NY times letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,

Your February 18 editorial "A Rip off by Health Insurers" about the shortcomings of our health care system should serve as no surprise to anyone. In fact people should be outraged that such a corrupt system was ever even deemed ethical and allowed to exist in the first place. Allowing gigantic for-profit companies such as United Health Group to police themselves by actually owning the company that compiles the data used to charge patients rates is an unexplainable travesty that should result in more than just legal action against the corporations responsible. More importantly it should lead to a complete and total overhaul of our current and, clearly corrupt, health care system. It is past time for the government to stand up for the people and enact legislation against the greed of giant corporations which take advantage of a system that allows them to manipulate numbers, thus making health care virtually non affordable for the lower income families who need it most.


-Jamaal Bollinger

Amherst, Ma