Ehrenreich's overclass.

• Author: Lamppa, William R.
• Position: Letters to the Editor - Letter to the editor

Although a fan of Barbara Ehrenreich, I take issue with her statement, "If we don't end up with universal health insurance in the next few years, it won't be because the average American isn't pining for relief from escalating medical costs." (See "The Bloated Overclass," August issue.)

Any time you talk about health care and you indulge the word "insurance," it's a political plus to the pitiless middlemen.

Only Representative Dennis Kucinich has the integrity and foresight to promote a single-payer plan, sans the private insurance, that is both realistic and humane.

Knee-jerk references to universal health insurance (emphasis on insurance) resemble knee-jerk references to God by so many political flimflammers (especially our pathetic President).

We can easily do without either.

William R. Lamppa

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