Lady Liberty quite ill over mandate

I have catastrophic health Insurance for my family. We pay out-of-pocket for all our normal expenses. We shop around for the best prices and only get what is necessary. This not only keeps our health care expenses low, but it’s all we can afford.

The Congressional Budget Office has released its estimate of associated costs of the Democrat health-care reform legislation. By the CBO’s estimate, I will be required “by law” to purchase a policy costing between $8,000 and $11,000 more than what I currently can afford. For the first time in the history of our country, our fellow citizens are voting to require us to buy something or face government enforced penalties. I cannot begin to express how angry and outraged I am over this.

They could have changed the laws to increase my options in the health-care market, but they chose to give me no option but to purchase a policy I cannot afford. Yes, they are promising to help me pay for it if I am unable. They have to borrow the difference from the Chinese so they can write the check and then force some other American to pay the $8,000-$11,000 plus interest toward the debt. This is insane. The arrogance is overwhelming. Backroom deals with our money, buying votes to pass laws which force us to spend more of our own money so they can say they are doing “something” to help. I don’t want the help. I would rather have my liberty, come what may.

Lou Kitz

Darrington

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