Two Choices for Health Care:
Less Bureaucracy or More
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Improved Medicare for All: Single-Payer Health National Insurance Less Government and the Use of a Single Public Agency |
U.S. Congress Plan Expansion of Government and Keeping the “Middlemen” |
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Primary Savings or Cost |
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Save over $400 billion/year |
Spend over $80 billion/year not including the increased spending of individuals, families or the states = more taxes |
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Size of Government |
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Reduced Fewer government programs Replace bureaucracy with better health care |
Expanded More government programs; expand existing ones; more regulations and regulators = more taxes |
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Government Takeover regarding our money |
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No |
Takeover of estates Estate Recovery: Take property/money when Medicaid patients die |
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Government Controls |
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No We want choices, not government controls. |
Expanded Pay or be automatically enrolled. Forced, mandated insurance. Pay or be fined by IRS. Tax evasion: if you don’t pay the fine, go to jail. |
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Premiums to health insurance companies |
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Zero Citizens (who can) pay into one national fund, like traditional Medicare, that pays medical bills. Citizens have little or no additional costs; they pay much less and get much more. |
Increased (more than ever) Complex and expensive. Maintains the “middlemen.” Premium assistance (our taxes) given to those earning high incomes as well as low. |
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Benefits |
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Full Comprehensive: medically-necessary care for everyone |
Partial Variations among thousands of plans among over 1300 health insurance companies |
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Number of Persons without Health Insurance |
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Zero Everyone is automatically included; all ages. |
Millions with no insurance Will you or someone you know be left out? |
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Major Medical Bills to Patients |
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No. |
Yes.
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Financial, Physical, Emotional Stress due to medical costs |
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Dramatically reduced Peace of mind for all regarding medical bills. |
Increased |
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Cost per Person |
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Minimal Dramatic savings |
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How to Get Single-Payer:
Satisfy the President’s Mandate
Improved Medicare for All, no longer privatized:
single-payer health insurance
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June 2003:
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Past position: strong support for single-payer |
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April 2007:
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Recommendation during campaign: send 1,000 to 2,000 letters from every U.S. Congressional District to U.S. Representatives. He said that he must have a mandate from the people. His staff confirmed that letters are to be sent by U.S. Mail. |
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2008-2009: |
Current position: no support: We, the people, have not yet sent his recommended number of letters to satisfy his mandate. |
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Action to take: |
Sign up to make one call plus get excellent help to letters to U.S. Representatives** to get support. |
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