NEJM — Doctors, Patients, and the Need for Health Care Reform
by Max Baucus
One Montanan wrote to me recently about her father’s death. Six months away from qualifying for Medicare coverage, he did not have health insurance or the cash to pay for recommended heart surgery. He died on Christmas Day.
Since I began my current fight for health care reform 2 years ago, I have heard from hundreds of Montanans from across the state. So many of them tell heartbreaking personal accounts of tragedy and suffering that have resulted from our broken health care system. In nearly a century of effort, this country has never been as close as we are today to bringing true stability and security to our health care system. We must seize this opportunity on behalf of the millions of people throughout the country for whom this system is no longer working.
NEJM — Doctors, Patients, and the Need for Health Care Reform
