To the Editor:

Re “The Full-Time Blues” (column, July 24), by Judith Warner:

Working mothers (and fathers and family care-givers) often need full-time jobs because they are the sole source of health insurance for their families. To paraphrase a well-trodden political phrase: it’s the health insurance, stupid!

Until the United States finally takes responsibility for universal health care access, part-time work will be an option of limited practicality.

Nancy Green
Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., July 25, 2007

Note from KBJ: Let’s take it a step further. Until the United States finally takes responsibility for universal food access, part-time work will be an option of limited practicality. And why stop there? If the United States guarantees fuel, clothing, and shelter to everyone, everyone can work part-time—or not at all!