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Message 2 10/17/2025: Singapore's Universal Healthcare - an Alternative to Medicare-for-All (does it surpass M4A)?
Rep. Boebert,
In my last email I had some suggestions about what could be a knifepoint into the heart of some very bad medicine. After 25 years of watching this boil and fester, I'm still convinced kidney dialysis is putting out some bad medicine. But after attending your virtual townhall meeting I realize you are a very busy person. So if I didn't get your attention yet, this might: KIDS!! and Dialysis.
So much for a rehash. I've written about a possible knifepoint into the heart of bad medicine, now it might be time to throw a tomahawk. Kidney Dialysis hasn't been my only interest over the years, I've been a fan of Medicare-for-All. However it looks like the president may have stumbled on something better years ago! But being a busy person he may have had to move on before exploring it properly? Back in 2016 and 2017 I wrote a couple of letters-to-the-editor about this alternative in the Fort Collins Coloradoan newspaper: Letters+articles from Fox News and New York Times.
It seems I've heard the reason the system mentioned hasn't been implemented is that it would be too hard to do. But we now have a president with, uh, unconventional ways. Also from the letters, it might be noticed that I've been a bit unhappy with the president. There was one incident during his first campaign that sent me into a rage, but over the years I've gotten it down to a slow burn - story for another day.
Message 1 10/15/2025: Kidney Dialysis - Healthcare at its Worst?
Rep. Boebert,
To say I haven't been a fan of our current President would be an understatement. However even I have some very grudging respect for what he has done with the current Middle East ceasefire. And it looks like it has ignited an epiphany in me - our President maybe on the Road to Redemption! Just maybe. (hey, possibly we are all on a Road to Redemption)
So what could be a next step for our President's journey? Before I offer some suggestions, I will give some personal background. I would say my family has been on a hard, medical journey since the year 2000. Anyway, to give you an idea of my family's personal journey and some of the work my friends and I have been up to, I would suggest this intro - this journey has been going on since the year 2000.
As a further intro I would suggest the following video by the comedian John Oliver, seeing this through the anesthesia of humor might be helpful: How NOT to run a medical company. I don't know how you feel about Mr. Oliver's humor, but in my opinion this just could be the best of his work.
And if you or people you know might want to take a REALLY deep dive, I would suggest this fairly recent book by NYT's best-selling author Tom Mueller: 'How to Make a Killing'. Mr. Mueller threw a haymaker with this book. And I'm not saying that just because he and I are friends. If you would like to talk to him, I can try and get a hold of him. However I'll say he has been going through a rough patch lately and has been a little hard to get a hold of. And of course you can try to contact him yourself.
To finish, I'll say I've also been contacting Rep. Jason Crow about this. My wife and I lived in Denver for about 8 years to help take care of our one and only granddaughter. My wife and I prefer Loveland over Denver and the granddaughter doesn't need us as much, so we are back in Loveland and one of the reasons I'm contacting you is you are now my federal rep. To give you an idea of the info I and others have been presenting to Rep. Crow and other reps, I suggest this webpage I put together: January and February 2024 visits to DC. The first part of the page concerns Tom Mueller's visit to DC, the 2nd half concerns my friends' and our visit to some of our federal reps. The second image is my friends from DC's M.I. Mother's Keeper and I talking to a couple of Rep. Crow's aides. (I'm the guy in the green coat) On the webpage you will see suggestions for improving things in kidney dialysis.
Regards,
Chris Schwab
DialysisEthics2.org
P.S. To give you an idea of my politics, I will say some days I wake up a Democrat, we all need a little help now and then. Other days I wake up an old-school Republican who believes in picking yourself up by the bootstraps, local control, and fiscal conservatism.
