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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>But the MAJOR problem Ricky is that it does NOT
help millions of people.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>What they are claiming as so called " helping " is
forcing people who are low income and moderate income, by threat of a fine, to
buy an overpriced inferior product ( private health insurance). What will happen
as it did in Mass. is that people will pay the fine because it is much
cheaper.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>End result ;</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>1) people with no health insurance and LESS money
.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>2) people with a LOT less money and inadequate
coverage that still won't prevent them from financial ruin in case of a serious
illness</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>3) The private health insurance industry will be
even MORE entrenched and MORE profitable </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Which will make it even MORE difficult for
us to ever get the ONLY sollution, the expansion of medicare
for all.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>David J.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<A title=baldwinricky@yahoo.com href="mailto:baldwinricky@yahoo.com">Ricky
Baldwin</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=dlj725@hughes.net
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<DIV><SPAN>All true. It's helps millions, but leaves millions more
out. Time to speak up again and out loud about what we need: single
payer.<BR></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>Ricky <BR><BR></DIV>
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ymailto="mailto:unionyesster@gmail.com">Danielle Johnson</A> </DIV>
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<H2
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: transparent 1px solid; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)">Although
the Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act, the law will not remedy
the U.S. health crisis, physicians group says</H2>FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE<BR>June 28, 2012<BR>Contact:<BR>Garrett Adams, M.D., M.P.H., president
PNHP<BR>Andrew Coates, M.D., president-elect PNHP<BR>Steffie Woolhandler,
M.D., M.P.H.<BR>David Himmelstein, M.D.<BR>See Electronic Press Kit with
selected spokesperson bios <A
style="COLOR: rgb(41,170,225); TEXT-DECORATION: none"
href="http://www.pnhp.org/epk" rel=nofollow target=_blank>here</A>. For
contacts in nearly every state and major city, contact Mark Almberg, PNHP,
(312) 782-6006, cell: (312) 622-0996, <A
style="COLOR: rgb(41,170,225); TEXT-DECORATION: none"
href="mailto:mark@pnhp.org" rel=nofollow target=_blank
ymailto="mailto:mark@pnhp.org">mark@pnhp.org</A>, or see <A
style="COLOR: rgb(41,170,225); TEXT-DECORATION: none"
href="http://www.pnhp.org/stateactions" rel=nofollow
target=_blank>www.pnhp.org/stateactions</A>.<BR><I>The following statement was
released today by leaders of Physicians for a National Health Program (<A
style="COLOR: rgb(41,170,225); TEXT-DECORATION: none"
href="http://www.pnhp.org/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>www.pnhp.org</A>).
Their signatures appear below.</I><BR><BR>Although the Supreme Court has
upheld the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the unfortunate reality is that the law,
despite its modest benefits, is not a remedy to our health care crisis: (1) it
will not achieve universal coverage, as it leaves <A
style="COLOR: rgb(41,170,225); TEXT-DECORATION: none"
href="http://cbo.gov/publication/43080" rel=nofollow target=_blank>at least 26
million uninsured</A>, (2) it will not make health care affordable to
Americans <B>with</B> insurance, because of high co-pays and gaps in
coverage that leave patients vulnerable to financial ruin in the event of
serious illness, and (3) it will not control costs.<BR><BR>Why is this so?
Because the ACA perpetuates a dominant role for the private insurance
industry. Each year, that industry siphons off hundreds of billions of health
care dollars for overhead, profit and the paperwork it demands from doctors
and hospitals; it denies care in order to increase insurers’ bottom line; and
it obstructs any serious effort to control costs.<BR><BR>In contrast, a
single-payer, improved-Medicare-for-all system would provide truly universal,
comprehensive coverage; health security for our patients and their families;
and cost control. It would do so by replacing private insurers with a single,
nonprofit agency like Medicare that pays all medical bills, streamlines
administration, and reins in costs for medications and other supplies through
its bargaining clout.<BR><A
style="COLOR: rgb(41,170,225); TEXT-DECORATION: none"
href="http://www.pnhp.org/resources/administrative-waste-consumes-31-percent-of-health-spending"
rel=nofollow target=_blank><BR>Research</A> shows the savings in
administrative costs alone under a single-payer plan would amount to $400
billion annually, enough to provide quality coverage to everyone with no
overall increase in U.S. health spending.<BR><BR>The major provisions of the
ACA do not go into effect until 2014. Although we will be counseled to “wait
and see” how this reform plays out, we’ve seen how comparable plans have
worked in Massachusetts and other states. Those “reforms” have invariably
failed our patients, foundering on the shoals of skyrocketing costs, even as
the private insurers have continued to amass vast fortunes.<BR>Our patients,
our people and our national economy cannot wait any longer for an effective
remedy to our health care woes. The stakes are too high.<BR><BR>Contrary to
the claims of those who say we are “unrealistic,” a single-payer system is
within practical reach. The most rapid way to achieve universal coverage would
be to improve upon the existing Medicare program and expand it to cover people
of all ages. There is legislation before Congress, notably <A
style="COLOR: rgb(41,170,225); TEXT-DECORATION: none"
href="http://www.pnhp.org/sites/default/files/docs/2011/HR676-Feb-11-2011.pdf"
rel=nofollow target=_blank>H.R. 676</A>, the “Expanded and Improved Medicare
for All Act,” which would do precisely that.<BR><BR>What is truly unrealistic
is believing that we can provide universal and affordable health care in a
system dominated by private insurers and Big Pharma.<BR><BR>The American
people desperately need a universal health system that delivers comprehensive,
equitable, compassionate and high-quality care, with free choice of provider
and no financial barriers to access. Polls have repeatedly shown an improved
Medicare for all, which meets these criteria, is the remedy preferred
by <A style="COLOR: rgb(41,170,225); TEXT-DECORATION: none"
href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=10&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pnhp.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fdocs%2F2011%2FKip-Sullivan-Two-thirds-support-medicare-for-all.pdf"
rel=nofollow target=_blank>two-thirds</A> of the population. A solid
majority of the medical profession <A
style="COLOR: rgb(41,170,225); TEXT-DECORATION: none"
href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=11&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pnhp.org%2Fnews%2F2008%2Fmarch%2Fmost-doctors-support-national-health-insurance-new-study-shows"
rel=nofollow target=_blank>now favors</A> such an approach, as
well.<BR><BR>We pledge to step up our work for the only equitable, financially
responsible and humane cure for our health care ills: single-payer national
health insurance, an expanded and improved Medicare for all.<BR>Garrett Adams,
M.D.<BR>President<BR>Andrew Coates, M.D.<BR>President-elect<BR>Oliver Fein,
M.D.<BR>Past President<BR>Claudia Fegan, M.D.<BR>Past President<BR>David
Himmelstein, M.D.<BR>Co-founder<BR>Steffie Woolhandler,
M.D.<BR>Co-founder<BR>Quentin Young, M.D.<BR>National Coordinator<BR>Don
McCanne, M.D.<BR>Senior Health Policy Fellow<BR>For a <B>fact
sheet</B> on health care access, costs, safety-net and women’s health
issues, and the evidence-based case for single-payer national health
insurance, click <A style="COLOR: rgb(41,170,225); TEXT-DECORATION: none"
href="http://www.pnhp.org/sites/default/files/docs/2012/supreme-court/Fact-sheet-Court-upholds-law-1.pdf"
rel=nofollow target=_blank>here</A>. For bios and video clips of selected PNHP
spokespersons, click <A
style="COLOR: rgb(41,170,225); TEXT-DECORATION: none"
href="http://www.pnhp.org/epk" rel=nofollow
target=_blank>here</A>.<BR><I>Physicians for a National Health Program (<A
style="COLOR: rgb(41,170,225); TEXT-DECORATION: none"
href="http://www.pnhp.org/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>www.pnhp.org</A>) is an
organization of more than 18,000 doctors who advocate for single-payer
national health insurance. To speak with a physician/spokesperson in your
area, visit <A style="COLOR: rgb(41,170,225); TEXT-DECORATION: none"
title=www.pnhp.org/stateactions href="http://www.pnhp.org/stateactions"
rel=nofollow target=_blank>www.pnhp.org/stateactions</A> or call (312)
782-6006.</I></DIV>
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