Publicly funded universal health care is the answer. It cuts the middlemen out of being gatekeepers, and stops treating health care as a profit driven commodity. Cutting administrative waste while preserving patient choice, it will create the first comprehensive state universal health system in the nation. Universal health care can end the affordability crisis millions experience daily, separating access to care from employment, family upheaval and partisan warfare. VALDEZ BRAVO, president, Health Care for All OregonANTONIO GERMANN, M.D., vice president, Health Care for All OregonLake Oswego