Letter to the Editor

On Thursday, Jan. 21, I was at Rep. Patrick Murphy's Doylestown office with about 30 other supporters of health care reform from all over the County. Where was the press? Despite having been notified of the event, the Intelligencer chose not to send anyone to cover the gathering. This was especially disappointing since stories have been appearing frequently in the local press even when far fewer people show up in opposition to health care.

The public needs to know that there is widespread support in Bucks County for comprehensive health care reform, and that many are grateful to Patrick Murphy for his courageous support of a bill that will provide many reforms and make health care available to many more people.

As a person of faith, I strongly believe that all our people are entitled to health care as a matter of justice and morality, not just those fortunate enough to be able to afford it, old enough or poor enough to have government provided insurance, or lucky enough to have good employer insurance. Those blessed enough to have access to health care should be grateful for our blessings and work to assure that all God's people can get the care they need. All our major religious denominations support universal health care. Why is our country the only advanced nation in the world that does not provide some form of universal health care? It is long past time for our country to begin to provide health care too.