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Gerard Lefevre
Griswold, CT
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Gerard commented on the article |We can not offer every person a decent job because businesses in the US can not compete in a global economy. The main reason: OUR HEALTH CARE CRISIS!
Nothing to Fear but No Health Care
January 15, 2009 by Amy Goodman is from Truthdig.com.By Amy Goodman–
Fifty million Americans are without health insurance, and 25 million are “underinsured.” Millions being laid off will soon be added to those rolls. Medical bills cause more than half of personal bankruptcies in the U.S. Desperate for care, the under- and uninsured flock to emergency rooms, often dealing with problems that could have been prevented.
The U.S. auto giants are collapsing in part due to extraordinary health-care expenses, while they are competing with companies in countries that provide national single payer health care. Economist Dean Baker calculated how General Motors would fare if its health-care costs were the same as costs in Canada: “GM would have had higher profits, making no other changes … that would equal $22 billion over the course of the last decade. They wouldn’t have to be running to the government for help.” GM is sometimes referred to as a health-care company that makes cars. Former Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca said in 2005, “It is a well-known fact that the U.S. automobile industry spends more per car on health care than on steel.” He supports national health care.
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If we fix the health care crisis (by getting rid of the scam called "Private for-profit health insurance) we will also make great progress in the economic crisis and the homelessness crisis.
Please watch this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAvy9jew9dM What is Single Payer?
and check out this web site:
http://www.ninenineohnine.org/pages/HR676
Then forward these links to everyone in your address book. WE all need to talk about single payer national health insurance and make sure our representatives hear from ALL of us to co-sponsor HR 676.Thank you
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Gerard commented on the article |
Excellent YouTube video:
What is Single Payer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAvy9jew9dM
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