My friend forwarded to me this email from Representative Kucinich. I thought it was appropriate to share with you.

A lesson in politics. The Kucinich Prediction: Here’s what’s going to happen …

• The House will make a big deal about keeping/putting a public option in HR3200 because it competes with insurance companies and will keep insurance rates low.
• The White House will refer to the President’s speech where he spoke favorably of the public option.
• The Senate will kill the competitive public option in favor of non-competitive “co-ops.” Senate leaders like Kent Conrad have said the votes to pass a public option were never there in the Senate.
• The bill will come to a House-Senate Conference Committee without the public option.
• House Democrats will be told to support the conference report on the legislation to support the President.
• The bill will pass, not with a “public option” but with a private mandate requiring 30 million uninsured to buy private health insurance (if one doesn’t already have it). If you are broke, you may get a subsidy. If you are not broke, you will get a fine if you do not purchase insurance.
• This legislative  sausage will be celebrated as a new breakthrough and will be packaged as health  insurance reform. However, the bill may require a Surgeon General’s warning  label: Your Money or Your Life!

Kucinich enourages readers to join their efforts by signing their petition. I agree – sign the petition, but get a wristband too. Join the movement that Congress cannot ignore!