Don’t kick people when they’re down
In response to last Sunday’s rant (July 8) regarding the Affordable Health Care Act, the writer suggests that people with pre-existing conditions should not receive medical care because they didn’t take proper care of themselves to begin with. Here’s a news flash: not all pre-existing conditions are preventable! For example, genetics often play a critical role.
The writer suggests that if those ailing can’t come up with extra cash, well, let’s just let ’em rot. Kick folks while they are down? What matters most in life? Profit for healthcare companies, or the health of people?
DR. SPENCER ZEIGER, Dalton, Ga.
It’s rude to wear caps all the time
I’m disgusted by some men who wear ball caps. The ambiance of a fine restaurant is lost when my eyes fall upon a ball-capped yahoo sipping wine from a stemmed goblet.
The clincher came at the Coolidge Park Fourth of July celebration when we were asked to stand and remove hats for the presentation of colors and the singing of our national anthem. As I looked around taking in this glorious celebration, there they were: apparently the same ignorant, rude yahoos from the restaurant standing with their caps on their heads.