Letter: Greed hinders medical care

Monday, March 25, 2002 | 8:53 a.m.

You often hear on TV the question posed, "If you had one wish that could help your fellow man, what would it be?" My wish would be that every person would have the same medical care that is now only available to the wealthiest in our nation.

However, that is but a wistful thought as long as the core of our nation is driven by greed. Stock options to the corporate CEOs and their phalanx of executives are driven by what the stock market does, not the quality of the services or product of that company. Hence the CEOs' decisions are usually driven by personal greed. Prime examples include the mega conglomerates that run the hospitals, pharmaceutical and insurance companies, each of which are an essential part of our life lines.

One hears about the evils and failures of socialized medicine, but I subscribe to the theory that it's the propaganda put out by these greedy bloodsuckers that is draining our nation of its health. Give me the good old days when the "Hippocratic oath" really meant something.

RAYMOND HARBERT

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