Comment & Debate
Lawrence R. Huntoon, MD, PhD. “Universal Health Coverage — Call It Socialized Medicine”. Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. 2000. – “Those who brandish the “crisis” of the uninsured to promote socialized medicine also often fail to tell people that uninsured doesn’t necessarily mean poor. In fact, the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) tells us that “a third of the uninsured households earn more than $30,000 a year and 10 percent earn more than $50,000.”(2) That’s at least 40 percent of the so-called “uninsured” that could well afford a $45 office visit or health insurance.(2) We need to get away from the concept that “someone else,” big government or insurance, needs to take care of our every need.”