People who write OP-ED pieces and present opinions on radio and TV, are certainly entitled to their opinions, but too often what they say is not the whole truth. As a senior who has Medicare coverage and has needed to use it many times in the last few years, I could not afford those illnesses without it. As a family doctor for 47 years how much sicker and more expensive to care for, than any other group. The benefits of Medicare are that no 65 or older is rejected and everyone gets the same coverage. Our entire population needs than type of coverage.
The authors of the N.Y. Times 6/25 OP-ED “The Only Public Health We Need,” speak out of both sides of their mouths. On the one hand, they favor giving “private insurers the incentive to provide cheaper, better care.“ On the other hand they advocate “a public plan that will impose a stern and lasting discipline on our insurance market.“
The private health insurance companies know that they cannot compete with a public option and still be profitable. A pubic plan will put them out of business. How many seniors select a private primary health plan over the single payer Medicare?
The people who require the most health care, are already covered by Medicare. If every resident of this Country had Medicare coverage, they would be less of a financial burden than what our government spends on Medicare for our seniors only,
Melvin H Kirschner, MPH, MD
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