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A health care tragedy

Sat., March 10, 2012

This is to applaud Jaydra Cope and the article that was printed in The Spokesman-Review on Feb. 21 on behalf of her brother, who passed away because he was denied help. He made too much. When our elected officials get free medical, what’s wrong with this picture?

I have a daughter who lost her medical coverage for the same reason. She was $1 over the government standard. She has hepatitis C and cirrhosis of the liver and is in pain constantly. Lobbyists for the state’s largest insurance companies testified against the bill, to be not even discussed.

As Cope says, people are dying needlessly because Republicans and Democrats won’t change this law.

Dorothy Payne

Spokane Valley

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