Here's the real reason for national health care

With all the general chaos surrounding the recent town hall health care meetings, you would think someone would've remembered the reason the government wants the health care legislation in the first place. The fact is there are millions of people uninsured. The government isn't doing this to set up death panels, which, by the way, doesn't appear in the bill at all. They're doing this so people stop having to lose their homes to outrageous medical bills that the insurance companies won't cover.

It's time to think about all those people who need coverage and stop imagining that the government is just trying to take our money and run. Sure, the bill isn't perfect, but it's a big leap forward to insure all Americans. Go pro-health care legislation to help those people who need it now.

Jess Wolf

Carpentersville