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Op-ed vision makes me think of "1984" (the book not the year)

In today's "Knoxville News Sentinel", there is an op-ed by four mayors regarding the Affordable Care Act or ACA or Obamacare.  The mayors of Chattanooga, Memphis, Nashville and our own Mayor Madeline Rogero.  This is a column clearly built by committee.  It is way too long.  I didn't even want to read it.  My husband said I had to because of the funny laugh lines in it.

First of all, the mayors claim 800,000 uninsured Tennesseans exist while the State website claims 683,000 uninsured Tennesseans exist.  Could the cities and the state check with each other?  Is that hard?

Next the mayors claim that "the peace of mind and financial security that come with health insurance was out of reach to many Tennesseans", according to the article.  Now, I am sorry that any one person suffers for any reason, but even the mayors' number 800,000 is only 1.2% of our state's population of 6,500,000.

The part that reminds me of the book "1984" by George Orwell is when the mayors (and I suspect Mayor Rogero wrote this part because it echoes earlier statements, write

"Certainly, getting covered impacts the individuals and families in our communities, but more residents with health insurance also helps our cities at large. It helps our local economy, because preventive care yields fewer people missing work because of illness. And it helps our budgets, because it places less of a burden on our local health systems. Ultimately, more of our residents getting coverage means better quality of life for all of our residents."

How dare you miss work, you drone.  Don't you know that you exist to serve the State during the week and plink coins in the offertory on the weekend.

This drone is signing out.

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