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Posted on August 17 at 11:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Top 10 Reasons for Single Payer-Universal Health Care
1. Everybody in,nobody out. Universal means access to healthcare for everyone, period --
the desire of 81% of all Californians, as reported in a January, 2007 Field Poll.
2. Portability. Even if you are unemployed, or lose or change your job, your health coverage
goes with you.
3. Uniform benefits. No Cadillac plans for the wealthy and Pinto plans for everyone else,
with high deductibles, limited services, caps on payments for care, and no protection in the
event of a catastrophe. One level of comprehensive care no matter what size your wallet.
4. Prevention. By removing financial roadblocks, a single payer system encourages preventive
care that lowers an individual's ultimate cost and pain and suffering when problems are
neglected, and societal cost in the over utilization of emergency rooms or the spread of
communicable diseases.
5. Choice of physician. Most private plans restrict what doctors, other caregivers, or hospital
you can use. Under a single payer system, patients have a choice, and the provider is assured
a fair reimbursement.
6. Ending insurance industry interference with care. Caregivers and patients regain the
autonomy to make decisions on what's best for a patient's health, not what's dictated by the
billing department or the bean counters. No denial of coverage due to pre-existing conditions
or cancellation of policies for "unreported" minor health problems.
7. Reducing administrative waste. One third of every health care dollar in California goes
for paperwork, such as denying care, and profits, compared to about 3% under Medicare,
a single-payer, universal system.
8. Cost savings. A single payer system would produce the savings needed to cover everyone,
largely by using existing resources without the waste. Taiwan, shifting from a U.S. healthcare
model, adopted a single-payer system in 1995, boosting health coverage from 57% to 97%
with little if any increase in overall healthcare spending.
9. Common sense budgeting. The public system sets fair reimbursements applied equally
to all providers while assuring all comprehensive and appropriate health care is delivered,
and uses its clout to negotiate volume discounts for prescription drugs and medical equipment.
10. Public oversight. The public sets the policies and administers the system, not high priced
CEOs meeting in secret and making decisions based on what inflates their compensation
packages or stock wealth or company profits.
Posted on July 2 at 7:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I wonder...do the people who leave their chairs, etc, in front of people's houses ASK for permission to leave their stuff there for such a long time? You know, to be considerate, respectful ????
On Should people be allowed to leave lawn chairs and blankets to reserve viewing space for the parade?
Posted on June 22 at 2:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)
My comment was to the original short story which had coordinates that didn't make sense. This is a different story. But I couldn't agree more!!!
Posted on June 21 at 5:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)
um - That's kind of like "east of the Mississippi, south of a line from Seattle to Boise"
???
Posted on May 19 at 10:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I have to comment on this. I don't like how the questions are worded. Having loved a dear girl who died of cancer as a teenager, my opinion on chemotherapy has changed drastically. Chemo is not the magic answer that will save a child. In fact, it weakens your body and you are susceptible to every illness out there - which might end your life. We know this first hand. There is no way that the government should force a child to go through chemo unless they can guarantee without a doubt it will save the child. And by God, whoever thinks it should be forced should pay for it. And if you're going to pay for one child's health care, you owe free health care to EVERY child at your expense.
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Posted on May 13 at 7:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)
There was a candidate that ran for commissioner last fall that said he wanted to listen to the people, hold town meetings, knocked on every door in his district not once, but twice, to hear the people. Too bad he lost.
Posted on May 7 at 7:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Most people get fired for not showing up to work. The House is in session. Rep. Brod's seat is empty. Nice representation.
Who is paying for her trip here? Why isn't she on the House floor fighting for her own district? She needs to reimburse the state for a days wages.
Posted on May 1 at 10:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Keep on fighting Norm! You're doing wonders for the Democrats!
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Posted on April 26 at 9:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)
And if Jensen comes up with proof, then he had better pay to have the dam fixed himself before someone gets hurt and sues him.
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Posted on August 17 at 10:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Hey Truth, you believe all that BS?
On Why support a broken U.S. health system?