HEALTH CARE REFORM

Anyone who values freedom should reject the health care bill which is close to passage. Encourage state reps and senators to renounce an idea that will drive an out of control deficit higher. Individualism created this country and innovation will solve our problems when government enforces equitable laws and then steps aside allowing that innovation and ambition to prevail.

Where did we go wrong in our education system that citizens of the United States would willingly turn their freedom in at the front door of a government ran doctor’s office? Is it that we raised a generation of Americans who think they are “owed” health care and would give up the most precious right we are granted? Are we going to allow government to fine and jail us for not purchasing what they deem suitable? Our Constitution is unique because it limits government control. We are doing a poor job of protecting it.

I applaud State Rep. Doc Hastings’ fight to save the quality health insurance we have (obviously) taken for granted. Did you know this bill will stop physician owned hospitals from ever adding another bed to their facilities? Did you know the Wenatchee Valley Clinic fits that category? Exactly how does that improve our situation? This is one of no doubt thousands of disturbing items embedded within a bill that has been mostly kept from public scrutiny.

Before you sign onto anything you should read the fine print. In nearly 2,000 pages of legalese you can bet there is something that will outrage each of us. For those of you who prefer birth to cradle freebies, be careful what you wish for when the provider is the U.S. government. Their track record is dismal. For the rest of us, freedom is worth more than another bloated entitlement program.

Gail Kirkpatrick

Moses Lake