The recent Maine Senate vote against establishment of single-payer health insurance is reprehensible. How those senators can sleep nights after denying health benefits to hundreds of thousands of Mainers is beyond comprehension. They should withdraw from their legislators’ health plan.

In a May 31 letter, Joseph F. Underwood of Presque Isle got it half right. Maybe. Canadians do pay more taxes than we do. But if you add the outrageous amount Americans pay for health care to our taxes, you see that Canadians come out way ahead.

Walter Kumiega

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