Maine AllCare board member Michael Bacon’s powerful letters to the editor were published in the Bangor Daily News in December 2024, and in the Washington Post in January 2025.
In his letter to the Bangor Daily News, Mike addresses the anger toward health insurance companies that was revealed after the shooting of the United Healthcare CEO.
In his letter to the Washington Post, he explains why healthcare cannot be treated as an ordinary commodity, then states that “…in a free market the richer will have access to healthcare while the poorer will not. Most of us consider this to be unacceptable.”
He continues: “It’s high time that we treated health care as a public good, much like first responders, public education and infrastructure.”