Letter of the Day (June 28): Affordable Care Act

June 29, 2012 at 12:12AM
Dominga Ruiz mimics her doctor as community paramedic Kai Hjermstad performs a routine check in the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux mobile health van.
Dominga Ruiz mimics her doctor as community paramedic Kai Hjermstad performs a routine check in the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux mobile health van. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The first state to require auto insurance was Massachusetts, in 1927. The other states followed, and today everyone is at ease with auto insurance. Let's hope the Supreme Court, in its decision on the Affordable Care Act -- expected today -- will also protect citizens with adequate health care.


CHARLES JEWELL, WOODBURY

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