Why bother? For the 2 percent have-nots.
An Aug. 14 letter from Steve Williams asked why we should bother improving a health care system that works for 98 percent of the population. Even assuming his assumptions and numbers are correct (they are not), I have a simple, two-word answer for him: 2 percent.
That is what differentiates humans from others in the animal kingdom who leave the sick and injured to fend for themselves. That is why the richest, most caring nation in history should not be satisfied with helping 98 percent of her citizens. Welcome to civilization.
Alton Mitchell
Naperville
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