Universal health care

In the mid 80s I had great health care for my young family. I worked in construction and as long as there was work, I had wonderful health care because I was in a strong union. During a slow period when work dried up, I used COBRA to buy health care by the month but it seemed very expensive and I eventually had to stop making payments and lost our insurance. Luckily we had no major health needs during this period but I was worried.

Now with lots of people losing their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic I imagine lots of people have trouble paying for health insurance. This is a perfect time to think about the benefits of Universal health care in which everyone is always covered. Lots of countries have it and their citizens are healthier than ours and they spend less money on healthcare.

If I were a business owner I would love to know that my employees were covered under a universal system and that I would not have to spend time and energy understanding and explaining various plans to anyone, all the while knowing that insurance companies care more about profit than about health.

Jeremy Street,

Cheney