Why fear socialized medicine?
It is an asset to our community that we have a local newspaper in which to share our opinions on issues we care deeply about. There is a lot of passion over the passage of the Health Care Bill. I am grateful that our country is finally doing something about the millions of uninsured who are without basic health care. Ninety-five percent of the population will be covered. I still wonder about the 5 percent left behind. Hasn’t the denial of health care provisions to millions of Americans been a moral dilemma? The Health Care Bill is not perfect, but it provides a stepping stone to positive change. The current system is unsustainable with rapidly growing and unaffordable health care costs. The United States is currently spending twice as much on health care per capita than any other country, yet is rated 37th in health care for quality and fairness by the World Health Organization. About half of the bankruptcy filings in the United States are due to medical expenses. No other developed co
