Standing in the way of health care reform?

Writing in the July 25th Erie Times-News, Richard McVay from Penn Action encourages Republicans not to stand in the way of long-overdue reform in our health care system.  Here is McVay's letter.

"Pennsylvania Access to Basic Care would reverse (the decline in employment-based health coverage) by providing a privately issued alternative that is affordable for many employers. While $150 per employee per month might be too much for one of the businesses featured in your article, it looks pretty reasonable compared to the $450 per employee per month paid by the other employer your article featured.

"The main contribution to this discussion by Ralph Pontillo, president of the Manufacturers and Business Association, was to spout anti-government ideology.  Could it be that his association's financial interest in the health insurance business prompts his dismissal of Access to Basic Care, which is plainly a positive solution for many small businesses?

"Old practices of demonizing health-care reform are not applicable today.  Gove. Ed Rendell has provided the leadership.

"The Republican response must not stand in the way of long-overdue reform."