Good point in LTTE: Reform requires the public option

[RC]

Published March 03 2010
By: Vernon Huseby, Fargo


I am an old man, and I have never seen so much furor raised over any national issue as the proposed healthcare plan.

I was the youngest of a large family, and we had a lot of health problems. It was before the days of Medicare and health insurance. We spent an inordinate amount of money, and it kept us broke for many years. So I know the difficulties of health care costs, and I am in favor of a plan that includes a public option.

We are bombarded with propaganda against the plan, and I am told that it is paid for mainly by the pharmaceutical and insurance companies. I feel that they are largely responsible for our present predicament.

We have friends who were raised in Germany, England and Norway and they all speak well of national medicine.

I have heard the plan called socialism. I think it is more like Christianity. We profess to be a nation under God. If this was true, we should act a little more accordingly. When Jesus Christ was on Earth, he helped the poor and unfortunate and he admonished us to do the same.

I have paid a lot of taxes in my time. A lot of it, I know, has gone to corporate welfare. I will never complain about some of my tax dollars going to the unfortunate.

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/270868/

How do some they think socialism so bad, yet "Love" Jesus? What kind of mangled thinking produces that mind set?

[ChicagoSuz219]

1. Great letter!! Here's my Letter to the Editors...

MY Plan for HCR:*

TWO health plans. One for Democrats. One for Republicans. Independents & non-voters can go either way.

Democrat's plan: Medicare for all available on a sliding-scale basis, based on income - or lack of it. Plan would be open to ALL the uninsured & uninsurable. Anyone who likes their insurance, & can afford to, can keep it, 30-75% increases and all. Others can change over to Medicare for all. Tax cuts to businesses who give fully-paid health insurance to their employees. Wellness care, dental and eyecare included. Donut holes will close. Access to purchasing Canadian drugs, although it won't be necessary. This plan would go into effect immediately.

Republican's plan: Status Quo, with the exception of having to pay for the 30-75% increases in health insurance and pharmaceutical drugs. The good news is they will be able to buy across state lines and, by showing their Voters Registration Card (Republican), there will be Tort Reform, and if they get in an accident, they will be S.O.L.; as will those with pre-existing conditions.

Did I miss anything?

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*I posted this a few days ago on DU, facebook, HuffPost, etc & got awesome feedback on it. Just sent it to Chicago Tribune & Washington Post.

I wrote it after the Blair House Summit in an attempt to show people what they (think they) want...

[RC]

2. I stole your post and put it

here: http://www.timws.com/page2.html Hope that's ok. :hi:

[ChicagoSuz219]

5. No prob.

Thanks for crediting me. Please let me know if it gets any feedback.

Thanks!

[lwcon]

3. "Public option" is a hoax. Reform requires single-payer Medicare-for-All

Or socialized medicine.

[RC]

4. BINGO!!!1!!