New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft and his wife, Myra, were in the news again this past weekend, but the story had nothing to do with football.
They're donating $20 million to Partners Healthcare, parent of Massachusetts General and Brigham & Women's Hospitals, to increase the number and availability of medical professionals providing primary health care, i.e., family doctors and nurse practitioners.
The Krafts' donation is a response to a generally acknowledged, serious shortage of primary care givers in Massachusetts.
"What I worry about in this country are the people who are hurting the most."
That's how Bob Kraft explained, in part, the donation.
The effects of Great Recession linger all over this land and here we have a wealthy businessman who isn't talking about the reckless federal stimulus package, the size of our budget deficits (both state and federal), the need to preserve Bush-era tax cuts, or the supposed threat to our economy from "Obamacare."
Kraft didn't say, "We need to keep taxes low to stimulate growth."
He didn't say, "Government is destroying the doctor-patient relationship."
And he didn't say, "We have to lower our expectations because of globalization."
"What I worry about in this country are the people who are hurting the most."
President Obama should give Bob and Myra Kraft the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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