Addison Opinion
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Remember what 'We the people' meansNov 21, 2009 10:00 pm - We will not forget those who are selling our liberty away by voting for HR 3962. We have the best medical system in the world, and these power-hungry politicians are doi...
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Time for leaders to help middle classNov 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Only a single-payer health care system such as those implemented by England, Canada, France, etc. will truly bring health care under control financially. However, the c...
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Saturday SoapboxNov 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Drive Route 59 lately? If you've driven Route 59 north across DuPage County and into Cook County anywhere near rush hour, well, you've been moving slowly. Isn't it irrit...
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Health bill signals more governmentNov 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 is a day that will live in infamy for the rest of American history. On that day H.R. 3962, health care reform passed. It will kick at least 90 mil...
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If a howl of outrage goes up ...Nov 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Almost daily, there is a news item about some group of business leaders, politicians owners or rulers of some industry, bankers and others, giving up their bonuses, rais...
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First major health hurdle clearedNov 20, 2009 10:00 pm - I am so proud of the House representatives who voted in favor of the first step to affordable health care for America. It has been a long road and the first major hurdle...
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Not thinking of own standard of livingNov 20, 2009 10:00 pm - My letter is very simple. I have been in health care since 1985. My husband is a physician. Over these many years, we have watched what happens to the people, in our cas...
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Seven things I know about health billNov 20, 2009 10:00 pm - House Democrats passed a health care bill that many, many Americans have expressed neither need nor desire for. I have spent a good part of my adult life without health...
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Beware of lobbyists on student aid billNov 20, 2009 10:00 pm - The skyrocketing cost of college has put higher education out of reach for too many talented young people. Poor and working-class families must devote one third to 55 pe...
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Doctor bailing; can't face new health planNov 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Today I took my son to the doctor for his regular checkup. We'd recently changed from a bloated, expensive insurance policy to something more in line with what insurance...