In his letter to the Portland Press Herald, Bill Keller of Windham responds to Press Herald writer Joe Lawlor’s article about surprise medical bills for emergency care. Mr. Keller highlights “the impact on individuals in a health care system where insurance companies create financial burdens to so many with high deductibles, rates and denials that are charged.”
His observation: “Our health care system of providers is wonderful. Our health care system of insurance is broken and needs to be replaced by a single-payer system, like Medicare for All. Under such a system, hard-working Mainers would not be subject to fees like those described in the article.”
His call to action: “Mainers cannot afford the current high-cost system. It’s time for our state and country to find the path to universal health care. Please contact our legislators at the state and federal levels and tell them it’s time for action.”