Letter to the Editor: Column Just an Insurance Sales Pitch

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I am always happy to see news articles direct attention to the health care crisis and the problem of the tremendous number of uninsured Americans.

The Forum column "Too many of Connecticut's young adults lack health insurance" by David Fusco of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield initially seemed to focus on this issue. However, it became clear through the article that Fusco was presenting a thinly veiled advertisement for an Anthem health insurance product being promoted to generally healthy younger Americans who have seemingly decided to forego health insurance because they feel they just don't need it, as opposed to it being just unaffordably expensive.

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Letter to the Editor: Column Just an Insurance Sales Pitch

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