European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16. Letters to the editor saturday october 1,1994 european edition col Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial european editor Deborah aether Bob Wicker news editor sports editor George Manes City editor to write us unit 29480 Apo a 09211 Orost Wachtl 1437 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 348-8 plus Extension As follows news ext. 237, 255, 282, 226, 326. Sports ext. 225, 269, 263,332,321, 221. Features ext. 230,245, 341. Letters to editor ext. 208,400. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. A business news ext. 326. News bureaus j Heidelberg Germany Effle Bathon room 117, Rome str. 104, 69126 Heidelberg Telephone Dan 370 7010 or civilian 06221-23421. 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The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorse ment by the department of defense or the stars and stripes of tha products or services advertised _ just bad taste i in response to some Are bad apples trash you included in the letters Section i have to ask is this printing a result of the draw Down with no other submissions being available for print or just bad taste on your part to continue the War of words against the military police and other easily criticized organizations if bad taste is indeed your goal Why not a few compromising snapshots of the Royal family it la help your circulation. R master sgt. Tom Mcdaniel Raf Chicksands England to fight a vastly Superior armoured Force. To  they were beaten would be an understatement. Our troops got slaughtered. The communists pushed us Back to the Pusan perimeter and almost off the continent before we could properly react. Remember this As you Are furling your flags and casing your colors. Are today s soldiers just easing or could you say they Are surviving the next War think about it. Spec. David a. Wagner Sandhofer Germany  warning there is one Little known fact of Amer ican military heritage you will never see on american forces network in this time of draw Down. About five years after world War ii the North koreans invaded South Korea in an attempt to unify the country under one government. The weak Post Rawdon american army was called upon to defend the Peninsula. Task Force Smith was created from the under trained outgunned and overconfident troops in  were sent in sermons Cut Short every sunday morning i watch the Reli Gion programs on american forces net work. So my question is Why is the out reach of love program always Cut Short the Sermon never goes through its in  the world the Way it is today you would think god s message should be heard in its  a Christian and child of god if god s word the one i know i m going to meet the outreach of love ministry is the Only program aired on an  s Cut off in Midstream. Whether you re a Christian or not let s be fair and let the lord s word go Forth. Portia d. Coleman1 Karlsruhe Germany to our readers let us know what you think we encourage our readers especially those who have never submitted a letter to write to us. Letters expressing readers View Points or opinions Are published Dally on this Page. All letters must be signed and include address and Telephone number. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Or fax country code 49 06155 601-395, Dan 348-8395. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarify length and taste. Commentary Harp lobby does t serve retirees the political demise this year of president Clinton s health care plan has led Many lawmakers to question the political clout of the american association of retired persons and Many Harp members to question whose interests Harp really represents. Harp was the biggest supporter of Clinton s approach to health care. The association lobbied strenuously in behalf of the plan without polling its members to learn if it had their consent. Many of the elderly Are puzzled Why Harp was behind a Bill that its critics claimed would make some cuts in medicare that would dramatically reduce the. Provision of Quality health care services to the aged. Even More puzzling is Harp s support for a health care Reform measure whose primary purpose is to break the connection Between doctor and patient so that government bureaucrats could step in and save taxpayers Money by denying the elderly expensive treatments. In Short critics said Clinton was going to save Money by culling the Herd and re serving expensive operations and treat ments for those in prime tax paying years. Under the Clinton plan critics said the elderly had no prospects. Whatsoever of continuing to receive the Quality of care to which they Are accustomed. Yet " Here was Harp supporting a Reform that was going to cull the elderly out of the Herd in order to save the government Money. A / the answer to this Puzzle might be found in the incestuous relationships for which Washington is infamous. Ameri cans Are learning that Many of the Asso _ citations that they join Are run by people who have a different Agenda from the membership association executives use their positions to make deals with con Gressional committees and regulators that Advance their careers at the expense of the interests of the association s members. This is More Likely to occur when it is difficult for members to oversee the be Havior of their As speciation s opera Tives. In Harp s Case Many of its Paul Craig Roberts members Are attracted by input. " Ance and travel discounts and cannot discern from the newsletter the nature of he political activities for which their dues Are being used. Harp s situation is further complicated by what  regard As a conflict of interest according to newspaper reports the president of Harp is mar ried to Senate democratic Leader George Mitchell s health care adviser. Health Reform is dead for this year at least because Republican filibuster stalled a vote on the plan. However, will be Back and before devious politicians and their allies can re group behind a new scheme we need to understand the stakes. In our current system whatever it shortcomings and the meanness of insurance companies doctors Are our advocates. They have incentives to deliver Tous the Best care available and even More of it than we need. In any government based system this is not the Case. The amount and Quality of medical care is fixed by the budget and it then could be rationed by a variety of factors such As availability and age. No one can get any More than the government makes available. The . Medical care system is Funda mentally sound. It needs Only a few adjustments not a thorough overhaul. Some Way needs to be found if possible to make medical insurance portable so that people Are not financially exposed when they change or lose jobs. One Way to achieve this a uld be to establish Ira Type medical saving accounts. The other problem in the system is the unemployed poor who currently receive their care free from Hospital emergency rooms. This is a delivery system Superior to any proposed by Clinton and the democrats. The costs Are largely shifted to patients wifi insurance coverage through higher premiums instead of higher taxes. An alternative would be govern ment run clinics for the indigent. In fashioning such a system we should keep in mind the Fate of the private Charity Hospi tals that once ministered to the poor. They were killed in part by medical liability suits. The acts of Sci Hudness of  tors donating their services and pharmaceutical companies donating drugs became opportunities for the poor and their lawyers to plunder. If we Are hot careful lawyers Clin ton s largest political constituency will design a  that serves their interests. Jul folks i want to thank til 0� presenting Olk  o your planning  looks us us. Reau you a i know the Nisa . Think 5o?  vote now. All in favor. Pc pc say Aye wait a a nifty Fri cant just say nay Nam never knew what hit him