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Letter: Government-run health care not the answer

This is in reply to those in favor of government-run single payer health care. Please examine two of the government-run systems in the U.S. — the Veterans Administration and Indian health care — as examples of how it does not work.

Would you voluntarily use these systems? I know I do not, even though I am qualified.

Spencer Miller

This story was originally published April 25, 2017 at 6:01 PM with the headline "Letter: Government-run health care not the answer."

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