Sen. Sanders’ Medicare for All is the answer to health care woes

“Dems, Republicans offer long-shot plans,” Sept. 14 news story.

Thank you for your coverage of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ “Medicare for All” bill in the U.S. Senate. I can hear the critics attacking it as “too expensive.” To which I reply: “Relative to what?” Would those critics please explain the wisdom behind the following things.

Every line item in the Pentagon’s budget. No audit in decades? Iraq and Afghanistan have already cost us trillions of dollars. The real threat to life and limb for most Americans is here at home in the form of sickness or injury.

Forcing Americans into bankruptcy just because they got sick or injured.

How my Veterans Administration care (somewhat akin to the “Medicare for All”) is somehow inferior to the care I have received through United Health Care, Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, Anthem. I have not found it to be so, and the generic medication I get through VA work as well as the pricey big name meds through big name insurance companies.

Why Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Co., is not supporting this?

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Kudos to Bernie Sanders for proposing “Medicare for All.” It’s long overdue.

Universal care is popular because our current system is not working for everyone and every state. The Affordable Care Act was a start, but for-profit care will never work. Much of the money goes to the CEO’s. We are the largest industrialized country that doesn’t provide universal healthcare to its citizens and we should be ashamed. Why should people be dying and going bankrupt over health costs in such a wealthy country?

I spent $10,000 for myself last year and soon won’t be able to afford it. We also have a lower life expectancy than other countries that provide universal care. “Medicare for All” will save lives and save money. Please call your representatives and support this necessary legislation!