Regarding the guest commentary, “Medicare works; open it to everyone”: Another doctor who is retired, and has no ax to grind. Instead, he is giving us his opinion, based on working as a practicing physician and involved in the administration system. I, for one, think his opinion makes sense. Since the U.S. allows the health insurance to tack on 20 percent to the cost of our health care, including bloated executive salaries, no wonder it costs more than outside the U.S. And why should I, dying of cancer, be limited to which doctor I see? What happened to the power of the market? Finally, hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent to lobby Medicare to benefit rich corporations at the expense of ordinary patients. Let’s get rid of the complexities intended to make the rich richer and get Medicare available for all of us. Lower medicine costs and better treatment for all of us most in need.
Bob Dickerson
Seattle
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