Barb Price: Bah Humbug Said the Insurance Company

To the Editor:
As we go into the holiday season and the Senate begins to work on its version of a health care reform bill I am reminded of The Christmas Carol. The mean spirited Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old man who believes that Christmas is just an excuse for people to miss work and for idle people to expect handouts.

All those who are opposed to health care reform are like Scrooge believing that health care reform is just a handout for idle people. They believe that everyone should be able to take care of themselves, buy their own health insurance and pay for the high costs of health care.  Like Scrooge, opponents of health care reform do not believe that good hard working people need help and relief from the greedy health insurance industry.

The Republicans and those Democrats that are saying “Bah! Humbug!” to health care reform should closely evaluate their views of health care reform – by seeing that a majority of people in the U.S. are like Tiny Tim, a courageous boy filled with kindness and humility. The health insurance industry is like Marley, who because of his greedy and self-serving life his spirit was condemned to wander the Earth weighted down with heavy chains.

Give us a real Christmas present – Pass a health care bill that will provide real quality, affordable health care for all of us.  Then we can proclaim, as Tiny Tim did, “God Bless us, everyone!”

Barb Price
Driscoll, ND