From a reader:

Mr. Vitez:

Mr. Grassia didn't think he needed health insurance. Then he came down with a disease and expected cheap insurance, then subsidized and free care.

He gambled and lost. Now he complains. Insurance works because you pay throughout your life for the times you get sic,k. Mr. Grassca thinks he should pay for insurance only when he is sick. I or my parents have paid for my insurance for all my life. Should I subsidize Mr. Gracci with my payments because he doesn't want to buy insurance when he is healthy?

The purpose of your article among others in the Inquirer is to demonstrate that the present system is a failure and that we must have a single payer government plan. Since there seems to be growing synpathy for the irresponsible Grassia's of the world, you will soon have your way.

Charles Warburton