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November 01, 2006
Government responsibility
How strange that Jack Wells, R-HD 69, feels that health care should not be a responsibility of government. He's always had medical care at taxpayer expense. Mr. Wells was in the U.S. Air Force for 30 years and is now eligible for Medicare. Even in military retirement he has TRICARE and access to Veterans Administration doctors and hospitals. In addition, as an incumbent Montana state legislator, Wells has health insurance provided by the taxpayers.
Former-Col. Wells apparently feels no concerns for the number of children in Montana without health care services or insurance coverage. In the Legislature he didn't sponsor any bills for medical services to Montana's vast rural areas. He voted against fully funding C.H.I.P. (children's health insurance program, HB 552). Thankfully, HB 552 did pass.
It is this "let them eat cake" attitude towards the plight of the poorest families among us that marks Wells as unfit to legislate. HD 69 has an excellent candidate, Loren Acton, willing to serve. I've talked with Acton, and he believes in healthcare benefits for veterans and for children. Acton is also a fulltime resident of Montana (unlike Wells), and that is important to me.
I encourage all District 69 voters to learn more about these two gentlemen and find out what I have found out: Acton is a man who will consider needs of all Montanans - not only his own, as Jack Wells has.
Celeste Janssen
Belgrade
Posted by admin at November 1, 2006 09:18 PM