Bernie Sanders :Supporting Single-Payer Health Care

[cal04]

A PETITION TO CONGRESS
Video
http://sanders.senate.gov/petitions/index.cfm?uid=7fd59f2e-88e1-477a-8eaf-762a5b050809


Whereas:

46 million Americans are currently without health insurance;

60 million Americans, both insured and uninsured, have inadequate access to primary care due to a shortage of physicians and other health service providers in their community;

100 million Americans have no insurance to cover dental needs;

116 million adults, nearly two-thirds of all non-seniors, struggled to pay medical bills, went without needed care because of cost, were uninsured for a time, or were underinsured in the last year;

The United States spends $2.3 trillion each year on health care, 16 percent of its Gross Domestic Product;

Americans spend $7,129 per person on health care, 50 percent more than other industrialized countries, including those with universal care;

The U.S. does not get what it pays for. We rank among the lowest in the health outcome rankings of developed countries, and on several major indices rank below some third-world nations;

The number of health insurance industry bureaucrats has grown at 25 times the growth of physicians in the past 30 years;

In 2006, the six largest insurance companies made $11 billion in profits even after paying for direct health care costs, administrative costs and marketing costs.

And, whereas:

Medicare has administrative costs far lower than any private health insurance plan;

The potential savings on health insurance paperwork, more than $350 billion per year, is enough to provide comprehensive coverage to every uninsured American;

Only a single-payer Medicare-for-all plan can realize these enormous savings and provide comprehensive and affordable health care to every citizen.

Now, therefore:

We, the undersigned, urge the United States Congress to pass a single-payer Medicare-for-all program which will provide quality, comprehensive health care for all Americans.

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1. Sign the petition...

[clear eye]

3. Self-delete

[clear eye]

2. Thank you Bernie for caring about us and what our country can afford

while others push for taxpayers to pick up the cost for the bloated administration and all the people denied care by the private insurers as those insureres rake in the profits.

More jobs through single payer!

[clear eye]

4. That site is also collecting stories of the hardships caused by private or unaffordable insurance.

See link in the OP.

[rog]

5. Done ... and k&r

I hope Bernie can move this down the road a bit.

Thanks for posting this link.

.rog.

[onethatcares]

6. signed and

signed

[Bushknew]

7. Done & Rec

[reggie the dog]

8. If only the Democrats would say the same thing

Sanders may actually become a Democrat. I think he would qualify as as solid left Socialist here in France.

[Wednesdays]

9. K&R

:kick:

[G_j]

10. K&R

[kenfrequed]

11. Huh

One of the few real democrats in congress is an independent. I wish I could say I was shocked.

But more power to ya Bernie!

[GreenTea]

12. So do tens of millions of us-the insurance corporations/republicans are trying

to stop any public option....knowing it would hurt their immense profits...profits are ALL that matter to the insurance corporations, fuck the sick, the sick just means more profits for their insurance corporations.

[bobbolink]

13. Done! Thank you so much for posting!

Sorry I'm too late to recommend.

I'm APPALLED that so few DUers have responded. :( :( :(

It seems there is always time to attack other DUers, but a lack of time to do something constructive.

No wonder our country is in such bad shape. :( :( :( :(

Thank you, cal04!!

[JeffR]

14. Too late to rec, but here's a kick.

This man deserves a Medal of Freedom. This is what a real public servant should be.

[Kingofalldems]

15. Kick this for the DU freepers who won't like this thread

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17. Apparently "progressives" don't like it either. This skinny response is PATHETIC!

:(

Obviously, health care isn't important on DU.

:(

[MrMickeysMom]

16. Done, cal04!

I've done a lot of writing, and needed to check in with Senator Bernie Sanders.

Jesus, why don't we have NPR talking about this instead of the plan offered by Bob Dole and Tom Dashele, of all people. Their solutions are NO solutions.

No one is talking about what we are writing our senators and congress critters about...

How could that be, EH?

[EnviroBat]

18. This thing should be put to a vote by the people of this country.

Why are we letting insurance co's, the AMA, and Congress decide this issue? I don't know what is happening in my country anymore.

signed.