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November 19, 2009

Your View: Time needed on health care changes

Mary Smalley, Wells





We do need to make changes in our health care system.

Yes, those who have pre-existing health issues should be covered. Yes, one’s insurance policy should move with the person if he or she changes jobs, even if it means going across state lines. Yes, there should be fair competition among the insurance providers. We who have experienced these and other problems understand that change is necessary.

The House of Representatives has just passed its version of the health care bill. My concern is that I question how Congress can rush through and adopt a plan that is 2,000 pages long and written in “legalese” that few members in Congress have the training to read with understanding and evaluate objectively.

How many congressmen have even tried to read through these pages? Has the president read, and does he understand, these pages?

Yes, we do need a fair and improved health care program for everyone, but let us take our time and do it well. Once the bill is passed and put into action, it will affect our lives for a long time.

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