#resistoftheday — Public Fediverse posts

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Dear Senator / Representative -

I would like you to draft legislation for an enforceable code of ethics for the Supreme Court that includes consequences such as recusal or termination. Congress’ power to enact an ethics code comes from the necessary and proper clause of the U. Constitution, which grants Congress the broad authority to enact laws necessary to “[carry] into Execution” the “Powers vested by this Constitution” in any agency of the government.

This provision expressly gives Congress the power to pass laws necessary and proper to enable the Supreme Court to carry out its judicial powers. An ethics code is one such law.

Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court do not subscribe to an enforceable code of ethics. Every other federal judge is subject to one.

I am tired of Supreme Court justices taking lavish gifts from people and companies that have brought or will bring business before the court. I believe it is necessary and proper for Supreme Court Justices to be subject to a strict ethics code. I believe that the American people have lost trust in justice, and an ethics code for the Supreme Court is a necessary first step to restoring trust.

Please implement a real ethics code for the Supreme Court, ethics with consequences, just as every other federal judge must abide by.
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Dear Sen / Rep -

Rep David Schweikert, has introduced a bill to force all new #Medicare enrollees into a #MedicareAdvantage plan starting Jan 2028, essentially eliminating the public insurance trust that Medicare was designed to be. I am asking you to make sure this bill dies in committee.

Medicare Advantage is not true Medicare. The corporate insurance giants claim to serve Medicare patients but use prior authorizations to decide what care a patient can receive. The insurance companies do not have to use any approved standard for medically necessary. They are permitted to use their own internal data to override doctors. They create fake networks of doctors to lure patients in, patients who later find that their doctor or hospital of choice is no longer in network.

Nearly every corporate insurance provider of Medicare Advantage has been fined by the US Government for fraud, and despite promising to lower costs, Medicare Advantage costs the US taxpayer $88 billion more a year than Medicare. This is not something that should be the only choice for seniors.

The Medicare Advantage experiment has to end. Allowing corporate profit to play a role in the delivery of healthcare has not resulted in additional savings to the taxpayer or better health for seniors.

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The Center for Health and Democracy's study on UnitedHealth Group demonstrates why for-profit companies should not be involved in healthcare. UnitedHealth is enriching shareholders via my tax dollars and I want you to end this waste and abuse of taxpayer money.

Even though UnitedHealthcare has three times more people enrolled in commercial plans for people under 65 than in its Medicare Advantage plans, it reported almost twice as much revenue for its Medicare business in 2024 ($139.5 billion) than from its commercial customers ($74.5 billion).

UnitedHealth also reported more revenue from Medicaid in 2024 ($80.6 billion) than from its commercial health plans.

Altogether, 75% of UnitedHealthcare’s U.S. revenues of $295 billion in 2024 came from federal and state taxpayers.

The company acquired more than 200 additional clinical operations in 2024. Few patients are aware that their doctors a part of a publicly traded company that has a legal obligation to maximize shareholder value, not provide patient care.

I am asking you to claw back these taxpayer dollars that UnitedHealth counts as profit. If you can claw back social security payments from individuals, you can claw back profits paid to corporations.

I am also asking you to fight efforts to make Medicare Advantage the default enrollment option for Medicare.

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