Dem rep. declines congressional health coverage.

Maybe we should send this story to all our reps?

Wisconsin congressman Steve Kagan:
"As a physician and medical scientist, I know something about Band-Aids. You have to clean the wound first if you really want it to heal. A little strip of adhesive glue and gauze is not going to get the job done.

As a Congressman, I have learned that Band-Aids are what politicians are using to "fix" our nation's broken health care delivery system. But you don't have to be a doctor or a Congressman to understand that Band-Aids can't fix a fracture.

That's why I declined to accept the health care insurance offer from Congress. Plainly put, I will not accept health insurance coverage until everyone I represent in Wisconsin and across America is given the same opportunity. After all, I did not run for this office to get health care benefits.

I ran to change Washington and to guarantee access to affordable care for every citizen, everywhere in these United States."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-steve-kagen/why-i-declined-my-congres_b_54338.html

contagious.

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