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11.05.2009 5:45 pm

Focus on cost controls, not a government option

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

There is no question our health care system needs an overhaul.

Health insurance costs way too much and the cost keeps going up year after year. So when President Obama said reducing health care costs was a top priority, I was…

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11.05.2009 5:44 pm

Why are we still debating health care?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Why are we still debating reform, especially with the public option? Why can’t people realize 2 FACTS? 1) Private insurance carriers can only insure about 50% of all Americans. The proof is in Fact 2) Over 40% of us are…

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11.04.2009 4:29 pm

With a public option, the playing field is not level or fair

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Various commentators and politicians allege that a public option would enhance greater competition with private insurers in the health care arena. However I am still waiting for someone to explain exactly how a government administered and funded plan would accomplish…

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11.03.2009 5:36 pm

Folks debating health care reform are ignoring simple economics

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Sadly, many people in the health care debate are ignoring simple ecomonics and common sense in favor of talking points of the right wing and insurance industry coalition. The fact of the matter is that neither the current government system,…
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10.28.2009 6:23 pm

How does 41 now beat 59?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
I have just one question about the healthcare debate and the now permanent threat of filibuster. If we live in a democracy, why is it that in the U.S. Senate, 41 votes now beats 59 votes? Can anyone seriously defend that?
 
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10.28.2009 6:21 pm

Reasons we need a public option

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Now that the thugs from the organized mobs against healthcare reform have left the town hall meetings and the private sector healthcare insurance companies greed for profits before people has been exposed, it’s finally time to pass a healthcare reform…

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10.23.2009 4:28 pm

Using morality to push health care reform shows lack of reasoning

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In Wednesday’s 10/21 article “Health care activists rally for public option”, a member of the Central Reform synagogue is quoted “We consider this a moral issue,” and, in a letter to the editor, a writer states “How can we be…

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10.22.2009 5:41 pm

Health care reform or bankruptcy prevention?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Progressives have made a compelling argument for compassion and treatment of the ailing among us although it seems they are more concerned about the financial condition of the patient after paying for treatment. Application of an adhesive bandage to a…

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10.22.2009 5:40 pm

Just another government slush fund

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Seventy plus years ago, the Federal Government got into the pension business with the beginnings of Social Security. With the simple thought that no senior in America should be destitute, the government placed a tax on every wage earner with…

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10.20.2009 2:51 pm

Health care reform must include tort reform

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In addition to competition, the government in crafting an acceptable plan, must include tort reform in the mix. The truth is, that will never happen because the tort bar is one of the biggest contributors to the Obama campaign. We…

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