Public option cost-effective

The public health care option is a great idea that Congress should include as part of the health care reform package. Allowing younger, healthier people to buy into a government health care plan like Medicare would increase the pool of money available and spread out risk the way real insurance is supposed to work. This would financially strengthen Medicare now stuck solely providing for seniors, the most expensive group, which private insurers do not want to cover. It’s a cost-effective concept that will lower our deficit over time and help our economy grow again.

Those opposed to the public option are out of step with the majority of Americans and their doctors who overwhelmingly elected President Obama knowing he would propose this.

A disproportionate amount of media attention is paid to an irrational vocal minority opposed to change. Those against a public health care plan use this minority masquerading as the “American people” as rising up against what the majority knowingly voted for. Don’t be misled by special interest groups and right-wing ideologues who misunderstand, lie or cry socialism at anything that doesn’t put our money into their pockets.

C.A. Cordero

Spokane Valley