Nonsense abundant in insurance debate

The health care reform issue has raised an abundance of nonsense.

For example, it is interesting to see people demonstrating that we need to keep the government out of health care, but they are entirely happy with Medicare.

Some people are strongly against the government coming between them and their doctor but are happy with an insurance company employee making decisions on whether or not to pay for their doctor-recommended procedure.

I also love the comment "I refuse to pay for the health care costs of the uninsured." Why do you think hospital costs and doctors fees are so incredibly expensive? You are already paying for the uninsured.

People say that they want to keep the insurance company they currently have but if you have a company-provided health care plan, you did not select that insurance company.

Some people say the cost of health care reform is going to bankrupt this country. Health care is already bankrupting this country. This is why there are so many individuals in medical bankruptcy.

I also love the term "free medical care." There is no such thing. Medical costs must be paid by someone. The only hope is to reduce medical costs where possible and spread the rest of the costs over as many people as possible through universal health care insurance.

I suppose this is socialism but so are Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, the police department, the fire department, schools and all other social services.

JAMES CLARK

Durham

Some majority

I am amazed at all the letter submitters touting their devotion and praise on David Price for voting for Nancy Pelosi's health care bill.

I am reminded of the pied piper. Legend tells us he led all the rats of the town to the Weser River, where they all followed and fell into the river and died.

David Price, along with Bob Ethridge, Mel Watt, Brad Miller and C.K.Butterfield should be ashamed to face the people of North Carolina, for following Pelosi to the jumping-off point. NC has 13 representatives.

Of those 13, five Democrats voted yes, three Democrats voted no, along with all five Republicans, meaning 62 percent of our representatives analyzed this health care bill for themselves, rather than following pied piper Pelosi.

Do we need health reform? Yes, we certainly do, but not this bill. There are too many working poor who live from paycheck to paycheck, if they even have a job. Most people realize how extremely expensive this health bill is, and how destructive to our nation.

When the Republicans passed the prescription bill for seniors, they gave the option of buying that insurance or not. It was our decision. But H.R. 3962 makes it mandatory, no choice, to buy insurance or be fined a large amount.

Joseph Garner (11/11/09) called this bill "bipartisan majority". This bipartisan bill passed with 219 Democrats and one Republican. Very bipartisan! The majority was 220 of 438 members -- majority of 2 people! Wow, impressive!

LOUISE RIGSBEE

Durham