The endorsements by the American Association of Retired Persons, the American Medical Association and the American Cancer Society sends a clear signal that most Americans want health care reform. These organizations represent no less than 4,640,000 American voters.

The AARP can hardly be called a liberal left wing group. It has 2.4 million members who are all over the age of 50. These people can be counted on to show up at the polls on Election Day.

The AMA has 240,000 members, the great majority of whom are doctors. If this august organization of health care professionals support this reform, doesn’t it make sense that our representatives should too?

The American Cancer Society has over 2 million members who represent the largest single group of Americans affected by our currently broken health care payment system and it also supports health care reform. Can our legislators ignore this vast constituency? Not if they want to continue to represent us.

Senators and representatives who ignore this support by the nation’s foremost advocates for senior citizens and members of the medical profession do so at their own political peril.

Americans deserve universal health care, something most progressive countries of the world already enjoy. Let’s let our legislators know this with letters and phone calls.

Jeff Brailey

Chesterfield