Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

To the Editor:

Re “Incredible Shrinking Obamacare,” by David Brooks (column, Sept. 6):

I thank Mr. Brooks for exposing Obamacare for what it really is: health care for poor people. Thankfully, this ill-conceived entitlement has rescued millions of destitute Americans with no other medical alternatives.

The Obama administration foolishly thought that it could force healthy Americans into subsidizing those who are sickly. It didn’t work. Many young and healthy Americans are opting out, so insurance companies are losing billions, asking for outrageous increases in premiums and walking away from state exchanges.

This disastrous program and its trillion-dollar price tag could have been avoided just by expanding the Medicaid program to include more needy people.

SALVATORE J. BOMMARITO

New York

It's all about the Benjamins.

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Here is Laura Ingraham's latest column.

Some conservatives are already talking about impeaching Hillary Clinton before she is even in office. So much for the democratic process of free elections.

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, says that Congress will “stare down any president that wants to defy the will of the people and we’re not going to be swayed by public criticism.”

Does Rep. King not realize that the election of Hillary Clinton would be the will of the people, just as the election of President Obama was the will of the people?

It’s people like King who defy the will of the people.

It’s too bad that some of our politicians care only about the will of themselves. We are living in a ‘me, me’ society and most vote for the candidate who claims he/she will give them what they want, regardless of what is best for the country.

JEAN TUCKER,

MIAMI SPRINGS

Note from KBJ: The so-called will of the people is reflected in many votes: for president and vice president, for United States senators, and for United States representatives.

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Scott Adams weighs in. Here's what I'm wondering: Will the Democrat Party demand that Clinton abandon the race, so that someone else (such as Joe Biden) can run in her stead? And what if she refuses? Never underestimate the selfishness of the Clintons.

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