Herbert Klein: “who says there is no health care crisis in America? Explain that to the individuals who suffer every day because they do…”

“who says there is no health care crisis in America? Explain that to the individuals who suffer every day because they do not have the proper health care coverage nor the money to pay for the medical attention that they need. I would just like to pass along the thoughts of just one of the many troubled citizens who have taken the time to write to me. A constituent from Clifton, NJ, wrote: We must take care of our own people. Millions are paying dearly right now. The absence of proper health care coverage for all Americans is a disgrace to this country. This woman and her husband are two average, middle income citizens, who paid over $17,000 in medical expenses last year alone, because of an ongoing lack of health care coverage. I wish this letter was the exception to the rule, the only letter I had received announcing the lack of universal coverage for all, but it is not. I have received hundreds more that call on this Congress to give them a health care system that will be beneficial, not vindictive. Yes, we have a health care crisis, and for the sake of our country we must address it now.”