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Alliance for Democracy says
“Healthcare for People,Not Corporate Profit!”
Healthcare is a basic human right, but it’s a right denied to an estimated 75 million Americans whoare either uninsured or underinsured—a number sure to grow in the coming year as more and more of us face layoffs and a struggling economy.Because so many of us are prevented from getting the care we need, the US now ranks 19
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among 19 industrialized countries in reducing preventable deaths from treatable conditions. One in five of uswon’t seek necessary medical care because we’re afraid we can’t afford it. And more than 18,000Americans die every year, victims of our profit-driven, corporate health care system.
There is an alternative: Single Payer Healthcare!Tell Congress to support HR 676
The United States National Health Insurance Act
HR 676, introduced by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), puts people and their doctors in charge of theirhealth, not insurance companies. It provides:
Comprehensive services for all medically-necessary care, including prescription drugs, dental,vision, mental health, and long term care
Patient choice of doctor and hospital.
Coverage regardless of whether you change your job or move.
Coverage regardless of income
More affordable prescriptions through negotiated bulk purchaseLastly, single payer health care eliminates administrative overhead. Americans pay more and get lesshealth care than many other countries because some 30 cents of every health care dollar goes to CEOsalaries, investor profits, advertising, and paperwork—much of it geared to denying patients neededcare.
These are just a few reasons why 59% of physicians and62% of Americans want single payer healthcare.
Join us in asking that Congress pass HR 676 now!
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