Dr. Gupta-

I was going to do a review of you poetry, but I got hooked into reading your article about medical care in India versus in America.

I do have one question. In your second point “It's quicker. Hospitals are much less crowded.” Did you mean in the United States or in India?

This is my favorite line:

"which almost allows poverty to be viewed as a sin and richness as a virtue. In such a system, social welfare is viewed as communism, the most abominable bugbear in the eyes of the USA. The outcome of such a scenario is that the four giants feed on the blood of the victim and offer a part of the blood sucked, as an offering,  to the one who so allows."

I thought this added a rich layer of imagery to support your argument. It certainly tugged at my emotional heartstrings, especially as to how poor Americans are a blood offering.

Though I thought you did a brilliant job touching on problems with the US healthcare system, I would have liked to have learned what works in India, that might work here. You stated at the beginning of your article that Indian medicine is more cost effective yet still provides excellent healthcare for the poor. How so?

Dr. Gupta, I thought this was a wonderful article on a topic that's near and dear to my heart. I would love to see healthcare in my country be about taking care of people not representing capitalism at its finest.

Tina B