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500K 108 PAGE- 8 Mr. Linn then read a supplemental letter: Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am Charles L. Linn Sr. I live at 1950 first place S.W. Vero Beach, Florida and have been a resident in Indian River County since October of 1974. We purchased our house in 1979 and have been tax payers ever since that time. We have supported the many things our tax dollars have gone for. I have appeared before you in the past, as a representative of a large group of voters and have been asked to appear again representing another large group of voters. They have asked me to be their spokesman in presenting this matter ro you, our elected Commissioners of Indian River County. As taxpayers and free citizens of this great country we feel that we should be able to choose how our health care should be handled. We had a Humana Gold Plus Plan in here that pulled out because the pay is not the same for this county as it is for other counties, I do not think that this should be and I am going to try to get our leaders in Washington to change this. We pay the same into Medicare no matter where we live and the fee paid to the HMO should be the same no matter where it is. But even so we have a group here now that is more concerned about supplying good health care, even at a lower price than we feel they are entitled to. So we ask for your support in seeing to it that the people who need to be pressured to make this happen realize that you are behind it 100%. One side note since the first of January Without an HMO I have paid out more than twice what I spent out of pocket all last year. Even after spending more than twice the amount of my expenses of last year for Medigap Insurance I then had to pay over and above the prescription card. I only needed three prescriptions and they only cost an additional $95.27 and this is to be repeated every month all year long. This totals $1143.24, plus the $22 paid for the prescription card and $11100 for the Insurance to pay the additio0nal costs not covered by Medicare, to Dr.s and hospitals, for a grand total of $2965.24. We as taxpayers who have paid our dues, respectfully feel that we are entitled to our choice of health care and our choice for that, is America's Health Choice H. M. O. So again, we urge you to take action, as soon as possible to aleviate this problem and if there is anything you need from us, feel free to contact us, at any time. FEBRUARY 16, 1999 Sincerly concerned taxpayers Charles L. Linn Sr. Spokesman and some 2000 plus registered and voting Senior Citizens. Phone Pager 5613774 REC��E� Fax 561-567-7917 FEB 161899 „T,�r_ af1AR� rw ER!�' -52-