Putting the fox in charge of healthcare
Re “An insurance role model for California,” Opinion, April 29
It’s nice that Blue Shield of California Chief Executive Bruce G. Bodaken recognizes that our healthcare system is in a crisis. But it’s only natural that he would favor a solution that would keep his for-profit corporation in the loop.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. May 11, 2006 For The Record
Los Angeles Times Thursday May 11, 2006 Home Edition California Part B Page 12 Editorial Pages Desk 0 inches; 26 words Type of Material: Correction
Healthcare: A May 5 letter on universal healthcare referred to Blue Shield of California as a for-profit health insurance corporation. Blue Shield is a not-for-profit company.
The hodgepodge that Massachusetts came up with does next to nothing to control spiraling healthcare costs.
What California needs is what all civilized countries have: a single-payer system with all of us in one big risk pool, as put forth in state Sen. Sheila Kuehl’s (D-Santa Monica) bill, SB 840 -- a death knell for Bodaken’s company. It’s going to take millions of us activists to counter the millions of dollars the insurance and pharmaceutical interests are expected to pour into defeating us.
VERN NELSON
Huntington Beach
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