Letter: There are solutions for health care

The Citizen-Times

On May 24, Dr. Margaret Flowers of Physicians for a National Health Program spoke to a crowd of 70 people at the downtown library in Asheville about the growing momentum for an “Improved Medicare for All” health care system. In her opening remarks, I was struck by the fact that we do not have a national health plan! We have a complicated mix of private insurance companies whose goal is not to deliver health care, but to make a profit.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has been compiling statistics on health care and health spending since 1960. The USA joined in 1961, so for 56 years we have been well-informed that we are spending twice as much per person as the rest of the world, and that our results are getting worse and worse.

Congressmen Meadows and McHenry, it’s time for you to sign on to real health care reform. Please study Rep. John Conyers’ bill – HR 676 now.

You can get an in-depth look at “Medicare For All” soon. Come to the “Healthcare for All” symposium sponsored by Indivisible AVL at A-B Tech on June 27.

Frank Southecorvo, Asheville