As a medical practice executive and senior manager of a small business in our community I felt it was time to share my point of view on the current health care legislation.

Medicare is going broke. There are people in this country with serious illnesses who cannot afford health insurance. There are unethical people defrauding the system and providing care that is substandard.

Our health care system has some serious flaws. This President, as others before him, has challenged Congress to fix the problem. Unfortunately the media and members of Congress have made this a contest of winning or losing. Headlines and political rhetoric lead you to believe that the outcome of health care reform will be a victory or a loss for the President or for a particular political party. The reality is that health care reform will be a victory or failure for the American people. For our elected officials to view it in any other manner is negligent and a violation of the trust we gave them when electing them to office.

Passing a flawed bill is not a victory. Nor is it victory to stubbornly oppose any form of reform to a system that needs improvement. We deserve better from those we have elected to represent us.
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