The Reporter gets some interesting letters!
Reader Maxson recently had a letter published in which she was fearful that “U.S. government intervention will render the same disastrous results as nationalized health care has in other nations.”
It would be interesting to find out which nations those are; this country is the only one in the developed world that does not have universal health care; we spend about double per person on health care as the other industrialized nations, and we do not rank at the top in terms of health.
Ms. Maxson goes on to say that “millions of uninsured Americans will be more able to find quality health care if the government distances itself from the insurance industry.”
She gives as examples “tort reform” (which studies have shown might yield a savings of 1 percent to 2 percent) and the removal of federal regulation of the insurance industry. What federal regulation is she talking about? Most insurance-company regulation is done by the states.
Furthermore, the administrative costs for private insurance companies range from 20 percent to 30 percent, while those for Medicare are around 2 percent. One of the goals of insurance companies seems to be to find ways to deny claims; their goal is not to make sure that everyone is covered.
It will be a great day when access to decent health care is considered a fundamental right!
Richard Wesley Aman
Kent
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