Letters to the Editor

Letter: Alaska, U.S. health systems are a joke

I read the recent letter about how great the Alaska health care system is. I had to laugh.

The U.S. is the only industrialized country without health care guaranteed by its government for all the people. We are the leaders in maternal deaths.

The Republicans, led by President Donald Trump, with the help of Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, as well as Rep. Don Young, are trying to take away what little health care poor people can afford. We can afford trillions of dollars for war and war equipment but nothing for people or infrastructure. The U.S. is rapidly achieving third-world status.

I suggest the good doctor look to Southcentral Foundation and the Alaska Native health care system if he wants to see a system that works.
Jay Cross
Big Lake

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