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Parents need to stop making excuses for their kids' bad behavior and instead teach them responsibility for their actions.Р”Р‡or online exclusive letters please visit /letters. If all parents did that with their kids, we would not have the crime problems we have today in America and Judge Rozak would be a lot less busy. Behavior problems in America start at home when parents don't discipline their children to have respect for others and hold them accountable for their actions. Good for Circuit Judge Daniel Rozak for disciplining his courtroom ('He was jailed for yawning Clifton Williams was given 6-month term by judge who has doled out most charges of contempt in Will County,', Aug. The government, unfortunately, may compel insurance companies through pressure or legislation to be something and do something they were never meant to be or do.

#LEE SMOLEN NOT EVEN WRONG FREE#

If they did promise to provide that sort of guarantee, the cost of that guarantee in a free market would soar accordingly.

Insurance companies were not created to take care of all the health-care needs of all of their customers. Insurance is fundamentally designed to help people guard against catastrophic financial losses due to severe illnesses. Health insurance is a commodity that is purchased in a free market, and insurance companies exist not only to provide a service but also to make a profit. If you didn't personally buy your insurance and instead have employer-provided coverage, responsibility dictates that you do in fact read and understand your coverage, not play the role of victim. There is no fine print by which the company is trying to deceive me, but I am responsible for what I purchase, not entitled to what I believe the company owes to me in some way by virtue of its generosity. If I had a pre-existing condition, I understand that it is not right for me to impose that burden upon a new insurance company. If maternity coverage is not included in my policy, the reason is that I did not purchase it. Having personally purchased a policy in the last seven months, I know what it means to weigh various factors - e.g., the extent of coverage, deductibles, co-payments, pre-existing conditions and prescription benefits, all of which contribute to the magnitude of the final premium. Page's assertion betrays a profound lack of understanding concerning the purpose of health-care insurance and how such insurance is designed to work.

This is in response to columnist Clarence Page's 'Rationing health care' (Commentary, Aug. What about those who are bedridden at home? Those who have returned from war and are suffering from post traumatic stress disorder? Refugees who have fled here from war-torn countries to find peace? This complete lack of sensitivity is astounding. My husband and I are teachers who often work at home and are appalled by the total lack of respect for the citizens of Chicago that this demonstrates. Crowds always flock in from various regions to enjoy this show, but they are not aware of the terror that those of us who live in the city have to endure for the entire week before this show begins. Is it not enough that we have to endure the terror and noise this weekend when the show actually begins. and European air shows where planes have crashed into homes killing human beings, not to mention the obvious noise and air pollution that this event inflicts on its citizens? Is this a civilized practice? Has the City of Chicago not taken notice of the other U.S. It seems that this year we are lucky because we didn't have to wait until Wednesday for the rehearsal exercises over our homes to begin we get to be terrorized for an entire week. Two high-speed planes flew over my house on the Northwest Side of Chicago, terrorizing my family and the birds in my yard.

Practice for the yearly display of American military might, otherwise known as the Air and Water Show, already began on Monday morning. The former president and his wife ought to be revered by this country for their continued public service and humanitarian causes.Р”Р„s a lifelong resident of Chicago, who has lived in another country at one point and has traveled, I am once again appalled at the total lack of respect and gross disregard for the quality of life that the City of Chicago has for its residents.

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