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To the editor : Thank you for publishing guest contributor Kevin J. Morrison’s thoughtful op-ed ( “How Lou Gehrig’s life taught me to fight for Prop. 50,” Oct. 9). I am deeply moved by Morrison’s perspective as an ALS patient whose survival depends as much on America’s broken politics as it does on finding a cure for Lou Gehrig’s disease.

He makes a very reasonable point that the success of Proposition 50 may well be his best hope to stop the Trump administration from dismantling the healthcare system that could cure him.

I was particularly inspired to hear that Morrison’s health crisis has brought unexpected blessings by encouraging a heart-to-heart discussion between himself

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