In response to Reyher - Lamar Ledger

In reading the column by Don Reyher in the Oct. 16, 2009 edition, I experienced two emotions, interest and confusion.

[ALUMNI]

Thank you Mr. Tintinger for a great letter....I worry for
the people who have not realized that the panels that they have referred to as Death Panels have existed for years with the insurance companies. So many people today are under the impression that if you have insurance there is no cap..as long as you pay your premiums.Really.??
Ask anyone who has had a family member fight cancer...what was it like to keep the insurance. Right now I work with a woman who had a tumor removed from her chest cavity..the
"panel of Doctors" met to decide her future...she is 47 yrs old. The panels have been there forever folks...please do not listen to retoric radio shows or yellow journalism on the T.V. Do the research..educate yourself...then do what
you know is right...

[Ben]

Are sure you meant to put this in the NASCAR section?

[cantbelieveit]

mr. tintinger your letter is sophmoric and overly simplifed it sounds like a arguement my grand daughter would make for icecream, you avoided all of the truth. okay lets try something you mightier than thou lefts avoid first of all mr. reyher never said there would not be death panels that was you almighty mr. president. secondly you say 40000 people die a year from no insurance i could not find that stat anywhere, so could you name your source. more appalling is 1,300,000 babies are murdered a year and that was about a 9% drop from 2006(1.3 mill is from 2007)and has gone down since 2000 when bush was elected. thirdly can you tell how we are going to pay for health cere, because if confinscated all of the money from the richest people in america(top 10% it would only be around 1 trillion) and that isn't going to cut it.
here is an experiment to try, go out and buy(because nothing is free)10 cases of beer and sellthem for $3 a beer, then go out and buy another 10 cases of beer and give them away and see which one goes faster. that is the same way
health care will be if it is free everyone wants some,if you have to pay you better want it. and if you would pull the califlower from your ears you would the rights solution let insurnace compaines sell across state lines, limit judgements in law suits, and stay health that is your job as a free man and should have nothing to do with government.