On April 14 the Denver Post published an excellent letter by Tish Jeffers of Centennial. Excellent work, Tish!
Re: “Look to Canada for single-payer success,” April 11 letter to the editor.
So, Timothy Snowden, who visits Canada often, has polled the entire population about their single-payer health system? He hit the nail right on the head when he wrote that Canada’s “system saves money if people stay healthy.” Tell that to the thousands of Colorado women who have breast cancer!
If I don’t buy car insurance, and I am never in an accident, I save money, right? But if I am in an accident and I have to wait a year or two to get my car back, how does that work for me?
In Canada, it’s a system of nationalized, government panels and regulators who decide what care people get and in what order. Unfortunately, sometimes the wait is fatal.
If all the private hospitals and clinics in Denver closed their doors and everyone had to funnel through Denver Health, exactly what would that look like?
Tish Jeffers, Centennial
