A false narrative on health care
In response to “There is a clear health care solution”(April 5 Forum):
There is no obligation for the government to provide all of your medical needs.
Just like your automobile insurance does not cover your maintenance and major repairs, or your home insurance does not cover routine maintenance, your health care insurance should cover your high risk medical needs, not your health care maintenance.
The U.S. has been lulled into the false narrative that health insurance should pay for all our needs. It’s really about protection against high-risk events.
Mike Crews, Charlotte
Decide if health care is a right or privilege
The final paragraph in Forum writer George Bohmfalk’s letter is hopeful, saying that while we don’t have the world’s best health-care system, we can.
I want to believe that, but until our society decides whether health care is a right or a privilege, it’s not going to happen.
Education, now available for all through high school, used to be a privilege, so things can be changed.
Melva Hanna, Charlotte
Cut out the middle man in health care
Our entire health care system is plagued by middlemen who stand between you and affordable care.
The reforms need to eliminate the middlemen entirely and the added costs that have no patient benefit.
Only when our nation embraces a single-payer health care system will our health care costs come down.
The U.S. health care system is more focused on profits than any other nation’s system.
Steve Jones, Charlotte
Don’t want you managing my district
In response to “Liens, bankruptcies, assault in pasts of Congress candidates” and “Charlotte congressional race is a battle of the generations” (April 5):
Well, any of these candidates would fit right in with the current Washington crowd. There are many on the Hill who have like issues in their personal lives.
If you can’t manage your own affairs how can you manage your district’s?
I would like to run, however according to some of the Democrats running, I would be too old. It should not be about my age. A better barometer would be experience.
I do agree, term limits are absolutely needed and should be implemented immediately.
Butch Fisher, Charlotte
Target Saturday mail delivery, not Amazon
In response to “Trump goes after Amazon over postal delivery” (April 1):
President Trump says Amazon does not pay the U.S. Postal Service enough in postage. Does he know that Congress regulates the USPS? Does he know they could save upwards of $3 billion by ending Saturday delivery!
Without Amazon, the USPS would be in greater trouble.
T. Lee Keene, Charlotte
Here’s what I’d ask future team owner
In response to “Want to buy the Carolina Panthers? Here’s your New Owner Application” (April 2 Opinion):
Contributing columnist Matt Olin left out an important question on his “New Owner Application Form”: Will you use your own money to renovate the stadium or beg (read threaten) the city and county to ante up?
Bill Lane, Polkville
Meck Dems eager to quash GOP challenge
In response to “Republican candidate can’t run for Senate seat” (March 31):
Democratic Party-dominated Mecklenburg County is so paranoid that the GOP minority in the county might have any representation that they want any challenge strangled even before the primary.
The added sin is that the party, which holds itself out as the sole arbiter of women’s rights, is doing this to a woman!
And your headline declares she “can’t” run for a Senate seat like it’s a forgone conclusion, even though the article says she has promised to appeal the decision.
Jonathan Hoin, Charlotte
No wonder the wealth gap widens
When executives are attracted by what other companies pay and the low-skilled are hired by how low will they go, no wonder the wealth gap widens!
Tom E. Bowers. Charlotte
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