Universal health care gains traction
Health Care is a constitutional right, not a privilege.
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Dennis
Kucinich on Universal Health Care
| FACT: We already spend enough to have
universal health care. "The truth is, we cannot afford to not
reform the health system." www.kucinich.us/issues/universalhealth.php |
"Americans have the most expensive health care system in the world. We spend about twice as much per person as other developed nations, and that gap is growing. That's not because we are sicker or more demanding (Canadians, for example, see their doctors more often and spend more time in the hospital). And it's not because we get better results. By the usual measures of health (life expectancy, infant mortality, immunization rates), we do worse than most other developed countries. Furthermore, we are the only developed nation that does not provide comprehensive health care to all its citizens. Some 42 million Americans are uninsured (nearly 46 million today -- updated figure) -- disproportionately the sick, the poor, and minorities -- and most of the rest of us are underinsured. In sum, our health care system is outrageously expensive, yet inadequate. Why? The only plausible explanation is that there's something about our system -- about the way we finance and deliver health care -- that's enormously inefficient. The failures of the system were partly masked during the economic boom of the 1990's, but now they stand starkly exposed. There is no question that with the deepening recession and rising unemployment, in the words of John Breaux, 'The system is collapsing around us.'
"The underlying problem is that we treat health care like a market commodity instead of a social service. Health care is targeted not to medical need, but to the ability to pay. Markets are good for many things, but they are not a good way to distribute health care. To understand what's happening, let's look at how the health care market works ... "
"Mainstream" writers like Ph. D. economist and columnist for the New York Times Paul Krugman now agree with those doctors and Dennis that "covering everyone under Medicare would actually be significantly cheaper than our current system." They all recognize that we already spend enough to provide national health care to all but lack the political courage to make the tough decisions that doctors, nurses and medical professionals must run our health care system, – not "for profit" insurance companies who make money by denying health care.
It is time to recognize that all the civilized countries have a solution that we must adapt to this country. American businesses can no longer be competitive shouldering the entire cost of health care. Health care is a right that all Americans deserve.
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Oregon Sen. Wyden’s plan for national health care By TeaDrinker Well, here is more from today’s Oregonian in the Metro page on Oregon Senator Ron Wyden ... international president of the Service Employees International Union, ... 4 business summit in Portland that will consider health care reform. ... Mind Advocate - http://hostdiva.com/themind |
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Time is Now for Universal Health Care
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RESULTS: 2006 Health Care for All Campaign
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Kucinich has called for "Medicare for All." He would eliminate
private insurance and create a government-run health care
system.
"Currently, there's over a trillion dollars in the health care system from local, state and federal sources," Kucinich said. "Today, Americans are paying for universal health care. They're just not getting it. They're not getting it, because insurance companies are guaranteed to be able to jack up the price of health care with the paperwork transactions they have." |
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