as always,please eval my ltte on universal health care

[w8liftinglady]

for spelling and punctuation...you make me look smart ;)
thanks again.

Recent editorials on "Obamacare" have been quick to dismiss the current health care reimbursement system,but fail to offer any alternatives.Alternatives DO exist,and the nation would be a better place if we were to implement them.

Before discussing health care in Texas,here are a few facts.According to The Kaiser Foundation,six million people under the age of 64 have no health insurance in Texas.Another three million Texans have Medicaid and two million people have Medicare(government-run entities).This places us at last place in the United States.Our teen birth rate(ages 15-19) is 64 births per 1,000 teens,placing us at the second-highest in the United States.The number of infant deaths in Texas was 2,598 deaths in 2007(one-tenth of the nation's).67 percent of Texas children have access to health care,making us-again-50th in the nation.

House Bill 646 would have provided health and dental care for all citizens.It would have assured fair reimbursement for all physicians.It would have stressed preventative health and dental care for all citizens,ultimately decreasing the ever-climbing health care costs.It was endorsed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman as ultimately reducing health care spending by one billion dollars.Sadly,HB 646-even though it was supported by over 70 percent of Americans-fell to the wayside in Congress.

Further research on Universal Health Care should be done before jumping on the Tea Party bandwagon.Physicians for a National Health Plan has an excellent resource on the specifics involved in single-payer plans.
http://www.pnhp.org/facts/single-payer-faq

Please educate yourselves before coming to a conclusion on universal health care.Our neighbors and friends are suffering.

[BlueCollar]

1. Startlegram and DMN readers

may be a little overwhelmed by your eloquence...but great job anyway.

[w8liftinglady]

2. it is in response to this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9361973

LETTER: ‘Repeal ObamaCare’
Published: Thursday, October 21, 2010 1:32 PM CDT
To the Editor,

Have you heard of ObamaCare? Would you like to see it repealed? In less than two weeks, the Election will be history and the challenge of the victors begins.

With the expected republican sweep less than 12 days away, we are looking at our Congress Crittur Barton assuming a place in the majority and probably a position in the leadership. From this exalted post, our congressional representative will be in a position of power that if he is willing to listen to his employers (We the People); he will be able to confront the issues that we have determined as important to his constituency.

We are currently circulating a petition and expect to put 1,000,003 signatures on Congressman Joe Barton’s desk asking him to sponsor or co-sponsor legislation to repeal ObamaCare next year. We want him to make it go away. There are several legislative initiatives already in the works; Representative Steve King of Iowa introduced the simplest one back on March 25, titled H.R. 4972, “To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”. The entire text of this resolution is as follows:

“Effective as of the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, such Act is repealed, and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such Act are restored or revived as if such Act had not been enacted.”

There are currently 13 Texas Representatives cosponsoring Steve King’s legislative proposal, all Republicans, with no Democrats signing on to help. The actual legislation is found here: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.4972 :

Mr. Barton has put his name on the discharge petition to fast track the H.R. 4972, but as of yet has not committed to the actual legislation. Our petition is asking our public servant to take a stand and make a pledge to We the People. This petition will spread across CD6 and you can be one of the first if you act fast. We will turn back this avalanche of spending only with the help of the grassroots activists taking a part. Get off your sofa and help us return to a time before “Hope and Change”. Repeal ObamaCare!

If you would like to learn more on where and when you can ask Congressman Barton to join us, contact the Ellis County Tea Party or the Navarro County Conservatives on the Web. Put ‘ObamaCare Repeal Petition’ in the subject line, we will get back to you.

America belongs to you too!

Bill Carson,

Midlothian

[bobbolink]

3. Good job!

All I see in terms of corrections is the missing space after commas. It makes it harder to read.

I really admire your persistence! :yourock:

[w8liftinglady]

4. I always forget that...fixed in the hard copy...thanks!