Passing Obamacare
By Glenn Morton
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Hello fellow Americans! My name is Glenn, and I am founder of the Occupy Obamacare SuperPAC and owner of Taylor, Levi, and Associates, an insurance brokerage firm in Maryland.
As an insurance broker, I became very interested in promoting the benefits of federal health reform. I have seen the effects of high premiums first hand, and wanted positive change in this important area.
Becoming more familiar with the contents of the law, combined with my understanding of the health care system, helped me realize how harmful some of the effects would be, and I had a change of heart. ObamaCare is more destructive to our health and incomes than is being reported to the public and, if you knew what I know, you would do what you could to get it changed for the better.
The way to change it is to offer a better alternative. Staying the same isn't good, either. So many of us suffer and die due to the lack of affordable healthcare and health insurance. It truly is a problem that must be fixed.
Fortunately, it can be :o)
The better alternative...one that strikes an agreeable middle ground...is in the pages of "Passing Obamacare". It is our responsibility, as Americans and as wage earners, to use our voice, and our vote, to make our country better. It isn't going to happen without us.
Writing this book is my attempt to add my voice, and to do something to protect our health and future financial capabilities.
It's also a serious attempt at good humor! If you're into laughing until it hurts...THIS is the book for you :o)
This effort is not about idealogy...they don't ask your party affiliation on your tax return. It's about money, and caring for you and your loved ones when you get sick.
That's important to all of us, right or left.
Thank you for reading, for purchasing the book (if I'm so blessed), and for learning.
Glenn Troy Morton
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Glenn Morton
Hello fellow Americans! My name is Glenn, and I own a company called Taylor, Levi, and Associates. It's an employee benefits brokerage in Maryland.As an insurance broker, I became very interested in promoting the benefits of federal health reform. I have seen the effects of high premiums first hand, and wanted positive change in this important area. As I became more familiar with the contents of the law, I realized how harmful some of the effects would be, and I had a change of heart. ObamaCare is more destructive to our incomes than is being reported to the public and, if you knew what I know, you would do what you could to get it changed for the better.The way to change it is to offer a better alternative. Staying the same isn't good.The better alternative...one that strikes an agreeable middle ground...is in the pages of "Passing Obamacare". It is our responsibility, as Americans and as a wage earners, to use our voice, and our vote, to make our country better. It isn't going to happen without us.Writing this book is my attempt to add my voice, and to do something to protect our future financial capabilities.This is not about idealogy...it's about money. Thank you for reading, for purchasing the book (if I'm so blessed), and for learning.Glenn Troy MortonAuthor
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Passing Obamacare - Glenn Morton
Passing Obamacare
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Glenn Troy Morton
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This book is dedicated to my wife Alicia, who had the love and courage to marry me, and to my daughter Taylor, who motivated me to follow my heart. You both make me the happiest man on the face of the earth!
Acknowledgements
Thank you God for choosing me to send this message. I love you…
Thanks to my mom (Iris Morton), my Grandma (Iris Fagans), my brother (Davaughn Paige), my wife (Alicia Morton), my children (Taylor and Levi Morton), and my step-children (Abby and Jakobi Bradford) for the love and support. I love you!
My deepest thanks to the people in my present, and my past, who shared their knowledge with me over the years. You contributed greatly to the creation of this publication, and I appreciate our lively debates on the issues of the day.
Many thanks to the wonderful and intelligent co-workers who have suffered through my diatribes over the years: Mark Reid, Howard Rankin, John Gardiner, Dan Donoghue, William Bacon, Joseph Finzel, Jessie Gittens, Halbert Carmichael, Nader Barakat, Lennie Moore, Dawn Page, Dorothy Jackson, Colin Romine, Robert Beja, Ann McDermott, and Christina Zettner.
Special thanks to the numerous best friends
I’ve had in my life: Mark Dennis, Kevin Chichester, Malcolm Stewart, Meryl Williams, AfriyeAmerson, Michelle Smith, Marla Weaver, Patrick Barnett, Randy Gray, Cedric Harrison, Terrance Hill (who told me to stay true to myself…love you, man!), Jerry Harper, AlodieMaytas, KhaliphaTijani, and Crystal Hines (who told me once that I was enough…love you!).
Extra special thanks to those whose acts of selflessness and kindness inspire people like me to reach beyond the boundaries of our lives and make the world a better place. Whether Democrat, Republican, Tea Party, or Independent, your contributions to the greatest country in the world are truly remarkable!
Super Extra Special thanks to Victor Dorobantu at MyCaricature.com. He's versatile, inventive, and phenomenal artist...much more than a typical caricaturist. It has been a real pleasure watching the image in my head come to life by his hand...
Table of Contents
Prologue
Preface
Introduction
Chapter One
Wake Up Call
Chapter Two
Better to have bad luck
than no luck at all?
Chapter Three
Out of Many, One
Chapter Four
One of these things is not like the other
Chapter Five
Obamacare…Do you want this?
Chapter Six
A solution that isn’t this, doesn’t do that,
and won’t offend anyone’s morality
Chapter Seven
Foundation of Change
Final Chapter
The Way it is
Author’s Biography
Notes
Prologue
An Open Letter to President Obama
Hey President Obama,
What’s up! How the heck are you? It’s been awhile since we’ve gotten together. I imagine you’ve been busy, though, so I’m cool!
Listen, I’m sorry to reach out to you in this way, but your BlackBerry’s going straight to voice mail, and I’m pretty sure I’m not in your 5
, so I didn’t know what else to do. I’m starting to think you’re forgetting me, what with new friends and a new job taking up your time.
I remember you.
You were my best friend once, weren’t you? We used to have so much in common. We were both outsiders; never quite fittin’ in no matter how hard we tried (and we tried awfully hard…LOL!).
Do you remember letting Nancy lock you in a hall locker in 7th grade because she said she’d kiss you?! I can’t believe you fit into such a small space with ears that big! How did you breathe? I understand why you squeezed in, though…she was FINE!
I also recall Harry convincing you to smoke weed for the first time. I told you he was a pothead! I’ve always wanted to ask if getting high was worth the beating you took when you got home. Even today, I get ghost pains, and I just heard what happened :o)
Man, we hung together constantly! We never could score with the ladies (except the one time with Sarah and Michelle B…that was WILD! I still have paw prints…), but were probably the only 2 guys in Punahou High who could, on Monday mornings, cite chapter and verse of the previous Sundays McLaughlin group…
Like you used to say: Bro’s before Ho’s!
Remember when we read the Encyclopedia Britannica after school? Your grandma would make us those ham and pineapple sandwiches with a tall glass of papaya juice. She loved us kids so much, I wanted her to be MY grandma. I miss her!
Hey…did you know I dreamt we would be in the encyclopedia for something one day? I’d be president and you’d be MVP of the NBA! Crazy dreams, huh? You couldn’t dunk and I’m black…no way we had a chance!
Well, at least not until you. Now, I’m practicing my jump shot and takin’ my talents to South Beach!
I mean…you won, B-Easy! You actually WON!
Who cares if no encyclopedias are being printed? If they were on the shelf, a whole chapter would be dedicated to you!
I didn’t get a chance to tell you this when everything was going down…too busy celebrating, I guess.
But…B-Regal, I’ve never been so proud of someone in my whole life!
President Barack Hussein Obama, indeed!
To witness you taking the stage, becoming President of the ENTIRE FREAKIN WORLD! Who would’ve thunk it? You always wanted to be the best at everything, but you certainly outdid yourself this time. It says a lot about you that you could convince the whole country to even consider electing a not-only-white president.
It was so hard being biracial in our younger days. The teasing, getting bullied, and never hanging with the coolest guys in school…
America is a strange, wonderful place, huh?
Hey B-Dazzle, this may be a little off topic, but I wished you had my back when Bully McCain punched me in the face for kissing Olympia. I should’ve just fought him myself, but I didn’t possess the heart to beat him. He’s so mean, and I’m not. I might’ve had more balls if I knew you would fight with me. I thought you’d do anything to help me, being my best buddy and all.
But…water under the bridge, right?
Now you’re President, and everybody’s lining up to be your friend…even the ones in Indonesia