THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, August 18, 1994 TAG: 9408180017
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A16 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 25 lines
The debate over health care goes beyond the question of fairness to the question of priorities.
My employer offers a health-insurance plan to part- and full-time employees for $11 per week. Yet not one of the employees at my site has applied for the coverage. They look at $11 per week as unafford-able while paying $8 per week for cable TV and going to concerts that can cost upward of $20 a pop. It seems that no one, including our government, wants to practice fiscal restraint as long as the ``other'' guy will pay the bill.
I'm tired of being that ``other guy.'' I believe that the November elections will prove that I am not alone.
JOHN COFFREN
Virginia Beach, Aug. 13, 1994 by CNB