Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
It has been said that the true measure of a society is the way its lowest members are treated. We have recently been united by a great tragedy that has befallen us at the hands of outsiders. We are pulling together for a common goal and will bear any burden to achieve success.
But what about our poorest citizens who have inadequate health care due to a lack of health insurance? Many of these uninsured are children.
In “Study: More uninsured die prematurely” (News, May 22), it was reported that 18,000 uninsured adults die prematurely each year because of inadequate health care. Eighteen thousand. This is a national calamity.
Shouldn’t America do better?
