Support the president’s plan

Support the president’s plan

EDITOR:

As a registered nurse I have been a long-time and assertive advocate for the protection of the health, safety and quality of life of American families. I have worked steadfastly for equal access to needed health services and I have spent years researching, identifying and seeking reforms that will reduce and eliminate health hazards as well as ensure health protection. Especially for those most at risk; the young, families and senior citizens who are least able to afford and overcome threats to their quality of life. We are closer now than ever to enacting comprehensive reform. Reform that puts people before profit. An unprecedented coalition of doctors and nurses and a huge percentage of the American people are behind President Obama’s plan. We have not been misled by the rhetoric and misinformation because we KNOW the truth; gained through experience, training and research. Tens of millions of Americans have no health insurance, living one accident or illness away from total health, financial disaster and possibly death. Hundreds of millions of Americans who have insurance live with the constant worry that they might lose it, lose their jobs or that their insurance company might cancel their plan when they get sick.

President Obama’s plan strives to make insurance work better by holding the insurance industry accountable. Under the president’s plan, it will be against the law for insurance companies to:

X Deny coverage based on a pre-existing condition.

X Drop or weaken coverage when you get sick.

X Place caps on the amount of coverage you can receive in a given year or a lifetime.

It’s time to finish the job and pass real reform. It’s time to ensure the protection of America’s greatest resource; it’s people. The young who are just beginning their lives and the older Americans who deserve to age with dignity.

LAURIE BREDA

Warren