To the Editor:
You report that the American Medical Association said it “does not believe that creating a public health insurance option for non-disabled individuals under age 65 is the best way to expand health insurance coverage and lower costs.”
Well, what is the best way?
As an uninsured 25-year-old, recently laid off from one of two part-time jobs, I would like to know exactly how the A.M.A. proposes that I get health insurance.
It is despicable to see an organization of doctors oppose the creation of affordable health coverage without proposing an alternative.
Clearly, the private market has got its moral priorities mixed up, and a public system is the only way forward. Health care is a human right.
Lee Gargagliano
Chicago, June 11, 2009
Note from KBJ: It used to be that people took pride in self-sufficiency, independence, and personal responsibility. Nowadays, there is no shame in asking others to provide for one's basic needs. Indeed, some people, such as the letter writer, have the gall to demand such provision. We have become a nation of infants, sucking at the teat of the Nanny State.
