I hope a health care reform would include: 1. A person could not be excluded because of pre-existing conditions. As …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2009 12:39 am5889d ago
I hope a health care reform would include: 1. A person could not be excluded because of pre-existing conditions. As …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2009 12:38 am5889d ago
I agree with your Aug. 9 editorial, “21 doesn’t work; what will?” I also support a system that focuses on …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2009 12:36 am5889d ago
Re: Joyce DeBoy’s Aug. 11 letter: She is woefully misinformed. Being one of her “selfish old persons,” I would like …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2009 12:00 am5889d ago
Now that Gazette Communications has revamped its newspaper format (for the better), it’s time for the television station it owns …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 19, 2009 12:55 am5890d ago
The clunker program devised by our Washington clunkers, was supposed to reduce pollution. Why bother? We are past the point …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 19, 2009 12:54 am5890d ago
I could not believe I was hearing correctly when Sen. Chuck Grassley give credence Aug. 12 to the misinformation that …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 19, 2009 12:52 am5890d ago
In 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president, not because he was so well-suited for the job, but because the …
Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2009 12:49 am5891d ago
As long as citizens are denied health insurance because of pre-existing conditions, individuals are dropped by their insurance companies after …
Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2009 12:48 am5891d ago
This is for the people who had flood damage and had a shock with the property tax. The Linn County …
Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2009 12:47 am5891d ago
Various surveys over recent years – such as those by Columbia University, Roper Center, Gallup and Harris polls – have …
Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2009 12:44 am5891d ago
Legislative proponents of health care reform would say most Americans would support the 1,100 page bill, H. R. 3200. “It’s …
Letters to the Editor Aug. 17, 2009 12:18 am5892d ago
Be there: 5:30 p.m., Roosevelt Middle School, Cedar Rapids, Linn County supervisors’ public hearing. Energy independence is a hot topic …
Letters to the Editor Aug. 17, 2009 12:16 am5892d ago
I just saw in The Gazette that two dogs and two puppies were found in plastic bags in Cedar Lake …
Letters to the Editor Aug. 17, 2009 12:15 am5892d ago
I feel badly for the wife of S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford. I was pleased to see her moving out of …
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