Well

I am somewhat concerned with Health Care in America. Especially for Senior Citizens, as I am one of the Golden Agers. I thought that I should share my concerns with the President-to-be, Mr Obama. I sent him an email containing the previously posted blog concerning my situation and how unfair I felt that to be.

That same afternoon I received an acknowledgment of that email from the transition team. That pleased me...even though I know that most likely the response was computer generated. Do you detect cynicism?


However, I did get a response! Then in a couple of days still another response. This was soon after Mr Obama named his cabinet choice for HUD. This email suggested that I set up meetings with people in my community, gather concerns about health care they feel need addressing, and communicate those concerns to the transition team. Where hopefully, they will be addressed by the new administration.

Now I am almost ready to believe that there was a human reading the email I sent! That is a really good idea, to get people more involved in the new administration. In fact, giving someone who has questions about how things are done the job of helping to fix the problem is something I would do. There is no one more likely to do a good job. Even if that person's point of view is much different than yours. It could be a learning experience for both of us. We both would be exposed to ideas we may not have considered.

I have decided that when I am at McDonald's having coffee tomorrow, I will steer the conversation in the direction of health care. I will listen carefully to the responses, and do my best to list those concerns for the transition team. I would hope that those responses agree with my feelings, but even if they don't I will dutifully post them. I may set up another meeting with some of the musicians I jam with, to get their feelings also. These would be very informal meetings with the concerns coming off the top of the participants' heads. I feel that would get a more accurate kind of report. It should be noted that all of the people I would be talking to are senior citizens...I mean Golden Agers.

So, what do you think about that? By the way, should you have concerns about health care in this country of ours, please post them in the comments section. I will send those on as well.