Letter: Councilwoman Supports National Healthcare

Red Bank Councilwoman Kathy Horgan penned this letter to the editor in support of President Barack Obama's Affordable Healthcare Act.

Ed's note: the following is a letter written by Red Bank Councilwoman Kathy Horgan in its entirety. When I returned to the States back in the 1980’s after having lived in France for many years, I wasn’t prepared for the culture shock I was about to experience in trying to access healthcare. France has one of the best – if not the best – national healthcare systems in the world. What I found in the United States was a continual reference to the “bottom line” when I asked why certain procedures and services weren’t covered. I wondered how you could equate health with profit? Wasn’t access to affordable healthcare a human right? Wasn’t the health of a nation’s population beyond the “bottom line”? If you look at it from a practical point of …

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