Each day,
273 people die due to lack of health care in the U.S.; that's
100,000 deaths per year. This is not only a moral issue, but a national security issue that we're so vulnerable given that our health care delivery system is so fragmented and dysfunctional.
We need
single-payer health care, not a welfare bailout for the serial-killer insurance agencies.
We don't need the GingrichCare of mandated, unregulated, for-profit insurance that is still too expensive, only pays parts of medical bills, denies claims, bankrupts and kills people.
Republinazi '93 plan: "Subtitle F: Universal Coverage - Requires each citizen or lawful permanent resident to be covered under a qualified health plan or equivalent health care program by January 1, 2005."
"We will never have real reform until people's health stops being treated as a financial opportunity for corporations."
"Employer-based health insurance has always been a bad idea. Your life should not depend on who you work for." -- T. McKeon
"Any proposal that sticks with our current dependence on for-profit private insurers ... will not be sustainable. And the new law will not get us to universal coverage ...." -- T.R. Reid, The Healing of America"Despite the present hyperbole by its supporters, this latest effort will end up as just another failed reform effort littering the landscape of the last century." --John Geyman, M.D.,
Hijacked! The Road to Single Payer in the Aftermath of Stolen Health Care ReformNo other country would put up with this sh#t -- why should we?