OPINION — Readers, notice the recent GOP attacks on socialism, the enemy of America. You may not notice but several candidates are saying, “the system is broken.” What people don’t realize is America has had a blend of capitalism and the safeguards of socialism for decades now.
We have turned health care into a profit industry as if free enterprise will save it. America now has about 900 less government-run hospitals than the 1960s.
Using my recent experience this year alone, I have accumulated over $183,000 in medical expenses. Without government supported healthcare also known as Medicare, we would be in trouble. We also have Social Security, another socialist concept.
