CT Post June 27, 2020
Socialized medicine exists in the United States. Ask a veteran.
We might not call it socialized medicine, but we should give credit where it is due. Within the greater nexus of the American health care landscape exists the Veterans Health Administration, a federally funded, nationwide, integrated and portable health care system that provides more than 9 million veterans a full range of medical services from routine primary care through end-of-life hospice care, while charging minimal copayments and achieving quality metrics that, in most instances, mirror or better those of hospitals in the private sector. I am asking you to consider how a VA-style public health care system presents an alternative to our current health care system.
To do this...