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<strong>HealthCare NOW!<br /></strong><a href="http://www.healthcare-now.org/petition.php"><strong>http://www.healthcare-now.org/petition.php</strong></a><br /><br /><strong>Whereas:</strong> We spend over $2 trillion for healthcare in the US, yet 50 million are still not covered and another 50 million are being denied care by their insurance companies;<br /><strong>Whereas:</strong> Whereas the healthcare coverage in the United States is ranked #37 in the world by the World Health Organization and yet we spend almost twice as much as any other country, enough to cover everybody with excellent comprehensive healthcare;<br /><strong>Whereas:</strong> A bill has been proposed in Congress, HR-676, non-profit Medicare for All, that outlines a national health care program that will provide guaranteed choice, quality affordable health care and prescription drugs to everyone in the country; <strong>Whereas:</strong> Over 15,000 doctors have signed on in favor of this plan, including two former U.S. Surgeons General;<br /><strong>Whereas:</strong> Under this proposed plan, we can pay for a comprehensive national health care program with the same money we are now spending by removing insurance companies -- and cover every single person in the United States;<br /><strong>And Whereas:</strong> The bill provides money for retraining and giving priority to those whose jobs as administrators in the insurance industry would be lost as a result of this shift;<br /><strong>Be it Resolved That:</strong> We call on our members of Congress to pass HR 676, non-profit Medicare for All, so our people and our nation can have the excellent health care system we deserve. Health care is a human right, and we call on our members of Congress to recognize that right.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.healthcare-now.org/petition.php"><strong>http://www.healthcare-now.org/petition.php</strong></a>
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