Dear Editor
The health care debate rages on, and when Todd Tiahrt visited recently speaking of freedom in relation to health care, he added considerable heat but no light to the discussion. The idea of freedom stirs up passion in all of us, but to speak of it in that context confuses the issue.
It seems to me that some of the freedoms Tiahrt might be talking about in relation to health care are freedoms we wouldn’t want, such as the freedom to become bankrupt or deeply in debt from a serious illness. Or maybe he’s talking about the freedom of the health care insurance industry to make huge profits from our dependency upon them. When our health care system produces a too-high infant mortality rate and when it does not prevent many preventable illnesses, reform is clearly needed. It costs us all directly or indirectly.
George Weeks
Pittsburg
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Dear Editor
The health care debate rages on, and when Todd Tiahrt visited recently speaking of freedom in relation to health care, he added considerable heat but no light to the discussion. The idea of freedom stirs up passion in all of us, but to speak of it in that context confuses the issue.
It seems to me that some of the freedoms Tiahrt might be talking about in relation to health care are freedoms we wouldn’t want, such as the freedom to become bankrupt or deeply in debt from a serious illness. Or maybe he’s talking about the freedom of the health care insurance industry to make huge profits from our dependency upon them. When our health care system produces a too-high infant mortality rate and when it does not prevent many preventable illnesses, reform is clearly needed. It costs us all directly or indirectly.
George Weeks
Pittsburg
