As a physician, I always find it heartbreaking when patients don’t seek timely care for a serious medical problem due to not having insurance. Often these are people who lost their jobs and cannot afford the high cost of continuing health insurance.
In this election year, we need to ask all candidates where they stand on the U.S. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (passed in March 2010). This huge bill has many parts. We need to keep the good parts and change the bad parts. The most important part is that just about everyone can have insurance and be charged a similar amount, regardless of health.
President Obama, Brendan Mullen (candidate for the 2nd Congressional District), Joe Donnelly (for U.S. Senate) and John Gregg (for Indiana governor) all want to work on improving how health insurance is made available in Indiana. Repealing the health care act entirely would be a major step backward.
If the act were repealed, young people without work/benefits could no longer be included on their parents’ insurance until age 26. Insurance companies could go back to denying benefits to people who develop a new serious illness due to unrelated mistakes on applications. People would be subjected to lifetime limits. Small businesses would see a sudden increase in premiums due to one worker’s illness. Small businesses and individual policyholders would have to pay much higher sales and administration costs than large companies.
It is important to vote against anyone who would repeal rather than fix the affordable care act — and support those candidates who take a sensible and compassionate approach to this complex national (yet very personal) issue.
— Jim Barnes, M.D.
Elkhar
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Health care law should be fixed
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Cyclists should respect road rules
During the annual (Pumpkinvine) bike ride (from Goshen to Shipshewana on Saturday) there were hundreds of people riding around on back roads.
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Nazi flag is no laughing matter
An article in the The Elkhart Truth (June 13) appeared with this headline, “What would you do if your neighbor flew a Nazi flag?”
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God with U.S. since the beginning
It’s no coincidence that virtually every state constitution honors God in their preambles and mentions God in sections that refer to religious freedom. Several of the religious freedom sections mention Christianity specifically.
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Will be glad when President Obama ‘has went’
I once heard of a little boy who had a habit of saying, “I have went.”
One day the teacher made him stay after school and write, “I have gone” 500 times on the blackboard. -
‘Thank you’ doesn’t say enough
It weighs heavy on my heart to read about the recent transportation budget cuts for the Goshen High School music and athletic departments. I certainly understand that difficulties arise and appropriate cuts have to be made. This is not a letter of argument, but of encouragement.
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Businesses step up for Chamberlain
The Chamberlain Elementary School PTO is so proud of and thankful for the support of Goshen businesses. Because of their help, Chamberlain was able to provide a successful Fun Night for the students and patrons of their school.
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An open letter to Joe Donnelly and Dan Coats
I am writing to encourage you to support the bipartisan immigration bill crafted by the so-called “Gang of Eight” senators: four Republicans, four Democrats.
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Be proud of the Goshen Redskins
We can become riled up about various things and the Redskins idea for change is really one that I believe should be very low on the totem pole of problems or suggestions to take issue with.
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Nickname issue is not dead yet
With the Chief statue being returned to the gym at Goshen High School, most would feel that the battle was won. But this fight over Goshen’s mascot and nickname is far from over. The fact of the matter is, had it not been for social media the administration might not have received the backlash that it did from the public. But if this plays out like many issues in our society do, within a few weeks or months this issue will lose public interest. I would like to offer encouragement against that.
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Country is headed for a big loss
I am a conservative, liberty-minded individual who works politically through the Republican Party. Over the years the party that claims to hold up leaders like Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan has slowly morphed into an ever so slightly lighter version of the Democratic Party.
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