i will always try to continue what he represented,all that is good.

http://www.thedailylight.com/articles/2011...

As a new Congress begins work, one area requires immediate attention — especially in Texas. This, of course, is health care. Texas leads the United States in adults and children with no health insurance. Currently, 26.2 percent of adults in Texas and 18.2 percent of children in Texas have NO medical insurance, public or private.

The Center For Disease Control is a wonderful resource for information on health care and health in America. Some of the statistics:

• 9 percent of adults ages 18- 64 have diabetes

• At least 6 of every 10 deaths could be prevented from colon cancer if every adult 50 years or older got tested regularly.

• In 2007, 202,964 women in the United States were diagnosed with breast cancer; 40,598 women in the United States died from breast cancer.

• In 2007, 30 percent of Americans over age 20 had hypertension.

• As of Jan. 8, the number of people on transplant waiting lists was 110,168 Americans

In each of these cases, access to early diagnosis, treatment and adequate pharmaceuticals is the key to survival and quality of life.

Unfortunately, health care is the first subject to be challenged by the new Congress. Instead of discussing this extreme need experienced by citizens of our nation, talk is rampant about “Repealing Obamacare” ... with no alternative offered.

As we prepare to celebrate the life of a great American, never forget one of his most passionate causes. “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” I have no doubt that Martin Luther King Jr. would have supported universal health care.

Dr. King was wise beyond his years. As a nation, we would all benefit by learning from him.