Health care rationing under Clinton plan debated
Editor argues the Clinton health plan would ration care by limiting premiums, denying lifesaving treatment to the elderly chronically ill and disabled. It claims capped insurance reduces care availability, bans extra coverage, limits doctor choice and halves specialists, urging readers to contact Congress. Floresville attribution to David A. Drewa.
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Clinton
United Kingdom
Court of Appeals
Sweden
Health Alliance
David A. Drewa Floresville
Open letter to Clinton on Health Care Plan and freedom
A written message declines a government health care plan, arguing it would hinder a small business with no employees from growing, and questions inflation and taxation. The writer advocates Florida style cost reductions, emphasizes self reliance, and expresses concern over government overreach and personal freedom.
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Clinton
Godfather Pizza
United States
Florida
O.R
A Word to Pet Owners Responsibility in Wilson County
Millie Gomez urges Wilson County residents to curb free roaming dogs and cats to protect them from traffic. She cites near misses and deliberate harm by some drivers and calls for responsibility to keep animals safe off roadways.
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Wilson County
Millie Gomez Floresville
Debating socialism and democracy in America
Debbie Bolf argues against creeping socialism and links U S political shifts to Democratic Party reforms from the New Deal to the Great Society. She cites Locke Montesquieu Rousseau and Jefferson, defends individual freedom, warns against state encroachment, and urges research in encyclopedia terms.
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Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia
United States
Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party
Eugene V. Debs
Victor Berger
Funk and Wagnalls New
Socialist Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Social Democratic Federation
Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia
Harry Truman
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
Kennedy
Johnson
Thomas Jefferson
Aristotle
Debbie Bolf Floresville
Reader praises Berger article on right wing radicals
An old Wilson County resident commends Howard Berger for his May 18 1994 piece Right Wing Radicals Justify Their Hate. The letter lauds the article as enlightening and editorial level praising free speech, reasonableness, and fairness in a free society.
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Wilson County
Howard Berger
Matthew W. Plummersr
Houston
Clintons selling blind horse and health care critique
A reader argues that the Clinton health care plan will harm the economy, increase taxes and control, and compares the situation to selling a blind horse. The letter accuses leaders of moral decline and warns of proposed reforms. It ends with a personal allegory about a rider and the same political figures.
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Congress
Clinton
Willie
Hillary
La Vernia Read Program Sees Broad Volunteer Help
The La Vernia Elementary School thanks volunteers for two school years of the Let's Read program. Adults of all ages donated hours listening to children read, with some working weekly. The school notes marked progress and plans to expand for the 1994-95 year. Contact the school if you want to help.
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U.S
la Vernia
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