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VAN SUSTEREN: Meaning the bill.
ROE: Meaning this bill. And I said yes, I want to do that because I had 30 plus years experience in practicing medicine, and quite frankly the reason I wanted to go was because I was in a state that had tried a public option, Tennessee. And we're still dealing with it 16 years later.
And it's been -- I was just looking yesterday. The governor is going to have to cut nine percent of the plan this year again because of the economic downturn.
VAN SUSTEREN: All right. So the day after, on July 30, you sent a letter by snail mail and by Fox -- I have a timeline here -- to the White House. What did your letter say to the White House?
ROE: It said we would like to accept your offer to come to the White House and in a nonpartisan way, because I really, truly believe health care should not be a partisan issue.
VAN SUSTEREN: On July 30 the White House Press Secretary Gibbs was asked a question by a "Washington Times" reporter about whether or not there would be any meeting between you and the president.
And he said -- he's quoted as saying "If you give me that letter I'll forward it to scheduling so we can get that done." OK. In the month of August, did you ever hear back from the White House?
ROE: No, we didn't. We did a lot of town halls, 40 of them, but didn't hear anything back.
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