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Letter: Real health care reform needed

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Staff

As I read of the efforts of the insurance industry, the pharmaceutical industry and other for-profit organizations spending millions of dollars to prevent health care reform, I am saddened and angered at the destruction of our democracy. I read that $1.4 million is being spent every day to prevent real reform. Lobbyists representing corporate America, threatening and cajoling our elected representatives, beat democracy into submission, leaving us with a shadowy substitute.

I am also deeply saddened that, as a nation, we have become so morally misguided. How is that we have come to value corporate profits over an individual’s right to basic health care? How can we allow the insurance and pharmaceutical industries to reap billions of dollars in profits while our families and neighbors can’t afford to get the medical care they need? Who are we as a nation?

The vast majority of Americans want and need real health care reform. We understand that the current system is morally and financially broken. We know that without a public option, there will be no real change. We must find a way to make our voices heard. We must call our representatives, join groups that are advocating for real change, write letters, join protests. Wrestling control of our democracy back from corporations will not be easy, but health care reform is a critical place to begin.

Donell Kerns
Carrboro

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