Health Care

[AUSTIN R. STOUGH]

I have only one question for U.S.Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa and that
is If the health care that Congressional members and others have is so
good for himself but no good for others?
This is the health care that I want and nothing else will beat it.
THANKS MUCH
AUSTIN R. STOUGH

[Kenn Smith]

Well, Austin, my question to you is, What have you done to _earn_ such
health care. Have you gotten to elected public offfice and served
honorably for years? Or did you make a career of the military?

I put in a bit over 21 years enlisted active duty in the military,
retired as a Master Sgt. My health benefits are every bit as good as
Senator Grassley's. I earned those benefits for years of low pay,
separations from my family and occasionally getting shot at. Don't
misunderstand me, I loved the life as did my wife but it isn't for
everyone. The old Phil Silvers TV show, "You'll Never Get Rich", had an
accurate title when it came to the career enlisted military.

But, my question to you is stated above, what have you ever done to earn
such benefits?

[Norma Ippolito]

Well Austin, I'd like that ins. also. Sounds like a winner to me. And!
I'd like it for my family also..
I did not serve in the MILITARY so to spek, but my FAMILY did and I was
there supporting them with letter's and prayer's AND YES! crying too. My
bro. was in the Korean conflict, my Dad and Uncles in 2nd WW. my son in
the MARINES and my husband in the army AND NOW my grandson in Iraq. He
had his 20 th yr birth day there and was blown by an IED almost died.
His best friend did. AND now they are sending him to afghanistan.SO I
too want this Ins..norma . .

[Vheod]

Why should health be something that you
earn? What did you do to "earn" all of the social benefits
of living in the U.S. prior to entering the military? What did you do
to "earn" the right to join the military in the first place?
I applaud your devotion to your country and thank you for everything
you've sacrificed but, to "earn" something is purely
subjective. Some could disagree that you did enough to
"earn" your health insurance. In my opinion you've done
more than non-military senators to "earn" equivalent health
insurance, but that doesn't mean I think they should be denied their
health. I believe if you're sick you should be helped and if you're
hungry you should be fed, and to disagree is immoral.