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

Sun Jul 1 23:01:15 UTC 2012

What then is to be done?

[1] Demand Medicare for all from our elected officials.
[2] Vote out those - president and Congressional representatives - who  
brought us this misshapen beast.
[3] Demand Medicare for all from their successors - whoever they are -  
& be prepared to vote them out if they do not comply.

Instead, this grotesquerie will be offered as a reason to vote for  
Obama - although that's nonsense.

--CGE

On Jul 1, 2012, at 5:44 PM, David Johnson wrote:

> 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
> Subject: health care law WAS: [Discuss] Fw:
>
> 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
> From: David Johnson <dlj725 at hughes.net>
> To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;@mail0.frost.chambana.net
> Sent: Sunday, July 1, 2012 10:35 AM
> Subject: [Discuss] Fw:
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Johnson
> To: david johnson
> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 10:24 AM
> Subject: Fw:
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Johnson
> To: Danielle Johnson
> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 10:23 AM
>
> Although the Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act, the  
> law will not remedy the U.S. health crisis, physicians group saysFOR  
> 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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