Health care bill: As I understand it Medicare is $36 billion short and in the bill going through the House of Representitives there is a $500 billion cut in Medicare over 10 years. They are going to cover that by making the 45 million that do not have insurance buy government run health care and making companies pay an 8 percent tax on their salary costs or furnish health insurance to their employess plus taxing the medical device manufacturers $31 billion over 10 years.

My first question is if they tax medical devices who do they think will pay this tax? The company or those who use the devices?

My second question is the 45 million who do not have health insurance are probably low-income, illegal immigrants, or young people who feel they do not need it. Who is going to pay their health insurance? My guess is the taxpayers.

My third question is how are they going to cut $500 billion from Medicare if it is already running in the red?

I would encourage you to call your senators and representitive and ask them these questions and others you may have.

I did call all three and I was of course only able to talk to an aid who did not have an answer to any question I had. But they would pass my concerns on to the congressperson.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar: (202) 224 3244

Sen. Al Franken: (202) 224 5641

Rep. Tim Walz: (202) 225 2472

Please do this very soon because it looks like to me they are going to raise taxes on every one.

Russ Tordoff

Glenville