Downers Grove Opinion
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Why bother? For the 2 percent have-nots.Aug 22, 2009 11:00 pm - An Aug. 14 letter from Steve Williams asked why we should bother improving a health care system that works for 98 percent of the population. Even assuming his assumption...
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'Death panel' scare will deny comfortAug 22, 2009 11:00 pm - End-of-life counseling is not a death panel. In the past decade, both of my parents and my father-in-law passed away, all in the care of hospice. All three had talked wi...
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Reading their U.S.-issued KoransAug 21, 2009 11:00 pm - I trust Diane Niesman took the time to read two other letters (and view the timely political cartoons) which appeared in the same Aug. 15 Fence Post as her letter, Both ...
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Why bother? For the 2 percent have-nots.Aug 21, 2009 11:00 pm - An Aug. 14 letter from Steve Williams asked why we should bother improving a health care system that works for 98 percent of the population. Even assuming his assumption...
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You know better, Rep. BiggertAug 21, 2009 11:00 pm - I have a great health care plan. It lets me go to any doctor I choose. I don't have to get preapproval for medical procedures, co-pays are not eating up my income, my mo...
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Biggert flyer meant to inflameAug 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Your headline (above story about Cub fan who spilled beer on an outfielder) was, "I am sorry I disgraced you." I mistakenly believed that U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert had apol...
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Biggert remark not just inflammatoryAug 20, 2009 11:00 pm - "Requires end-of-life counseling for seniors that might encourage them to give up when facing a serious illness." This is how U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert describes a provisio...
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Incendiary handout helped no oneAug 20, 2009 11:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert did not do anyone any good with her inflammatory little handout. Health care is a serious issue that needs to be addressed. It's bad enough that ...
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Murderer doesn't deserve second chanceAug 20, 2009 11:00 pm - I am writing in response to your Aug. 7 article, "Killer Wants to Undo Guilty Plea." I have read this article repeatedly, and am absolutely heartsick that Mr. Deng belie...
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Open a locker? We can help with that, tooAug 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Immerse yourself in the story; don't become the story. That's advice I heard a long time ago. Pretty good advice, too. I take it to mean: Research the issue well or spen...