A letter to the editor from the producer of the documentary that appeared in yesterday's LA Times:
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Re "Ready for its checkup," editorial, Jan. 2
The Times says that "a plan that provides healthcare to everyone in the state would be spectacularly costly," as if that's reason enough not to do it. Educating our children is spectacularly costly too, as is fire and police protection, and a standing army. Every other developed nation on Earth provides healthcare for its entire population. They understand the wisdom of sharing the risk among everyone and the benefits that derive from a healthier citizenry.
We wouldn't dream of a private police insurance system with deductibles and co-pays and exclusions for preexisting conditions. Why do we put up with private health insurance in the U.S. that is "spectacularly costly" in dollars and human suffering?
DON SCHROEDER
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