To the editor: Don’t kill insurance coverage CEOs. Kill the medical insurance coverage “business” that has weaseled its approach between docs and sufferers. This pretend business is pointless, parasitical and massively dangerous. (“Suspect within the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO struggles, shouts whereas coming into courthouse,” Dec. 10)
Many civilized nations don’t even have personal medical insurance coverage, besides on the margins and primarily for the wealthy. Socialized drugs and single-payer methods present much better care at far much less value. My household can personally attest to the prevalence of common methods.
In 2013, whereas on trip in Paris, our teenage daughter complained of ache in her stomach, so we took her to the closest hospital. They examined her and instructed us she wanted an emergency appendectomy, which they scheduled for that night. They saved her for 3 days (in a personal room, no much less).
Once they had been able to launch her, they stated apologetically, “Since you aren’t French residents, whenever you come again in three days to have the stitches eliminated, you will have to fulfill with our monetary officer to rearrange cost.”
That was the primary time anybody talked about cash or insurance coverage. The hospital billed us 6,000 Euros for the surgical procedure and hospitalization. Our New York physician instructed us the invoice right here would have been no less than $35,000. The French have healthcare, not revenue care.
What America wants do is abolish your complete parasitical medical insurance coverage “business” and change it with Medicare for all.
Richard Smith, New York
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To the editor: The latest killing of the UnitedHealthcare chief govt is drawing comparisons between our “personal” system and nations which have “common” healthcare. For anybody who thinks their methods are superior, I counsel a five-year keep for the citizen’s expertise.
At the start, healthcare is just not free wherever. In nations which have common healthcare, the fee is paid by everybody by way of taxes. For those who suppose our taxes are excessive, theirs are increased to pay for all of these “free” companies.
Decrease-income individuals profit probably the most, the rich don’t care, and the center will get shafted — that’s socialism.
Additionally, it could come as a shock to many who hospitals sometimes function with a revenue margin of 5%. Most profitable companies function with a lot increased revenue margins, in order that they’re not in it to make fortunes.
Lastly, Luigi Mangione allegedly tossed his future away by killing a person who had nothing to do along with his explicit grievance (remedy of a again damage). That’s idiotic. Might it’s that straightforward?
Arthur Saginian, Santa Clarita
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To the editor: If anybody questions the veracity of Mangione’s written statements about America’s costly healthcare system and decrease life expectancy, please evaluate knowledge offered in graphs and written summaries within the Commonwealth Fund’s report, “Mirror, Mirror 2024: A Portrait of the Failing U.S. Well being System.”
In america in 2023, healthcare spending as a share of our gross home product was 16.5%, with the 9 different rich nations to which we had been in contrast exhibiting percentages starting from 11.9% in France to 9.8% in Australia. Life expectancy was greater than 4 years under the 10-country common, with the U.S. rating final.
People pay insurance coverage premiums, deductibles, co-insurance and copays. When protection is denied, many people have medical debt and chapter.
Insurance coverage corporations are ripping us off as proven by our well being outcomes not reflecting the prices we pay.
Carol Fodera, La Crescenta
