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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

(Updated 3:05 am)

I am disappointed in U.S. Rep. Brad Miller’s vote in favor of HR 3692. Even though the Obama administration says it was passed by a bipartisan majority, that is not accurate; only one Republican voted in favor of the bill.

The bill narrowly passed the “majority” vote of 218 by two votes. Congress can do better by not cutting Medicare benefits on senior citizens, and by addressing in the bill the ability of companies to sell policies across state lines to give us more choice. Also, why won’t they address tort reform?

I hope Rep. Miller will consider amending the present bill to deal with these issues before the second vote.

Nancy Bishop
Greensboro

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miktay

November 17, 2009 - 7:28 am EST

The House did not vote to cut Medicare benefits on senior citizens. It did vote to cut Medicare payments to big insurance companies who now charge 15 percent more than the government to provide the same services. It is strange how the right wing yammers about cutting waste, fraud, and abuse in government until someone actually tries to do something about it!

Yvonne

November 17, 2009 - 7:41 am EST

Obviously, miktay, Nancy has been listening to right winged talk radio rather than actually check things out.

danagain

November 17, 2009 - 10:26 am EST

Anyone having problems getting a post? If I click "Opinion" and the "Letters to the Editor" it goes to a news page. If I click "Opinion" then "Opinion Home" and then click on the letter title it works.

xeno10

November 17, 2009 - 1:41 pm EST

Thanks danagain, for your ONE significant, positive contribution that you have made to this site since I have been here! Seriously.

danagain

November 17, 2009 - 7:18 pm EST

You're welcome truman. Then that must mean the score for significant, positive contributions is Dan = 1, truman = 0.

Interested

November 17, 2009 - 6:06 pm EST

Had trouble myself. I "searched" for the title of each LTTE, clicked on each result to get to the letter.

Yvonne

November 18, 2009 - 7:47 am EST

I guess the N&R is doing it's part for "change". This is the second day in a row that my Bookmark takes me to the ltte section (as always) but when I click on "read more", I get the front page of the N&R. Of course, every few weeks some kind of glitch shows up with regard to the ltte blog.