Lack of compassion for fellow man

I am responding to a letter in the Daily Herald of June 5, discussing the issue of health insurance and pre-existing conditions comparing this to insuring a car after it is wrecked.

The person who wrote this letter is writing from purely a financial viewpoint not taking into account the legal or ethical concerns related to insuring a human life for real or potential medical problems. When individuals do not have access to adequate health care, a whole host of ramifications takes place: inability or hampered ability to work, financial strain on other family members, inability to function in normal activities of daily living, placing then the burden on others who may in turn have to give up their work, and finally perhaps an untimely death depriving a family of not only the person, but his /her income.

If you can provide a person with needed health insurance you can give that person an entree or stabilization of the middle class life where he or she can continue to work and contribute to the economy, where the person can receive decent health care including education on how to cope with their medical issues. This should lower the overall cost of health care, creating a ripple effect.

I continue to lament the lack of compassion for our fellow man that is apparent in some of our citizens.

Therese Carpizo

West Dundee