Opinion

Legislators: back health care reform

Posted July 21, 2009 11:00 pm

I support the right for all people to have access to affordable health care. We should be able to choose whether we want to keep our private coverage, to choose another private plan, or to choose an affordable, quality public health insurance plan.

Providing the choice between private health insurance plans and an affordable, quality public health insurance plan is an important part of any comprehensive health care reform proposal. It is needed to bring down costs, make coverage affordable, force private health insurance companies to compete, and guarantee that quality, affordable coverage will be there for people no matter what happens.

Hopefully, our legislators will have the courage to act on behalf of all their constituents and vote for comprehensive health care reform. I urge them to pass HR 3200.

Rita Mathern

Naperville

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