We, the voters of North Carolina, need to write and call our congressmen and congresswomen, senators, neighbors, friends, relatives and all people we are associated with and have them support health insurance reform for all Americans.

Did you know state and federal prisoners get free health care? As a veteran with an honorable discharge I cannot get dental care through the VA! North Carolina must support health insurance reform.

Filibuster kills people and time ... health insurance must serve all people. This is the way we provide for each other. If you fail to act, you may find yourself, in the future, in my shoes ... having to sell your home to pay medical bills for your spouse or other family member(s). We all have the right to live.

Greed is America’s greatest stumbling block. Does your moral pride allow you not to care for others? Think! We need a system that is affordable and helps keep people well. We need education that will teach our people

how to keep themselves healthy.

Lawrence Graves

High Point


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The facts apparently aren’t on Obama’s side

Joe Wilson was right! Here’s proof.

From the AP: “ President Barack Obama used only-in-Washington accounting Wednesday when he promised to overhaul the nation’s health care system without adding “one dime” to the deficit. By conventional arithmetic, Democratic plans would drive up the deficit by billions of dollars.”

AP: Obama repeatedly said, “If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan, period.” But “The Congressional Budget Office analyzed the health care bill written by House Democrats and said that by 2016 some 3 million people who now have employer-based care would lose it.”

AP: Obama: “Don’t pay attention to those scary stories about how your benefits will be cut. ... That will never happen on my watch. I will protect Medicare.”

AP: “Many experts believe some seniors almost certainly would see reduced benefits from the cuts. That’s particularly true for the 25 percent of Medicare users covered through Medicare Advantage.”

On Sept. 16 he said almost all physicians support his plan, but an IBD poll of physicians shows 65 percent do not support his plan, and 70 percent say government cannot cover an additional 47 million (now, magically, 30 million!) and save money “without harming quality.”

Wall Street Journal: Obama: “One man from Illinois lost his coverage in the middle of chemotherapy because his insurer found that he hadn’t reported gallstones – that he didn’t even know about – they delayed his treatment, and he died because of it.”

But Otto Raddatz did not die because of delays. His policy was reinstated, and he later received a stem-cell transplant.

Raddatz died this year, nearly four years after the initial insurance problems. His sister, Peggy, told a House Committee on June 16 that her brother received treatment that “extended his life approximately three years.”

Oops, no room for the rest!

Tony Moschetti

High Point