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March 4, 2025
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LETTER: Imagine health care as a sacred right
Imagine a national healthcare system not built on profit, paperwork, or exclusion—but on mercy, justice, and love. A system that says: “You are worthy of care. Not because of your job, your passport, or your bank account—but because you are human.” In this model, every person is covered — citizens, residents, Indigenous peoples, immigrants, migrant workers, and even tourists. No one is asked for payment. No one is turned away. Just as Jesus healed the sick without condition, this system offers care as a sacred right. The system is sustained through progressive taxation, where those with greater means contribute more. This reflects the Biblical ethic: “To whom much is given, much will be required” (Luke 12:48). Wasteful spending on billing departments and insurance bureaucracy is eliminated, freeing billions to be reinvested in actual care.
LETTER: H-2A highly regulated, overseen
Dear Editor, I write to correct the misleading claims made by Edgar Franks in the recent article regarding the Washington overtime law and the H-2A program (“WA Ag overtime bill in full effect, despite calls for change,” Feb. 19). Contrary to Franks' assertion that H-2A workers provide a "cheaper" labor alternative, the reality is quite the opposite. The H-2A program is an expensive, highly regulated system that growers turn to only when they cannot find enough local workers willing to take agricultural jobs.