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Monday, November 16, 2009
Letters to Outlook
'Different' approach
(President) Obama has brought a breath of fresh air to health care reform; Americans have never seen these ideas before. If we compare the current reform ideas to Bill Clinton's attempt back in the early '90s, we can certainly see where Obama is different and very likely to succeed.
The first difference we see is that even though President Obama has also schlepped this task onto another's desk with no experience in business or health care, he did not ask his wife to head up the effort. He clearly learned not to bring the office home.
Hillary (Clinton)'s bill was a thousand pages long. That is not enough. The bill by (Sen.) Max Baucus is over 1,500. If we want Congress to actually read the bills proposed, longer is always better.
Hillary used the term HMO, which stands for health maintenance organization. This was confusing to Americans.
Democrats now use the term "public option." This is much better as all Americans understand that "public" means free. There is a long track record of success with free programs — just look at our public schools!
The Clintons had no across-the-aisle support for their plan. Now they have one Republican. Much better.
Instead of just modernizing medical records, the new plan will make them electronic.
And finally, even though Hillary admitted to the wisdom in "taking small steps to get a big job done," Obama knows that is just plain silly. he more money, time, and versions of bills Congress can dedicate to a problem, the faster it is solved with an economically damaging solution. It isn't like America has anything else to worry about right now.
Health insurance for the 8 million who actually need help is worth bankrupting our country. Besides, learning Chinese will be good for Americans.
Devon D. Day
Albuquerque
Health care burden
As the owner of a small business in New Mexico for the past 15 years, I can attest to the huge burden that having health care benefits for employees puts on the bottom line. If we're to attract and keep top-level personnel on our staff, we must compete for those people with huge corporations who have resources and big cost and tax breaks that we don't have.
A single-payer system would level the playing field and save hundreds of small businesses that are so precious to our unique state. Massive propaganda campaigns funded by financial beneficiaries like insurance and pharmaceutical companies have masked and distracted us from these important issues.
I can barely spare the time to write this letter as I struggle to keep our business from going under. Please stomp and stump as hard as you can for the people, not the money.
Ben Guissadiche
Cedar Crest
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