Lake County Opinion
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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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Give someone else a chance to representNov 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Congressman Kirk, Senator Durbin: It's time to move on. How many pink skips did you get this week? It's time for both of you to retire. We need a Congress that won't liv...
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Krauthammer unfair to pin blame on ObamaNov 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Regarding Charles Krauthammer's editorial comments on Nov. 3 that President Obama should stop blaming Bush for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and take ownership of his...
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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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State shouldn't pay $1M for Dugan defenseNov 28, 2009 10:00 pm - I read with interest your recent article on how Brian Dugan's legal expenses were going to be paid by the taxpayers of Illinois to the tune of up to $1 million. I have n...
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Single-payer plan makes most senseNov 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Now is the time to pass a national single payer health care plan. Tens of thousands of middle class Americans are now out of work and their COBRA insurance, if they are ...
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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...
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Health reform bill a long time comingNov 27, 2009 10:00 pm - The health care bill was passed by the House recently, and it was at least a step toward a final bill after the Senate votes. We are all hoping that the final vote will ...