We don't know if decision based on tax

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on September 18, 2012 at 3:00 AM, updated September 18, 2012 at 4:03 AM

To the Editor:

One of the reasons I support government health care programs such as Obamacare is that government is more responsive to our concerns that private insurance companies, which, of course, operate on the profit motive. Government programs are publicly scrutinized; their books are open to us. We debate government programs with access to this public information.

However, there is no requirement for private businesses, such as Welch Allyn, to make their financial records and decisions open to the public. How do we know their decision to lay off 275 employees was the result of the 2.3 percent tax on the sale of medical devices? Are we to merely take their word for it?

Diana Green