National Health Insurance Medicare For All Act


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I AM FOR THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE ACT BECAUSE:
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1. Healthcare should not be profit based. Decisions about your health should not be governed by greed or return on investment. The conflicts of interest are enormous. But as long as profit is involved, the almighty dollar will continue to trump compassionate care.

2. Single-payer is a proven model. Almost every industrialized country in the world uses a government payer system to ensure basic healthcare for every citizen. And it’s been successful, costing half the amount per capita and delivering longer average life spans and higher infant survival rates than the U.S. has.

3. Everyone will be covered. No matter how affordable you make insurance, there will always be people who cannot find the money or choose not to spend it. Just look at the issues coming to the fore in Massachusetts. We’re paying for everyone anyway – at the highest cost on the spectrum. It only makes sense that we cover everyone at a lower cost.

4. Medical decision-making returns to doctors and patients. There will be no intermediary to refuse payment for care an M.D. thinks is medically necessary and a patient chooses. With electronic record-keeping and less paperwork, all medical personnel will be free to provide more personalized care.

5. Choice is not only preserved; it’s expanded. We can still choose our medical providers. Plus, we can choose to change doctors without insurance company consent. Doctors can choose the best plan of care without excessive interference – all of which should improve our quality of care.

6. It shifts the emphasis to preventive care. The vast majority of our healthcare dollars are spent on emergency or end of life care. Yet diseases which are diagnosed early are cured more successfully. Moreover, it costs less to treat or avoid an emerging disease than it does to manage a chronic or terminal one. In short, preventive care saves money as well as lives.

7. The inclusion of mental health, vision, dental and long-term care is essential. It’s our responsibility as a compassionate society to care for our elders and those among us who have special challenges. Furthermore, we must treat the whole body to optimize the health and potential of our nation and all the people within it.

8. The insurance cost savings are immediate and significant. Today, about one/third of every healthcare dollar goes to insurance administration and profit. We’re paying these institutions to limit our choices and “manage” our care. This system has obviously failed, since cost increases are averaging more than 10% a year. But with HR676, some experts estimate we could save as much as $387 billion a year.

9. Prescription drug costs would be reduced. Not only would pharmaceuticals be free as part of the healthcare plan, the manufacturers will now have to negotiate with the National Healthcare Insurance program, just like they do with the governments of other industrialized nations. As a result, we can expect the same kind of lower prices seen in Canada and Europe. Better yet, seniors and the disabled will no longer fall into a silly Medicare donut hole.

10. The government is more than capable. Social Security delivers some 50 million checks every month – and that’s a fact you can take to the bank. Medicare only spends 2% on administrative costs and has the core system already in place. In other words, government already handles programs of this magnitude, and handles them well. So we already have both the experience and the competence to expand this system to cover everyone.

11. U.S. companies will become competitive again. Since American companies have to factor the cost of healthcare into their cost of goods, U.S. firms are forced to do business with one hand tied behind their backs. HR676 would free international firms and make them more competitive. Likewise, smaller businesses could afford to expand quicker. Compared to the full weight of health insurance, a small excise tax would be like giving every corporation in the U.S. a tax cut.

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