Island Lake Opinion
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Appeal for support of health care actDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Rep. Mark Kirk: I am writing to you today. To ask that you support H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care Act. I know from personal experience the effect a medical proced...
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Amid tragedy, lessons in goodnessDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - We know all too well that some of the news in our towns has been much too disturbing lately. There's the Streamwood mother who police say gunned her car and pinned a 17-...
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Urge Manzullo to support health billDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - It is with much sadness that I have learned that Congressman Manzullo has caved in to the severe pressure of special interest groups by not voting for this recent histor...
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Leaf burning isn't the only problemNov 30, 2009 10:00 pm - Your Nov. 17th view, "A call for an end to leaf burning" makes excellent points on the health risks of leaf burning, and good alternatives - mulching, composting, and co...
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Terrorists do not belong in our courtsNov 30, 2009 10:00 pm - Moving foreign terrorists who have committed crimes against our country to the U.S. judiciary system is the most fatal decision our Democratic leaders can make. If Demo...
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Vote out those who support Obama planNov 28, 2009 10:00 pm - There is no doubt that the costs associated with our current health care system can be reduced. This includes both treatment and insurance. It is an unfortunate situatio...
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Health care a vote for family valuesNov 28, 2009 10:00 pm - For Melissa Bean and all the other representatives who voted for the Affordable Health Care for America Act: Ten years ago, my parents, middle class people who had worke...
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Health care system is killing usNov 27, 2009 10:00 pm - The health care system in this country is broken and the big insurance companies are making a lot of money that should be going to save Americans. Why is it so hard for ...
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Health care plan penalizes workersNov 27, 2009 10:00 pm - I feel that it is wrong to ask the American citizens, who paid into Medicare their whole working life, to pay half the cost to fund the bill through benefit cuts. At the...
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Flu vaccine debacle shows folly in reformNov 27, 2009 10:00 pm - I read with interest today's concern by the Illinois chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics that the Illinois Department of Health and/or the state of Illinois is...