Date: March 29, 2009 7:09:29 PM EDT
Subject: Medicare for all
Dear Friends,
It seems likely that we shall get healthcare legislation this year. While I would prefer Medicare for all with no copays and no premiums, I do not think that it is likely that the private insurance companies will lose all of the way (I would prefer not to have private insurance companies). We need to remember that UnitedHealthcare (UNH), one of the largest and most corrupt health insurance sources in our country, donated over a million dollars to support the Democratic National Convention.
Having stated my preference, the best I hope for is that our government will make conventional Medicare available to all as an option for those who do not get something else. I urge you to sign the petition that urges legislation that will make this a possibility for every one. The petition can be found on the web at: www.StandwithDrDean.com.
Let's hope that this makes healthcare available to everyone either immediately or in the not-too-distant future.
Tom
Thomas G. Pretlow, M.D.
Professor in the Departments of Pathology, Urology, Oncology, and Environmental Health Sciences
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine*
(telephone: 216-368-8701; e-mail: tgp3@cwru.edu)
*Nothing in my communication represents Case Western Reserve.
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