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Letter: ACA invades our civil rights

The Columbian
Published: December 16, 2013, 4:00pm

This isn’t a dictatorship or monarchy. Demanding U.S. citizens to buy anything should be considered a loss of personal freedom and against the law regardless of a Supreme Court ruling.

Financially punishing citizens for not buying the Affordable Care Act is unlawful. Mandating what private industries can or can’t offer to people should also be against the law. Even if the insurance industry lobbied for health care reform, that should not cause millions to buy policies that have coverage “predetermined” as a standard requirement as part of the policy.

Having affordable care should not come at the price to those who have or had medical coverage already, nor should it cause any restrictions on what you personally need or want as an individual. Add health care options for those who have not been able to afford it but do not force us to carry policies we don’t want or need — we still have civil rights. Or do we?

I feel President Barack Obama has broken constitutional laws right and left already and Congress does not seem to care. Is the U.S. no longer a free nation? I believe if Obama is not impeached, our system of government and constitution may as well be tossed away.

Anita Murphy

Camas

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