[Peace-discuss] health care law WAS: [Discuss] Fw:

Sun Jul 1 22:44:03 UTC 2012

But the MAJOR problem Ricky is that it does NOT help millions of people.
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.
End result ;
1) people with no health insurance and LESS money .
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
3) The private health insurance industry will be even MORE entrenched and MORE profitable 
Which will make it even MORE difficult for us to ever get the ONLY sollution, the expansion of medicare for all.

David J.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ricky Baldwin 
  To: David Johnson ; Peace-discuss AWARE ; Community Courtwatch ; socialist core 
  Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 4:11 PM
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  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.

  Ricky 

  "Speak your mind even if your voice shakes." - Maggie Kuhn

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  Although the Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act, the law will not remedy the U.S. health crisis, physicians group says
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  June 28, 2012
  Contact:
  Garrett Adams, M.D., M.P.H., president PNHP
  Andrew Coates, M.D., president-elect PNHP
  Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.
  David Himmelstein, M.D.
  See Electronic Press Kit with selected spokesperson bios here. For contacts in nearly every state and major city, contact Mark Almberg, PNHP, (312) 782-6006, cell: (312) 622-0996, mark at pnhp.org, or see www.pnhp.org/stateactions.
  The following statement was released today by leaders of Physicians for a National Health Program (www.pnhp.org). Their signatures appear below.

  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 at least 26 million uninsured, (2) it will not make health care affordable to Americans with 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.

  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.

  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.

  Research 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.

  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.
  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.

  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 H.R. 676, the “Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act,” which would do precisely that.

  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.

  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 two-thirds of the population. A solid majority of the medical profession now favors such an approach, as well.

  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.
  Garrett Adams, M.D.
  President
  Andrew Coates, M.D.
  President-elect
  Oliver Fein, M.D.
  Past President
  Claudia Fegan, M.D.
  Past President
  David Himmelstein, M.D.
  Co-founder
  Steffie Woolhandler, M.D.
  Co-founder
  Quentin Young, M.D.
  National Coordinator
  Don McCanne, M.D.
  Senior Health Policy Fellow
  For a fact sheet on health care access, costs, safety-net and women’s health issues, and the evidence-based case for single-payer national health insurance, click here. For bios and video clips of selected PNHP spokespersons, click here.
  Physicians for a National Health Program (www.pnhp.org) 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 www.pnhp.org/stateactions or call (312) 782-6006.

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