To the Editor:

In reading the various letters against the proposed health care bill, one recurring statement is made by the Republicans: “We know that health care reform is necessary ....” Here are the facts:

• Ronald Reagan was president for eight years and did nothing for health care reform.

• Bush (the first) was president for four years and did nothing for health care reform.

• Clinton was president for eight years and the Republican Congress defeated health care reform.

• Bush (the second) was president for eight years and did nothing for health care reform.

So, over the past 28 years, the Republicans have done nothing for the millions without heath care. They truly do not care for the uninsured or they would have not been a roadblock to this “necessary reform.” The Republicans are nothing but hypocrites.

Jim Hartje

Otto