The current governor in Massachusetts, in addressing health insurance plan implemented by Mitt Romney and endorsed by John McCain recently, stated that “Forcing people to buy health insurance is like forcing homeless people to buy houses.”
There is only one solution to solving the health insurance disaster in this country. Rather than continue with the fragmented system we have today, a system that is neither integrated or interactive, a national pool has to be developed by extending Medicare to every single resident and transferring all current premium payments into that nonprofit system. That will lower premiums across the board and allow the uninsured and underinsured to fully participate in all services by paying affordable premiums based on income and circumstances.
It is time to take private insurance industry out of healthcare. There is no reason except greed and lobbyist pressure applied to out elected servants for continuing down that road. It is also time to stop wasting money on inefficient programs such as the VA by integrating all providers into a national panel.
Jack Scialabba
Clearlake
