Comments on: KFG Clients Weigh In On Health Care Bill

By: Alden Cassler

Alden Cassler — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:59:45 +0000

I understand that but where does it take us?

Fill what’s empty, empty what’s full, scratch where it itches.

By: Lois Sturdivant

Lois Sturdivant — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:21:36 +0000

Your clients do not represent a cross-section of Americans, as most of them have some wealth and health care. Our local newspaper recently had a feature on the rising number of deaths of people in their 40′s and 50′s from treatable diseases.. Most are unemployed or underemployed, with no health care diseases.
Mike Miller’s comment that “No one can be refused medical care in the system we have now” is living in a fantasy world. He also says, “The government will tell us what activities we can engage in and what we can eat & drink.” Good luck!
Susan Hotalling writes: “We have the best medical care in the world that is fully accessible to everyone, the only exception would be for the very few who might have difficulty obtaining adequate transportation (which is a different problem).” What paradise does she live in?
Most physicians do not take charity cases, except for Welfare, and hospitals can only take a limited number. The current legislation may not be perfect, but it is a start, and YES, IT IS GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE! Part of the problem in this country is the huge salaries/benefits/bonuses paid to professional sport players and CEOs. Why should they make more in a month than most people make in their lifetime? Why should the WalMart CEO’s twice monthly paychecks be more than any of his employees make in a lifetime?
Robert Shannon’s statement is correct. I worked in health care for 28 years, and saw many uninsured people lose all their resources in a catastrophic medical event.

By: Robert Shannon

Robert Shannon — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:48:52 +0000

Thanks for these letters. We’ll be in to see you before long; it’s been dragging on.
However, during the interim, it’s good to see the opportunity to reply to your letter.
It’s unfortunate that we voters go to the polls and vote according to “what we think” rather than what we know. That’s how I see when the precient crowd makes pronouncements about what the “health care bill WILL do.” I aver that most of them, like me, have not read the damned thing, and if we did, probably would not be able to project, with even a modicum of accuracy, what the final outcome will be or what it will do for “us.” Being near 81 however, on Medicare, a veteran, with a wife who works and has her own coverage, I may be one who need not worry. Having been in health care for 30+ years, I have seen what the outcomes are for those not covered.
To start this fiasco over will do what it has done in past administrations, die.
We’ll make an appointment soon!!! Promise…
Robert/Sonja Shannon