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Franklin Jansen

Published: August 31, 2009

The truth about health reform matters to all Americans. But it particularly matters to me because...

I ask you to investigate all the allegations I'm hearing and then report the truth to our community.

No one is proposing socialism. No one is proposing a government take over of our health care system. But we do need to make sure that 50 million uninsured Americans can get health care.

The American health care system - often vaunted as the best in the world - is already a mix of public and private payment systems. The health care proposals now being debated here and in Washington would expand upon our existing system in order to get everyone access to care and reduce the cost shifting. We already pay for the uninsured when we pay $10 for a box of tissue during a hospital visit.

I would like to see a health reform bill pass - one that covers everyone, reduces costs, and encourages a new focus on prevention. And I would like to see that happen this year. We've already waited far too long, at far too high a cost to families and the nation.

Franklin Jansen Avon Park

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