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In another June interview with the Kansas City Star Advisory Panel, Blunt said “he was very satisfied with his health care.” Member George Harris wrote a follow up reporting Blunt has “the finest health care insurance money can buy.” Praising his gold standard government benefits, Blunt claimed anyone can buy private health insurance like his for $500 or $600 a month ($6,000-$7,000 annually per person). again, his understanding of the issues is questionable. Millions are denied insurance, for example, regardless of ability to pay due to pre-existing conditions.

The new bill, “Affordable Health Care for America Act,” remedies that, too.

Finally, while Blunt announces my past honor to serve in the election process as if it disqualifies the truth about his contradictory statements and record, past posts are not the issue. This is about accountability and moving forward a health plan that the majority of Americans demand and deserve, and which the prestigious American Medical Association, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, and American Association of Retired Persons all publicly endorse.

Thankfully the century-long mandate to pass reform so more people can obtain medical care in the U.S.’s great medical system passed Congress despite Blunt’s misrepresentation and vote against it.