Link http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89651916
I think getting as much information as possible about healthcare systems in the world should help us see which are the options that would work better in the USA once our governament tries to reform the current system.
Personally I think that anything else but a single payer system is not going to give us the results we are seeking, but a single payer system is not being considered by anybody, not the Obama administration, not Congress, not the media and not even MoveOn.org!
They are all too afraid of upsetting the apple cart of the insurance companies and HMOs.
The industry says they will not be able to compete...but why should the interest of the industry be put ahead of the interest of the people? Because they would close down and loose many jobs? The people fired by the private sector would be reabsorbed by the public sector. Only the shareholders and top administrators of the private companies would loose money.
Here's a link to a nonprofit organization promoting single payer universal health care:
Link http://www.health-justice.org/
You can make your voice heard by faxing letters to politicians and even to MoveOn to make them aware that there are many of us out there that will not accept anything less than a single payer program.
Here's the e-mail sent out by Clark Newhall MD JD,of www.health-justice.org:
ReplyDeleteSent: Friday, April 24, 2009 9:51 PM
Subject: BREAK THEIR FAX MACHINES
It appears that Congressional leaders are being deliberately dismissive of single-payer to the point of ludicrous statements. It's like they have put their fingers in their ears and are yelling "I can't hear you, I can't hear you." Here they are in all their Congressional "member" glory:
Baucus a few days ago: 'Everything BUT single payer is on the table. Single payer if off the table'
Pelosi: "In our caucus, over and over again, we hear single payer, single payer, single payer. Well, it's not going to be a single payer."
Pelosi's aide: "Where are the phone calls, e-mails and faxes in support of single-payer? Speaker Pelosi has been in favor of single-payer for a long time. Now make us do it."
OK. We are up to the challenge. He wants to see the faxes. Let's break their damn fax machines with the faxes.
You can send a fax right now to Pelosi, Baucus, the aide and the White House.
Send one now and send another in a few minutes. Give them enough faxes that they have to run get more paper (or electronic ink, as the case may be.) Then when they have received all of these, we will do it again. And again. And we will print them out and dump them on Pelosi's office desk.
So let them see what happens when they ask for faxes. Then maybe they will have to take their fingers out of their ears.
Thank You
Please reply to clark.newhall@health-justice.org
HealthJustice.org Inc.
A nonprofit organization promoting single payer universal health care
Clark Newhall MD JD
801-363-8888
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