Letter: Single-payer care looks appealing
Average employee costs such as co-payments, coinsurance and deductibles were $2,239 in 2013, up 12.8 percent from the 2012 average of $1,984, according to an analysis by Aon Hewitt consultants. Credit: iStock
Columnist Lane Filler writes of his opposition to universal health insurance, but perhaps he is not aware of the Canadian people's appreciation of their single-payer medical insurance coverage ["Free to be . . . Not you, just me," Opinion, July 9].
In fact, in an informal poll, the late Tommy Douglas, a former premier of Saskatchewan, was voted the "greatest Canadian" because he was the first to introduce free public health insurance in his province.
Chet Gerstenbluth, Plainview
