Letter by Peter Van Aken

May 22, 2018

In spite of recent presidential and secretary of health and human services speeches about plans to bring about a lowering of prescription drug costs, the stranglehold of unreasonable medical fees, by the insurance companies, still continues — and makes essential medical care a problem for the vast majority of New Yorkers.

We need the New York Health Act, a bill in the New York State Legislature Senate, (S4840A) to be passed and enacted.

Right now, the Insurance companies are in charge of our personal health care- giving us high premiums, high deductibles, and co-pays. The New York Health Act promises universal comprehensive health care for all, and covers treatment by primary doctors, specialists, hospitalization, mental health, dental, vision, prescription drugs, lab tests and medical supplies — this legislation would create coverage that would be even more comprehensive than commercial insurance health plans- and it is calculated that it would save 45 billion dollars a year — $2,200 for each New Yorker.

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