Letters to the Editor
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Don't be so hopeless
This is the first time I feel that the conditions are right to really reform health care. A lot of people supported reform in the nineties, but not nearly as many as now. The costs are so out of control people are frightened that they will either lose coverage or be told they are not covered for specific illnesses. More importantly, businesses are fed up with the spiraling costs and want a solution, as do doctors. And the Republican party is fractured and weakened. If the public gets behind reform and refuses to be bamboozled by these Harry and Louise type scare tactics, we will get it done. But that means we all have to take the time to call our representatives, email, write to our newspaper and most importantly pressure the media if they try to undermine the efforts.
While it is true that the final plan won't look like the one proposed, Obama has already conceded a big point by not having a mandate. Why start out by already having compromised to please your opponents?