Pinthouse Pizza
Shouldn't Reward Those Who Refuse to Learn English
RECEIVED Wed., Dec. 7, 2005
Dear Editor,
Citizens should become aware of and ask their U.S. senators to vote against the Closing the Health Care Gap Act, which would create a new federal government health care bureaucracy dedicated to servicing immigrants, legal and illegal, who refuse to learn the English language.
The act is a veiled attempt to appease Spanish-speaking voters at the expense of our health care system and our heritage. The act would actually hurt immigrants by making it easier for them to not learn English and harder to obtain health care as doctors steer clear to avoid federal intervention. The current decline of English as our nation's language and the alarming decline of our fragile health care system would both be accelerated by this act.
Citizens should become aware of and ask their U.S. senators to vote against the Closing the Health Care Gap Act, which would create a new federal government health care bureaucracy dedicated to servicing immigrants, legal and illegal, who refuse to learn the English language.
The act is a veiled attempt to appease Spanish-speaking voters at the expense of our health care system and our heritage. The act would actually hurt immigrants by making it easier for them to not learn English and harder to obtain health care as doctors steer clear to avoid federal intervention. The current decline of English as our nation's language and the alarming decline of our fragile health care system would both be accelerated by this act.
Gerard Kern