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July 13, 2012

Physician questions health care changes

The Edmond Sun

EDMOND — To the Editor:

I have been a physician for 42 years and can certainly attest that the health system is broken. I do not know if the current health care plan will fix it or not nor do I know how to fix it. There are three things I do know:

1) Don’t just complain about something but make specific suggestions for how to fix it;

2) Our Congress is dysfunctional. Just read the news or better yet read the first chapter of Bruce Catton’s book on the Civil War, “The Coming Fury.”

3) Watch out for unforeseen consequences. If a patient can refuse health care insurance cannot a physician legally refuse to see them in an emergency room?



Jonathan Davis

Edmond

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  • LETTER: Senators give criminals a pass

    To the Editor:
    Oklahoma’s U.S. Sens. Tom Coburn and Jim Inhofe were among 45 senators who recently helped block a sensible measure to reduce gun violence. Specifically, they voted down a measure to expand background checks for gun buyers — a step favored by 86 percent of Americans, according to recent polls. Our senators were not even asked to vote for tougher measures like bans on military-type assault weapons or high-capacity magazines, also favored by 56 percent of Americans, according to a Quinnipiac University poll.
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    To the Editor:
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