Quit denying health care
In his April 1 column, Gary Crooks nailed the reason the United States currently has the 37th best health care system in the world, according to the World Health Organization. We are the only industrialized nation that continues to deny that citizens have a right to quality health care. We can easily provide that care at a reasonable cost through private insurance, if our elected officials would stop playing the game of “if it’s not my idea, then it must be bad.”
We also need to get rid of worthless terminology, like “Obamacare,” and “socialized medicine,” the best example of which is the Veterans Administration.
Daniel J Schaffer, MD
Spokane