Editor, Gazette-Journal:

I must respond to Charles Thompson’s letter in the Sept. 26 edition of the Gazette-Journal ("Individual parts of Obamacare are very popular"). Mr. Thompson praises the roses in Obamacare, but somehow neglects the thorns. Yes, there are some points to the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" that we would all favor (such as covering pre-existing conditions at birth, which the opposition plan also favors), but there are some truly prickly thorns not touted.

Such thorns include the thousands of small businesses (small businesses employ the majority of Americans) that are laying off employees to stay under the 50-employee limit, or that are cutting back full-time workers to under 30 hours to avoid the mandated insurance they must otherwise provide, or the employers who are dropping health insurance altogether and paying the fine. (Ask an affected employee how he/she is enjoying the benefits of Obamacare.)

Mr. Thompson is correct in stating tha...