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Quite the statement by Steve Jacobson: "I would love to see those who don't support it [Cook Hospital] from the area turned away at the door." That's really the spirit. It makes me feel a little unwelcome in Cook. No one can deny, as the written facts have been laid out, that this wasn't a back door effort by the Hospital District to enlist three area legislators to snare Greenwood , Vermilion Lake, etc. into the tax district through under the radar legislation.

I understand the District's concern about their future funding. Under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), rural hospitals and clinics are helped to thrive. That's good. But, what lies ahead doesn't look good. Donald Trump and the Republicans in Congress, led by Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell, have pledged to repeal the ACA. Even if they are unsuccessful in an outright repeal, the reality is that the Republicans are already doing what they can to destroy the ACA from within. They are starving it. I suggest that Steve Jacobson should focus on the real bogeymen who are in the process of starving out the rural hospitals--that would be the Republicans. In the meantime, I'll stay away from Cook, so Steve doesn't have to turn me away from the door.