MON., JUL 27, 2009 - 5:34 PM
As a longtime State Journal subscriber I was disappointed that you did not give any coverage to the Saturday health care march and rally at the state Capitol.
There were about 1,000 people there with banners and signs, led by a brassy New Orleans-style band cakewalking up State Street.
U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin spoke out for a single-payer plan, as did people who thought they had decent insurance but had their claims for critical care denied. An emergency room doctor from UW Hospital described the plight of a newly diagnosed diabetic who couldn't afford his insulin.
When we are in a health care crisis, it confounds me that the State Journal chose to give front-page coverage to Civil War re-enactors at Camp Randall rather than efforts to change our health care delivery system that will affect everybody.
-- Richard Chamberlin, Monona
Richard is a member of the Clarence Kailin chapter of Veterans for Peace.
