Adjust health care bill to do this

I believe in treating others with respect, caring for and helping those in need, giving honest work for payment received and acting responsibly rather than assuming that someone else will do it for me.
I have studied the proposed health care bill and find it jam-packed with gibberish, pork and bribes, not improvements.
We have all heard the mantra from Washington: Health care is a right and not a privilege. If Washing-ton expects taxpaying Americans to subsidize health care for the uninsured, it should require the uninsured to act responsibly.
People receiving money or services for free should be held accountable for their choices. They should be legal, law-abiding citizens of the United States who are: (1) non-smoking; (2) within normal, healthy weight limits; (3) not abusing alcohol or pain medications or using recreational drugs, and (4) if unemployed, they should be genuinely seeking work … any work.
Citizens who are insured pay dearly for reckless lifestyle choices. There are consequences: higher premiums. This seems pretty fair. Let’s make the analogy more clear. If a person commits a crime against another and is convicted, he or she will be fined and/or jailed as a consequence.
In a sense, President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi want to punish the taxpayers of America for the actions committed by others who don’t care how much they destroy their health and/or take advantage of the generosity and sympathy of our great nation. Their proposed solution to the health care problem is to levy more taxes on those behaving responsibly.
I strongly support health care reform, but I also believe that serious changes, housecleaning and accountability are needed. The current bill is not the correct solution to make our health care the best it can be.

Jane Nagy Varga
Albemarle County