Medicare for everyone, please

Re: “Medical bills tied to more bankruptcies,” June 4:

There is no doubt that we need universal health coverage, but the private insurers have already demonstrated that they don’t protect people from financial ruin because of medically related expenses.

We need universal, single-payer healthcare, such as Medicare. Everyone would have coverage and nobody would suffer bankruptcy as a result of medical bills.

It would not cost more than is spent per patient now because the most expensive patients are seniors over age 65, and they’re already covered by Medicare.

Dr. Melvin H. Kirschner

Granada Hills