Floral Park: Re “ ‘Healthy’ rebuke to Eric” (Nov. 23): The Medicare Advantage plan is a health insurance model proven to foster corruption, offer fewer provider choices and place profit ahead of quality care by using prior authorization protocols to delay or deny services that doctors deem necessary.
Fishkill, N.Y.: Public shaming used to work to modify behavior and bring about reforms. It ended Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s bullying tactics during the Red Scare. Publicity from the Watergate hearings brought the criminals from the Richard Nixon administration to justice. Legislative reforms followed.
Beverly Hills, Calif.: Here is a letter my father wrote about Memorial Day and those who died serving this great country. My dad, George V. Hill Sr., served and never forgot those many heroes. He died in 2007, seven months after he wrote this:
Manhattan: On Saturday, I had my second delivery problem with Amazon. The first was when I reordered double rolls of toilet paper and was sent mega rolls not a big problem unless you live in an old building with old bathrooms. I let Amazon know.