I don't know why there can't be Medicare for all. Would it cost too
much? Hardly. Our population's aggregate need for health care is
already a national expense: There are so many people who have no
insurance and can't afford health care, so they simply wait until their
need is urgent -- and more costly -- and end up in emergency rooms or
use them as clinics -- an aggravated expense already being met by us in
our taxes and in higher premiums. There are so many others who are
beholden to insurance companies, which are busy cherry-picking for
"pre-existing conditions," incurring enormous expenses for
underwriting, paperwork, administrative functions we wouldn't need at
all if a single-payer program simply covered everyone, regardless.
Instead of the present system, which is irrational, inefficient and
costlier than it needs to be, our national aggregate cost for health
care would diminish and our population would be better cared for, if we
would, as a nation, just "bite the bullet," stop arguing about it, and
pro-rate the cost among us all. With higher income, I would have to pay
more than most. What would I say to that? It's high time for real
health care reform: Bring it on!
Shawn Kalkstein
Fayston and Connecticut
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