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An e-mail to C-SPAN's Washington Journal |
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 21 April 2008 13:58 |
TO: C-SPAN Washington Journal
DATE: 4/19/2008
SUBJECT: Single-Payer Healthcare is THE Solution!
You've had at least one expert on your show declaring that nobody talked about national single-payer healthcare. That is wrong and stupid. I've attended, or watched online videos of, hearings or conventions where the vast majority of people spoke about single-payer. In fact, this was true every time.
The media and politicians have tried to bury the whole issue of single-payer, because they are in the pay of insurance companies. Single-payer is going to win out, regardless of what they do, because the U. S., which is supposed to be so far ahead in everything, is conspicuously backward in healthcare, and it hurts millions of people because of it. As long as insurance companies are in the picture, they will maximize profits by minimizing care. There is no point in trying to regulate or "work with" them; they are in the business to make money, and they will do this any way they can. They spend billions looking for ways to deny care, so that they can make many billions more. Every single person who has been stiffed by an insurance company has the right to sue, but not everyone can. Most people will have died of the diseases for which they have been denied care, before their cases finish wending their way through the courts. To keep insurance companies in the picture is to condemn millions of people to lives of suffering.
It's not a question of whether or not we will ever get single-payer; it's a question of when. How long do you want it to take?
Sincerely,
Carol F. Yost New York City
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Last Updated ( Monday, 21 April 2008 15:21 )
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New Anti Health Care Reform Commercial |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 14 August 2009 18:08 |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 14 August 2009 18:30 )
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Schumer : "Not sure we're not ready for national health insurance" |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 25 April 2008 21:11 |
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This post is from The Albany Project, which follows Progressive Politics in New York State: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was quoted in yesterday's The Hill saying the following: Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), a member of Senate Democratic leadership and a key Hillary Clinton ally who also sits on the Finance Committee, said he is "not sure we have the big plan on healthcare." "Healthcare I feel strongly about, but I am not sure that we're ready for a major national healthcare plan," Schumer said. Schumer said he would focus "on prevention above all and cost cutting until we can get a national healthcare plan." BTP over Rochester Turning had his own take on this. More and better Dems, please. Call Schumer's office to tell him how much you love paying high health insurance premiums and co-pays so insurance & big pharma can reap record profits and pay huge executive bonuses. Or, if you want a healthcare plan that looks more like what he enjoys, tell him that. It is hard how to read that because at first it sounds like Schumer doesn't think Americans are ready for a national health care program but then says that he would implement cost-cutting measures until we can get such a program. I have been upset by a few things Schumer has done (Mukasey, anyone?) but could he be saying that Americans are not ready here? Or does he mean that Congress is not ready? Americans ARE ready for it. So if that's what Schumer meant, I disagree with him and we should contact him and tell him so. But if he meant Congress is not ready, I actually agree with that. They are not in the position now to pass such legislation, mainly because a Republican is president. That should change if Obama or Clinton becomes president.
Are you ready for a National Healthcare program?
For some insight into Schumer's perspective know that he has taken $242,500 from the insurance industry, $218,220 from "Health Professionals", and $116,564 from unspecified Lobbyists. Source
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Last Updated ( Friday, 25 April 2008 21:19 )
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The 'littlest victims' of America's Failed Healthcare System |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 16 September 2009 00:07 |
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Even the rich are suffering from a system dominated by private insurance companies. Comparative data on the wealthiest fifth of the US and Canadian population reveals that the infants of Canada's elite have a substantially better chance of surviving than their American counterparts.
Infant mortality of the wealthiest fifth (deaths per 1000 live births). | Canada | United States | 1991
| 4.5
| 1992-1994 | 7.5
| 1996
| 4.0 | 1998-2000 | 5.7 |
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access published online on November 17, 2007 . Hussey, et. al. “Trends in socioeconomic disparities in health care quality in four countries.”
Link.
Current overall (all economic groups) rate:
Canada: 5.04
United States: 6.3
You might be wondering: How many more infants would live if America's infant mortality rates matched Canada, Isreal or Signapore's rates? Here are the shocking figures:
Comparison
Nation | Infants Saved
Annually | Canada
| 5,215
| Isreal
| 8,608
| | Signapore | 16,512 |
Source: Calculated using Infant Mortality rates from the CIA World Fact Book and a total number of U.S. births of 4,138,349. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 16 September 2009 03:30 )
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