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9.19.07 @ 12:01AM

BITTER MEDICINE
Re: Andrew Cline's Hard to Swallow:

OK, let's break this down into bite-sized chunks.

First, the fact that a Quinnipiac University poll found that 64 percent of Americans agreed with the statement that "It's the government's responsibility to make sure everyone in the United States has adequate health care" really means that 64 percent of Americans have not read the U.S. Constitution lately.

Federal government involvement in health care violates the law of the land on so many different levels that it is absurd to think our citizenry will allow the libs to get away with this latest proposal.

Second, HillaryCare Ver2.0 mandates that everyone purchase health insurance. That government power is listed nowhere in Article 1, Section 8, nor does it comply with the fourth, fifth, tenth, or fourteenth Amendments.

Third, HillaryCare Ver2.0 requires proof of health insurance before attaining employment. Think about that for a minute. If you are in a position to self-insure, or if you and your family have made the deliberate choice not to purchase health insurance due to excellent health or for any other reason, who's the government to say otherwise.

Lastly, there is a significant difference between the concept of "health insurance" and "health care," the biggest being that no American can be denied access to health care. Yup, it's a government statute that requires everyone to be seen in an emergency room, even if one cannot pay for it. And because of that statute, health care is already government-run to some degree, regardless that Hillary says "not so."
-- Owen H. Carneal, Jr.
Yorktown, Virginia

So nationalized health care is back. Someone must have pulled the stake from its heart. TennCare, the Tennessee model for nationalized health care, was a test case during the Clinton era. If it had succeeded, it would have been the poster child for the national version. It was rife with corruption and unexpected results. Sick people from neighboring states were using Tennessee relatives' addresses in order to "qualify" for TennCare. Small business owners, who were providing medical insurance for their employees, simply stopped doing so, and let TennCare pick up the tab.

If freebies are passed out, then there must be restrictions. If a rich family hosts an elegant banquet, then it will be by invitation only, and those invitations will be checked at the door by strong men. If "free" healthcare is being passed out, then we must stop illegal immigration. Does this mean that Hillary Clinton would close our borders and enforce our immigration laws? I don't think so.
-- David Shoup
Augusta, Georgia

Why do you call it universal when it is socialism? Yes, poor persons do need health care but like everything else, if they implement that, they will just up the income that is classified the poor. They want socialism, big government, big bureaucracy, high taxes and the power to tell the citizens how to act, think and basically to control our lives. It stinks to high heaven. Call it what it is not what is PC.
-- Tom MacKay

Let's see if I understand. The same government that got us into Vietnam and Iraq; created welfare to end poverty in America; runs our education system; keeps airlines flying on time; and maintains our bridges is now going to provide us healthcare.

Mrs. Clinton proposes to raise the taxes on "only the wealthiest Americans" to pay the trillions of dollars this will cost. (She says billions, but has there ever been a government program the cost of which didn't very quickly quadruple or quintuple?)

Let's see if I understand. Only "the richest Americans" will pay for this. I'm guessing that since less than half of Americans pay any federal income taxes at all, they must be the "richest." That takes us back to Mrs. Clinton's remark during her 90's attempts to hijack the medical system, that "no physician needs to make more than $70,000 a year anyway."

My then educated guess is that richest Americans are those who make $70,000 and up. Hmm. I never thought of myself as rich. I guess once Mrs. Clinton gets elected I can buy a new Lexus and stop driving a 10 year old Taurus. Or maybe a Mercedes or BMW. Aren't they what rich people drive?

There is an upside though. We won't have to listen to school teachers whine about salaries anymore. While at $50,000 they are not among the "richest" they certain are very well off!
-- Jay Molyneaux

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