By Lynn Chacko, M.D.
The Gainesville Sun, Aug. 7, 2011
As a family physician, I applaud June Girard’s guest column promoting national health care.
Although I graduated from the University of Florida College of Medicine just a few years ago, I have already seen countless numbers of patients suffer or die needlessly because they can’t afford to see a specialist, pay their medication copay or have a necessary test. And these are the patients with insurance!
Not only are one-third of Floridians uninsured, those that have insurance are sadly not much better off. The problem can be summed up in one word: āprofit.ā
Health care shouldn’t be about making money. It should be about caring for people. The only affordable answer is to get rid of the greedy insurance companies and pass universal, single-payer health insurance.
Lynn Chacko practices family medicine. She resides in Gainesville, Fla.
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