Letter: Embrace health care reform

Millions of Americans have bought into the GOP and tea party "repeal health care reform" slogan. What are they thinking? In California people are already benefiting from the Health Care Reform Act in a number of ways. If you have a child who has a pre-existing condition, it used to be health insurers could deny that child health insurance. As of Jan. 1 of this year, that is no longer the case.

Medical rescission is an insurance industry practice of accepting your application for insurance, accepting your money month after month, year after year, and then when you get sick, they will not only deny your claim for medical treatment but rescind your health insurance in its entirety. Absolutely outrageous! This practice is now illegal under the Health Care Reform Act. Do the people wailing "repeal health care reform" want to go back to this?

And if you live in one of those unlucky states that now have Republican administrations, who have declared that they are not moving forward with health care reform, remember, you voted them into office.

Ron Lowe

Nevada City