The controversy over how often women should get mammograms illustrates the folly of this administration's proposed one-size-fits-all approach to many aspects of medical care ("New mammogram advice invites deadly consequences," Our view, Breast cancer debate, Wednesday).

People want guaranteed "universal" coverage, which only the government can enforce. And if government is going to enforce it, government has the ability to decide how often women get mammograms, not to mention how often we can have many other critical procedures. Many people don't want a free market in medicine, but they want the benefits of a free market. One of those benefits is that doctors and patients decide, case by case, what makes the most sense for the patient.

Cost is, of course, part of the factor in a free market, but do people seriously think that costs will somehow magically go away if the government pays for and runs everything? That's not how it works under Medicare, and that won't be how it will work under a Medicare-for-all program. This is America's last chance to reject the proven horrors of government-run medicine. Those who blindly support government's takeover of medicine will deserve every bit of stress when, at some future time, they are denied a mammogram or some other important, preventative medical test.