Los Angeles Times
September 20, 2002
Editorial
Backlash on Health Costs
The United States is the only major industrialized country in the world that
lacks universal health care.
Here’s what’s increasingly clear to all: The growth in health-care premiums
and in the numbers of people without insurance represents an economic drag
that business cannot long endure and a level of unnecessary suffering a
civilized nation cannot in good conscience allow.
… Americans should demand that national candidates seeking their votes in
the November election spell out what they plan to do to rein in medical
costs and help the 40 million Americans who go without medical coverage.
Comment: The message is now mainstream. Next… action!