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Throw out House bill, let market work

I have just lost health care insurance for myself and family because of current economic conditions.

But the very last thing I want is a system that flies "under the radar" to essentially remove freedoms from our lives, take over 1/6 of the nation's already struggling economy, and significantly add to taxes (something the current president promised not to raise "a single dime").

Throw out the current House bill. Institute meaningful tort reform now (sorry, trial lawyers); initiate true competition by permitting buying insurance policies from across state lines, and effectively deal with current waste and fraud in the present system. In a free-market, capitalist society (sorry, totalitarians, this is what our Constitution calls for), let the market do its work to the greatest effect.

While we're throwing out the current House bill, I can think of a few Congressmen who need the old heave-ho as well.

Steve Schmidt

Wheaton

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