06.27.2008 6:04 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In his 1960 inaugural speech, President John F. Kennedy implored us to “don’t ask what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
Well, it’s 2008 and while I certainly cannot speak for all Americans,…

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06.10.2008 12:04 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
By printing Sal Easterley’s letter (”Kennedy got his. Where’s mine?”; Sunday June 8, 2008) you perpetuated an untrue urban legend, namely, that members of Congress receive “free” medical care. In fact, they only have the same medical insurance options as…

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05.29.2008 4:04 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
I don’t object, in principle, to advertising medicines. What I object to is the manner in which they’re advertised. I’ll give you an example. I have severe COPD and I’m part of an international support group via the internet.
COPD…

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05.28.2008 11:51 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Thank you for the piece on Venezuela and Chavez. It’s very hard to find balanced reporting in American newspapers on countries and leaders our capitalist political leaders dislike. The history of US-Latin American relations is a record played over and…

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05.16.2008 10:51 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In 2000, Citizens for Missouri’s Children issued a comprehensive report, “Dental Care Counts”, on the state of dental services for St. Louis children insured by MC+/Medicaid. The findings of that report highlighted the critical need for providing better access to…

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05.08.2008 12:23 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The memory of a recent observation made me laugh while reading “Speeding toward $4 a gallon”. Yesterday I spent a few minutes at breakfast plotting out the most efficient route to cover the five errands I needed to run. The last…

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05.05.2008 12:19 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Ava Jordan’s letter (May 1, 2008) encourages irrational fears. The radioactivity of depleted uranium is insignificant, and presents no hazard. If you hold 2 pounds of pure depleted uranium at arm’s length, it exposes you to a radiation dose less…

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04.23.2008 5:11 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Unfortunately, members of the US House of Representatives have once again shown that they do not trust individuals to make the right decisions for themselves. The members of the House have shown their reactionary instincts in moving the US economy…

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04.22.2008 1:45 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Less than a week after writing a good size check to the IRS for taxes I see on the front page an article about new immigrants. This is ridiculous! We give money right up front, sign them up for food…

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04.21.2008 5:06 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In one to two weeks, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, Missouri State Medicaid is considering a pharmacy change that would result in an interruption of care for tens of thousands of Medicaid patients. Missouri would require Medicaid patients to use only generic cholesterol…

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