The time is now: Reform health care

One need only look to history to see that this is the time for such reform. In 1964, the Democrats won control, and the election of Lyndon Johnson was seen as an endorsement of a national health-insurance system.

Congress and Johnson created Medicare. In signing the bill into law, Johnson quoted his predecessor, President Harry Truman: "Millions do not now have protection or security against the economic effects of sickness. The time has arrived for action to help them attain that opportunity and that protection."

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'Free' market is too costly, not working

The most recent privatization debacle is the Medicare Advantage program. This free-market alternative for senior citizens costs taxpayers 17 percent more than the government-administered traditional Medicare program, with substantial subsidies going to private insurance companies.

The only viable answer to our health-care crisis is to adopt a single-payer, government-operated insurance system. This country can afford to provide health-care coverage for all its citizens; we only need to find the political will to do the right thing.

Preach it brother!