Some of the talk about fixing health care is scary

Some of the talk about fixing health care is scary

EDITOR:

I’m a 28-year-old mother of three kids. What I have heard on the news about these brilliant health care plans is dumb. Other countries have done the whole government control thing, and, guess what, it doesn’t work. They come to us for help. If it hasn’t worked elsewhere, chances are its not going to work here. Wow, I didn’t graduate from college, and I figured that out.

I do not want government controlling my health care or controlling the doctors. If you’re healthy and fine, then this plan would work. But if you’re not, you’re screwed. What do I do then for my parents who are getting older and my children? Oh, sorry, honey, we cant fight your cancer because John Doe says we cant use that medicine or cant afford it.

Yeah, we should improve our health care, but not so it hurts people in the long run. Health insurance should be there for people, but people do have to pay for it. It’s not fair for me to pay so others can have it, and when I need it I cant get help because what I’m going through costs too much.

If you or our kids were sick, you would want the best treatment and doctors — not a stranger telling you how things should be working.

HEATHER JOKI

North Jackson