This is in response to the AP article written by Calvin Woodward titled "Debate omits profit margin" [Oct. 26].
Mr. Woodward asserted that since the health care industry was not making as much profit as some other companies, it was unfair for Congress to pick on them. But that's beside the point.
Like the folks in the forefront of the health care debate, Mr. Woodward totally missed the point. The debate about health care is not about profit. It is about services and the lack thereof.
The truth is, the health care industry makes a lot of profit and rightfully so; it should. But the questions are, do they really provide adequate and affordable services? Can one be denied coverage? Is everyone covered?
Articles like Mr. Woodward's continue to contribute to the lies, misleading information, and innuendoes that have muddled the debate and taken away from the main issues.
Profits in the companies Mr. Woodward cited have no bearing whatsoever on whether or not our nation can provide affordable health coverage to all citizens.
Does it matter whether the railroads, Tupperware, or Hershey makes more profit? How does their profit directly affect the wellness of my family?
Even people who work for those companies still have to pay for medical insurance, so they are just as vulnerable as the rest of us.
I do not have to ride the train or use Tupperware, but my family would have to see a doctor sometime within the year.
Frankly, it is a shame that we are the richest, most powerful, and only industrialized nation in the world that cannot provide health care to all of our citizens.
E. Sam Ekong
Stafford