I’m writing in response to Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler’s op-ed to The Columbian (“Herrera Beutler: Fight needs to continue for better health care solution,” April 5). I concur with Herrera Beutler’s op-ed, where she pays lip service to community cohesion in the form of the proposed health care law. I, however, want tangible, functional results for my working-class community. Not just glib verbiage and sound bites, but actual results.
Her ideas, if implemented, are potentially dangerous to the personal finances of the working poor. Today a hospital can go after your home equity.
Herrera Beutler is bucking her own constituents in Southwest Washington in favor of those who paid to have her elected. This affects her handlers directly. She does what they say, not what you want.
Just suppose you and your business interest could afford a set of production-line robots, and they earned you income. It is absolutely cost-effective to provide your tools with routine maintenance performed at regular intervals. Just like the American worker, we need affordable routine medical attention.
Don’t be fooled by her most recent rhetoric. It’s time for better representation.
