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<DIV>All I have to say to "you go Dr. Jones!" - Dianne</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff size=5 face="Arial Unicode MS"><SPAN class=780384202-12032010>checked out at snopes</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff size=5 face="Arial Unicode MS"></FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff size=5 face="Arial Unicode MS">http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/starner.asp</FONT></STRONG><BR>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><B><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> YOUNG PHYSICIAN'S VIEW ON HEALTHCARE REFORM</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Pictured below is a young physician by the name of Dr. Starner Jones. His short two-paragraph letter to the White House accurately puts the blame on a "Culture Crisis" instead of a "<SPAN class=ecxyshortcuts>Health Care Crisis</SPAN>". It's worth a quick read:<BR> <BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <IMG id=ecxecxecx_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x0000_i1086 border=0 src="cid:1.3468945439@web110813.mail.gq1.yahoo.com" width=221 height=350><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Dear Mr. President: </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=ecxMsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR> During my shift in the Emergency Room last night, I had the pleasure of evaluating a patient whose smile revealed an expensive shiny gold tooth, whose body was adorned with a wide assortment of elaborate and costly tattoos, who wore a very expensive brand of tennis shoes and who chatted on a new cellular telephone equipped with a popular R&B ringtone. While glancing over her patient chart, I happened to notice that her payer status was listed as "Medicaid"! During my examination of her, the patient informed me that she smokes more than one costly pack of cigarettes every day and somehow still has money to buy pretzels and beer. <BR> And, you and our Congress expect me to pay for this woman's health care? I contend that
our nation's "health care crisis" is not the result of a shortage of quality hospitals, doctors or nurses. Rather, it is the result of a "crisis of culture", a culture in which it is perfectly acceptable to spend money on luxuries and vices while refusing to take care of one's self or, heaven forbid, <SPAN class=ecxyshortcuts>purchase health insurance</SPAN>. It is a culture based in the irresponsible credo that "I can do whatever I want to because someone else will always take care of me". Once you fix this culture crisis" that rewards irresponsibility and dependency, you'll be amazed at how quickly our nation's health care difficulties will disappear. </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR> Respectfully, <BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> STARNER JONES, MD </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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