To the Editor:
Those who voted against this historic legislation should be
forewarned. They may have scored easy, even cynical, political points by
opposing passage of a comprehensive and expensive health care bill. But
10 years from now, health care will be considered another bipartisan
sacred cow, universally popular.
Forty years from now, the opponents of this bill will be remembered
in the same vein as the opponents of the Social Security Act and the
Civil Rights Act. I would not want to be in their historical shoes.
James Monk
Houston, March 22, 2010
To the Editor:
On the evening of March 21, 2010, with the passage of the health care
bill, we witnessed the beginning of the end of private-practice
medicine in the United States of America. The costs associated with this
bill will, over time, consume the economy and force the government to
take total control of all health care spending. Government will decide
who receives treatment, when they receive treatment and who provides
treatment.
The greatest attributes of American health care—immediate access,
high quality and experienced caring physicians—will quickly disappear
like the setting sun, replaced by a highly regulated
government-sponsored program. When has the government ever delivered a
product that was efficient, caring and timely?
Edward J. Donahue
Phoenix, March 22, 2010
The writer is a breast cancer surgeon.
Note from KBJ: If you like the Department of Motor Vehicles, you're going to love ObamaCare.
Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D. 