I received an email from the White House Aug. 9. It was on health care reform. No doubt millions of my fellow Americans received it too. After reviewing the email and its content, I sent a reply to express my opinion. Because of the importance of this matter to Americans, I share it with you.

Dear David Axelrod:

I appreciate the email you sent stating, "It's time for a reality check" and I appreciate the information it contains and connects me to.

I think all Americans recognize that our general health care system needs attention and correction. That said, (from a person who has traveled rather extensively) America is arguably the best in the world when it comes to providing research, health care solutions and treatment. In my opinion, it is not the health care system that needs changing but the terrible abuse in our legal system and response from our insurance companies who both need to be brought back into a reasonable game.

The single greatest concern I have with everything proposed in the health care reform bill is the fact that government is imposing itself upon our society, trying to make policy on ethics and business decisions it has no business in. Further, government control is a sure way to kill innovation, efficiency, and freedom.

I vote to move back toward a government that empowers the individual and keeps itself free from temptation to believe it can do better than its collective population. Remember, it's "We the people"!