Better hope the death panel doesn't happen

My brother lived in Toronto, Canada. He was my best friend and mentor. He experienced spinal sinuses and a heart aneurism and was informed there were no treatments available in the Canadian health system for these problems, probably because of his 83-year age.

However, there are treatments for these health problems in America’s present healthcare system. My brother died of a ruptured aneurism two months ago. I begged him to come to America and avail himself, at his expense, of the treatments available to him here.

A recent letter in the North County Times concerned a woman who was treated for...