Opinion: Get Involved Locally To Help Pass Health Reform

"If you believe access to health care is a moral issue and should be a right and not a privilege," you should create or participate in a local group advocating for health reform legislation, argues Joan Parnas Sublett, the retired director of Alcohol and Drug Programs and deputy director of Mental Health Services for Yolo County. Parnas Sublett concludes that "doing nothing just doesn't seem to me to be a morally acceptable option."

• "Viewpoints: Believe in Health Care for All? Take Action" (Parnas Sublett, Sacramento Bee, 12/3).