Dear Editor,

A couple weeks ago, local papers reported a hospital would be denying in-patient care to those who have public employee insurance.

This business decision was based on out of state hospitals getting paid far more than in state hospitals.

Government action remedied this situation, but only after the inevitable “inequity” was invoked. Other medical institutions have received corporate and government funding recently.

How can a medical institution not make it on its own? There are the outrageous mark ups.

Hospital parking lots are filled. What is the average cost for each person who is to be seen? And hospitals have hats in hand?

Hospitals get paid for unnecessary tests.

The failed one size fits all strategy generates money by causing unnecessary treatments. Medical mistakes create longer stays and more consultations, physical therapists, pills and procedures to correct what should have been done right the first time. Are hospitals truly losing money, or are they really saying “I want more?”

Doctors were given financial incentives to prescribe opioids, then their addicted patients return for a lifelong prescription for suboxone. The doctors are rewarded by failing at following the science.

Maybe, it’s long overdue to get rid of for-profit health care.

There is no transparency in costs. Even though there is competition between insurance companies, costs are out of control.

We have already seen government colludes with health care.

Only two years ago, we witnessed the world’s largest taxpayer funded research and development program to several pharm companies, and they produced a product with dubious efficacy. Something isn’t working.

I’m not for government control of every aspect of our lives; but, free markets aren’t working for health care.

We already have a government program for seniors, and children can be on their parents’ policies until they are 27. Taxpayers cover medical, educational, travel and hotel costs for the millions of illegal aliens from all age groups.

Isn’t that inequity for those workers from 27 to 64 years of age?

Let’s look at the advantages of going to a taxpayer funded healthcare for citizens.

There will be no more receiving letters on the first Monday of November saying that on Jan. 1, your monthly premium is greatly increasing for less services, and you have ’til Dec. 15 to find a more affordable plan to suit you and your family while you do Christmas shopping, work and have a life.

You may be covered by one policy, but it isn’t accepted where you need it, unless you want to pay 100% of the medical costs.

There won’t be the endless bills, even though you paid it off.

Your premium is based on your ZIP code, but aren’t we Americans?

You won’t have to pay for eye and dental separately.

Again, I’m not a biologist, but I am a proud gas stove user, and I didn’t do my residency under Dr. Fauci, but I am aware that the body works as a whole.

If you go to the beach and are attacked by a shark, you are out of network and are on the hook for the entire bill. So never go on vacation, but wasn’t mainstream healthcare’s strategy to eradicate the scamdemic to never leave your home and live in fear? Health care bills won’t be the leading cause of bankruptcy. You won’t have to mail your W-2 form to Obamacare; have them determine you are ineligible; then you have to apply to another government agency all before the Dec. 15 deadline.

People won’t have to have steak fries to help with medical costs even though they have insurance.

Perhaps, replacing the egos and greed with competent business people, we can eliminate another inequity; and, if not, we should be paid $5 million in health care reparations.

Mark Eddy

Wheeling