This is in response to a Jan. 27 letter (“Reality of health care worth examining“) that supported universal health care, but only for people “contingent with a healthy lifestyle.” The premise is that people who abuse their body get no health care, because they don’t deserve it. Does this mean that Trump would lose his health care? We all know he lives off of fast food, no exercise and little sleep.
And, what of babies whose mothers can’t afford healthy food or a membership to a gym? Would their child be denied health care as well? Also, how would these decisions be made — and by whom?
We’re all Americans and we all deserve proper healthcare that we can afford. Insurance companies are now raking in billions of our money, and that doesn’t make anyone healthier.
It’s definitely time for a change.
Elizabeth Kellett
Walpole
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