Does HarryCare sound too good to be true?

To the editor:

I read Harry Reid's column, "Health insurance reform will benefit Nevadans," in Sunday's Review-Journal.

Does anyone actually believe that the government will: provide coverage to 518,000 Nevada residents and 328,000 seniors; ensure that insurance companies no longer discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions; [eliminate] unfair out-of-pocket expenses; restrict arbitrary limits on the amount of coverage you can receive; end discrimination based on gender; limit an insurer's ability to charge more based on age; and eliminate co-pays and deductibles for preventative services -- yet "93 percent of people will see lower premiums"?

If that is true, I'd hate to be among the other 7 percent.

STEVE MASLEN

LAS VEGAS

Reid cured?

To the editor:

After reading Harry Reid's defense of his health care bill, I had one overriding thought: I hope it provides psychiatric care because Sen. Reid has lost his mind.

The senator speaks of the benefit to Nevadans. Will it benefit us like all those "green jobs" I hear about -- the two part-time and one full-time job at the local solar generating plant -- but never actually see?

Sen. Reid's delusional state is not really his fault, it's very common to sufferers of HCRF, also know as Health Care Reform Fever. Bill Clinton suffered from it but quickly got over it with the only known remedy, never speaking of it ever again. But can the senator be cured?

Not being infected with the fever, it was easy for me to grasp the fact that if it takes only seven paragraphs to explain the benefits but the bill itself is more than 2,000 pages, it must be too good to be true.

I sincerely hope the senator recovers from his HCRF soon. Otherwise, he better get used to being called "Mr. Reid."

Tom Grossmann

LAS VEGAS