U.S. lagging other advanced nations on universal health care

To the Editor:

Most advanced nations provide their citizens with universal health care, funded by their governments. With universal health care all citizens in a nation are able to receive health care, regardless of their family income.

The U.S. is one of the few advanced nations that does not provide universal government funded health care for all citizens. Therefore, in the U.S. many low income families cannot receive the health care they need; members of these families often die earlier than individuals of families with high incomes.

Canada is one of the advanced nations that provides universal health care for all its citizens. Because Canada has universal health care, the cost of health care is less per capita than it is in the U.S.

To overcome many of the health care problems that citizens in the U.S. have, the government should enact legislation that will provide government funded health care for all U.S. citizens.

Dan Carmichael

Ironwood