The Milwaukee newspaper, no doubt, gets way more letters from readers than it can possibly publish. That probably explains why the letter below, which I sent on Monday, Oct. 8, wasn't published. Surely, it couldn't be because I criticized the newspaper. Here, for anyone who follows this blog is what I wrote.
The Journal Sentinel's top Page 1 news story today is that Mitt
Romney "supports competition in healthcare". Given that the cost of
healthcare has skyrocketed and access to healthcare has shrunk for a vast
number of Americans ever since Richard Nixon opened the door to for-profit HMOs
and hospitals back in 1971, I have to ask, "How did that 'competition in
healthcare' thingy work out for us?" Medicare is the only healthcare program/plan
that isn't a disaster. The people who have benefited financially are healthcare
industry, including insurance, CEOs and shareholders. The only competition in
healthcare for insurance companies is to get more of our money, not in
providing better or more affordable coverage. Obamacare is showing real
benefits, financially and otherwise, for many Americans, including those on
Medicare for whom much less costly annual physicals are now covered before
potentially catastrophic illnesses take hold that need highly expensive--and
often--ineffective or inadequate treatment. The vast majority of
Americans can't afford Romney's idea of returning to the good old days of
"competition in healthcare" that has left so many in this country in
financial ruin and some even dead.
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