Barbara Walters Special: "A Matter of Life and Death." Interesting that the show is about health, not health insurance.

On February 4,  ABC News legend Barbara Walters is hosting a special on heart attacks and heart disease.  Of course she is: She herself is a heart-surgery survivor, and obviously the experience--not to mention the reality that she is alive--made a deep impression on her.   We might note that the issue for Walters, and for the vast majority of Americans, is not health insurance, but rather, health itself.   That is, most Americans can pay their health insurance bills, one way or another, through insurance, their own funds, or charity.  Yes, of course, healthcare is expensive, but as the legendary medical activist Mary Lasker said , "If you think research is expensive, try disease!"