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Complete health care reform

Cathy McMorris Rodgers recently stated that “the United States has one of the most noncompetitive taxation systems in the developed world.” We also have one of the least efficient and most expensive health care systems in the developed world. The single-payer plan would provide health care for everyone at a much lower cost. Check out HB 1026 in Washington state and HR 676 in Congress. They would do away with the inefficiencies of health insurance companies and relieve employers from the responsibility and cost of searching for the best program for their employees.

The Affordable Care Act was a good start in that direction. Now we need to finish the job and get a plan that would provide good health care for everyone for life. The funds would be taken from paychecks like Medicare is now. But, instead of going to a for-profit insurance company, it would go to either a government agency or a strictly regulated non-profit company. We can do this!

Candy Frankel

Spokane

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