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LETTERS: Public option, car crash probe and checking plates

Pause that

public option

Two stories should give everyone pause in the rush to create a public option for health insurance.

The first is the government panel's recommendation on mammography. A government-run insurance provider would be guided by these government panels, in this case making a simple, lifesaving test unavailable for women of certain ages. Apparently, lives saved...

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