN
Barbara of Crossville, TN writes: I am extremely disappointed and disheartened about Sen. Alexander’s stand on the health care bill. He has supported to end the requirement that insurance companies must cover health services such as emergency dept. visits, hospitalizations, maternity and newborn care, prescription drugs, and care for the mentally ill and people with…
Read MoreLetter to Editor: Judith of Hendersonville, TN
Judith of Hendersonville, TN writes: Dear Ms. Mitchell, I am writing to express my concern for repair/replacement of the Affordable Care Act. I am very concerned that it will be repealed and not replaced. I am associated with a small non-profit in Hendersonville which ministers to people with minimal health insurance. Their ACA coverage is…
Read MoreLetter to Editor: Sherrie of Knoxville, TN
Sherrie of Knoxville, TN writes: I am an example of what can happen to someone who doesn’t have access to medical care. I lost a job with health insurance due to pre-existing conditions that the insurer didn’t want to cover. I tried for years to get coverage under TNCare but they put more restrictions on…
Read MoreLetter to Editor: Samm of Madison, TN
Samm of Madison, TN writes: While I am proud of Tennessee’s two senators, Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker, I am concerned that both of them have talked about the need to sustain the benefits of ACA for those in need until a better plan is in place, but then both turned around and voted for…
Read MoreLetter to Editor: Madison of Nashville, TN
Madison of Nashville, TN writes: Dear Senator Alexander, My name is Madison Johnson, and I am a constituent from Nashville. I am writing to express my fears that repeal of the ACA would result in lost access to care, and ultimately to the loss of lives in Tennessee. I am a psychiatry resident at Vanderbilt,…
Read MoreLetter to Editor: Melissa of Nashville, TN
Melissa of Nashville, TN writes: Dear Senator Alexander, I am a constituent from Nashville. I’m writing because I stand by your statements to wait to repeal the ACA until we have a replacement plan in place. However, I’m disappointed by your recent vote on the budget resolution that seems to go against your original statement.…
Read MoreLetter to Editor: Melissa of Nashville, TN
Melissa of Nashville, TN writes: Dear Senator Alexander, I am a constituent from Nashville. I’m writing because I stand by your statements to wait to repeal the ACA until we have a replacement plan in place. However, I’m disappointed by your recent vote on the budget resolution that seems to go against your original statement.…
Read MoreLetter to Editor: Sharon of Kingsport, TN
Sharon of Kingsport, TN writes: I am a person of faith and a grandmother who has seen first-hand the benefits of the ACA. My grandson has a condition that will require lifelong medical monitoring and intervention (yet he has a normal expected lifespan). Without Obamacare, his father wouldn’t have been able to accept a better…
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