Medicare for All

From what I hear and read, it seems that more people are realizing that blind support of health insurance companies and the drug industry is not in their best interest. Common sense is leaking through cracks in the argument against government assisted health care reform, a/k/a the 'public option'--a misnomer if ever I heard one. Free market, unregulated capitalism doesn't always work--ask anyone currently unemployed. Our system, as good as it is, has one fatal flaw—greed. Most all of us are now suffering from its effect. If government can't do everything, it should, at least, be able to curtail this deadliest of sins. The trouble is that our government, specifically our legislature, is, itself, contaminated by greed. Check out who is financing the most vociferous of the health care reform obstructionists--Democrats included—and in what amounts.

Most Americans aren't dumb; and, because we are basically fair-minded, we have a gnawing suspicion of a system that awards obscene profits to one group due to the suffering and misfortune of another. This makes us unique in the civilized world. Do you know anyone who has been denied coverage, been canceled, had premiums tripled or had claims denied by an insurance company? It can happen to you.

A close friend had his cancer treatments halted by his insurer because of “limits.” He was forced to turn to an “inefficient, government-run” VA hospital where treatments were IMMEDIATELY renewed, his suffering eased and his life probably prolonged.

Me, I'm on Medicare and it's great. I wish everybody had it. If that makes me a socialist, so be it. Let's pressure our congressmen-- Medicare For Everyone!


Terry Tynan