Letter: Obamacare and presidential lies
President Barack Obama speaks at Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, Texas. (Nov. 6, 2013) Credit: Getty Images
Cathy Young's column on the Affordable Care Act ["Obamacare sought to do too much," Opinion, Nov. 12] came close to the solution at the end: Medicare. This is a program that works. We should make it available to adults older than 21 and make participation mandatory, with financial penalties for those who do not sign up.
This would result in younger people, who do not use the health care system as much, paying into the system and reducing Medicare deficits.
Clifford J. Watins, Commack
This may be one of the biggest presidential deceptions in history: "Health care miscues worry Obama allies" [News, Nov. 10]. The article describes the president's apology for misleading people and his mea culpa.
The Washington Post analysis printed by Newsday supported him by describing his lie as "selling-points designed as a part of a political sales job, that have been called into question." It would serve the public and the truth to specifically call out the president for lying.
Jim Madsen, Holbrook
