I read, with great interest Celeste Gracey’s July 6 article “Law means money for Swedish.”Kudos to John Milne, vice president of Swedish Hospital’s Medical Affairs, for taking a thoughtful, balanced approach to the Affordable Care Act (sometimes referred to as “Obama Care.”)

I agree with his opinion that the U.S. Supreme Court made the right decision in upholding the law. Milne points out that since Swedish’s ER must accept all patients, including the many uninsured (as all hospitals must do, by law) this costs Swedish over $100 million each year in uncompensated care. The Affordable Care Act will alleviate some of these costs to Swedish.

What Milne does not mention is that these uninsured millions are passed on to taxpayers. If only everyone (especially those who want to “repeal Obama Care on day one”) would adopt John Milne’s thoughtful approach and give the Affordable Care Act a chance.

Keep in mind, the Affordable Care Act will not be fully operative until 2014, so repealing it would be like “throwing the baby out with the bath water. It is reassuring to know that hospital administrators at the front lines of health care can see some advantage in having this comprehensive health care act.

Mary C. Ziegler, Sammamish