Rehab counselor says health care needs to change

TAMPA -- They come from the war, beaten and bruised. Sometimes they're insured, a lot of times not. But Karen Sinnreich says she helps them all. The 61-year-old rehabilitation counselor said Obama's policies on health care would make that easier.

"To me, it's a very clear choice," Sinnreich said at this morning's Joe Biden rally.

She said getting out of Iraq would mean fewer young men and women coming to her with serious health problems, which would mean less of a strain on the whole economy. Many of the people she sees don't have adequate insurance -- another issue that leads her to support Obama, who says he would expand coverage with government funding.

"We have an obligation," Sinnreich said. "We have to give them support."

Kim Wilmath, Times staff writer

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