Bipartisan health reform bill not in the cards

Two letters from Right Wing World appeared in the Nov. 21 Fence Post, one by Gail Rose and the other by Susan McMullen. In both was the usual whining about the increased taxes that will be needed to pay for health care reform. Where was the outrage on the part of Right Wing World when we wasted $700 billion bailing out the banks and insurance companies?

Right wingers only seem to be outraged if tax money is spent on the working poor; they never seem to have a problem spending tax money on the wealthy.

I'm tired of hearing how "we have the best health care system in the world." If that were true, why do so many people, even those who have insurance, end up filing for bankruptcy after accessing it due to a serious illness? Why do we spend twice as much on health care per patient than the countries that have that dreaded "socialized medicine?"

The biggest laugher of either letter is Rose's line, "A logical well thought-out bipartisan bill could have been drawn up ..." Hello? Anytime the Democrats have caved in, which has been much too often, we have gotten nothing from the Republicans in return except more baloney as to why doing nothing is best. A bipartisan bill is possible only if the Democrats agree to no reform at all.

Where do right-wingers get the idea that they're in the majority on this one? Don't they think most Americans have noticed that their premiums, deductibles and copays keep going up while the coverage gets less? Most of the polls I've seen show most Americans want reform and a real public option that they can access if insurance companies don't start reducing premiums and increasing coverage.

Charles E. Crouse

Elgin