Letter to the Editor
Poverty or Big Government: Which is the Real Disease?
Abstract
To the Editor:
In an editorial, Dr. Hamdy waxes passionate about the alleged vices of this great nation – poverty and the uninsured. I do not doubt his passion, but he doubts ours. He says we clinicians do not have the time, or perhaps the temperament, to comprehend that “poverty is a disease of society.” He says “Let us not neglect the less fortunate […] We are responsible for them.”1
Oh yes, Doctor, we have passion. We fully appreciate the calamity because we practice not only evidence-based medicine, but we practice evidence-based common sense. We understand cherry-picked numbers:
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