Letter of the Week: U.S. health care system can’t compare with others

On a recent visit to Las Vegas, I was seated at a table with four Canadians.

During some good-natured verbal give and take about the differences between the U.S. and Canada, I commented that I was sure the Canadians were jealous of the health-care system here in the U.S.

This comment elicited laughs from the Canadians and groans from the U.S. citizens.

I thought this perfectly reflected our health-care system — a joke to other developed countries and a huge pain to U.S. citizens.

Our elected officials are securely in the back pockets of big pharmaceutical companies, insurers and health-care conglomerates.

U.S. citizens endure the most expensive yet least efficient health-care system in the world.

Why? Because we keep voting for the same corrupt politicians and don’t demand better.

David Kingsley of Leawood was born and raised in St. Joseph. He has a bachelor’s of science in business administration from Missouri Western State University and has lived in the Kansas City area since 1988. He owns Total Print Solutions. He and his wife, Constance, have two daughters, Madelyn, 14, and Kirbi, 12.

This story was originally published October 25, 2015 at 10:00 AM with the headline "Letter of the Week: U.S. health care system can’t compare with others."