Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., was in the national news last month. He didn’t like the Colorado Division of Insurance report showing 250,000 Coloradans received cancellation notices of their health insurance policies. In fact, according to Jo Donlin, the division’s director of external affairs, Udall put a great deal of pressure on the department to change its statistics. Udall’s rationale was since many of those individuals whose polices were canceled signed up for other plans, they shouldn’t be counted as having had their policies canceled. But, if a cancellation notice was received, a cancellation took place, regardless of subsequent actions. All individuals receiving these notices experienced unnecessary uncertainty, anxiety and wasted time.
Udall had no right to coerce the agency to change its reported numbers simply to give him cover for his often-repeated false prouncement: “If you have an insurance policy you like, doctor or medical facility that provides medical services to you, you’ll be able to keep that doctor or that insurance policy.” Thankfully, the Colorado Division of Insurance refused his attempted coercion and held firm to its actual numbers. A national survey of 1,027 registered voters, conducted by the Democratic firm Anderson Robbins Research between Dec. 14-16, found that 67 percent of Americans want Obamacare delayed, while another 53 percent want it completely repealed. A recent poll conducted by Fox News found an overwhelming majority of Americans want the failed Obamacare law delayed, and a majority want the whole law repealed.
President Obama and Udall are ignoring the will of the vast majority of voters. The latter cast the deciding vote to force through Obamacare on Christmas Eve in 2009, despite overwhelming opposition from Coloradans. He does not understand the challenges facing everyday Coloradans. Please call and ask him to lead the fight to include tort reform and the ability of insurance companies to compete across state lines as part of a new health-care law, after the repeal of Obamacare. He could be very proud of that action.
Ken Fusco, Sr.
Durango
