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Healthcare
Welcome to our new healthcare page. I want to keep each of you up to date on issues that are taking placing locally in our state and a brief overview of federal issues. As members log on and see that we are staying active and involved, hopefully others will join and participate. Please contact me or share your opinion on the direction of where our Healthcare page needs to go. Please share your story or an issue that you feel requires attention. With your help we can help keep people informed.
This page will also be utilized to help keep you informed of bills that are presented during the General Assembly Session, so you can choose to take action by means of contacting your Representative, writing a letter to the editor, participating in public hearings, or by starting a signature petition. Hope to hear from you.
Below you will find a video discussing Healthcare reform in our Country. You can find links to the pages where additional information may be found. There is currently a bill in the House H.R. 676, that supports Universal Health Care coverage for all Americans. Contact your legislator today and tell them how you feel.
"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane. "
--Martin Luther King, Jr.
TOP 10 REASONS TO SUPPORT H.R. 676,
THE U.S. NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE ACT
Everybody In, Nobody Out. Universal means access to health care for everyone, period.
Portability. If you are unemployed, or lose or change jobs, your health coverage stays with you.
Uniform Benefits. No Cadillac plans for the wealthy and Pinto plans for everyone else, with high deductibles, limited services, caps on payments for care, and no protection in the event of a catastrophe. One level of comprehensive care for everyone, regardless of the size of your wallet.
Prevention. By removing financial roadblocks, a universal health system encourages preventive care that lowers an individual's ultimate cost and pain and suffering when problems are neglected and societal cost in the over-utilization of emergency rooms or the spread of communicable diseases.
Choice. Most private insurance restricts your choice of providers and hospitals. Under the U.S. National Health Insurance Act, patients have a choice, and the provider is assured a fair payment.
No Interference with Care. Caregivers and patients regain their autonomy to decide what's best for a patient's health, not what's dictated by the billing department. No denial of coverage for pre-existing conditions or cancellation of policies for "unreported" minor health problems.
Reducing Waste. One third of every private health insurance dollar goes for paperwork and profits, compared to about 3% under Medicare, the federal government's universal system for senior citizen healthcare.
Cost Savings. A guaranteed health care system can produce the cost savings needed to cover everyone, largely by using existing resources without the waste. Taiwan, shifting from a U.S. private health care model, adopted a similar system in 1995, boosting health coverage from 57% to 97% with little increase in overall health care spending.
Common Sense Budgeting. The public system sets fair reimbursements applied equally to all providers, private and public, while assuring that appropriate health care is delivered, and uses its
clout to negotiate volume discounts for prescription drugs and medical equipment.
Public Oversight. The public sets the policies and administers the system, not high priced CEOs meeting in private and making decisions based on their company's stock performance needs.
HR676.org
