Annie Misses the Point

I don't know who wrote this but they have some valid points that Annie totally missed with her snippy response. I know people who have not only failed to fill out the paperwork to enroll their children in the government-subsidized plan most states offer but people that have refused to insure their spouses and children with the reasonably priced insurance they have through their jobs.

Dear Annie: "Healthy and Scared" said she had no health insurance and you sympathized.

When I was too old to be covered by my parents' insurance, I bought my own and I was only working part time. It was the responsible thing to do. "Healthy and Scared" has many options to access health insurance. My guess is that she is unwilling to do so until someone else fills out the paperwork and foots the bill.

I teach in a public school that still has uninsured students because their parents won't take the time to enroll them in the government-subsidized plan we offer. But these same kids have the latest technology and clothes. My husband is a pharmacist, and two of my children work in pharmacies. They are constantly amazed by how many clients are on welfare and don't pay a dime for their very expensive, non-generic drugs. These same people also have the rudest, most demanding entitlement attitudes.

Forty years of cradle-to-grave government has produced at least two generations that don't know what personal responsibility means. If an adult is hungry, homeless or uninsured in this country, they have made a decision to remain so.

Not an Enabler