Letter

The American crisis

America’s failure to provide

BMJ 2009; 339 doi: 10.1136/bmj.b3634 (Published 7 September 2009)
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b3634

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  1. Margaret E Allen, physician assistant and lead clinician1
  1. 1Ravenswood Family Health Center, East Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
  1. margaret.e.allen{at}gmail.com

    My father was a young general practitioner in Portsmouth at the inception of the NHS in 1948 and proud of being able to look after his poor patients living in the slums.1

    I provide federally funded medical care to a few of the 46 million uninsured Americans: the working poor, homeless mentally ill, recent immigrants and …

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