Universal health care is not a liberal issues or a conservative issue. It is an issue of human needs versus corporate power. As doctors, our strategy is to continue to educate the public on the facts: the recently passed reform will leave 23 million uninsured, and tens of millions more with coverage so skimpy that a major illness will lead to bankruptcy. This is an issue for the middle class as well as for the poor.
Do we have to wait until the entire system collapses under its own weight as Dr. Marcia Angell recently suggested on Bill Moyers' Journal? Or is there another way to make this happen that's less drastic and scary?
I certainly hope that we can get to Medicare for All before too many more people die due to our dysfunctional health care system. The key is educating the public to understand what is at stake, and building a movement that can get the American people the universal comprehensive health care that they need and deserve.
And countering the corporate media, which tends to sing a different tune. Anything you'd like to add before we wrap up?
We need to continue to struggle for a health care system that is both universal and comprehensive -- that covers everyone for every medically necessary service without co-payments or deductibles. Readers can arm themselves with information by going to the excellent website maintained by Physicians for a National Health Program . www.pnhp.org
Thank you for talking with me again, Steffie. And thanks for working on behalf of the health concerns of all Americans.
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Physicians for a National Health Program website
My September interview with Steffie
Do we have to wait until the entire system collapses under its own weight as Dr. Marcia Angell recently suggested on Bill Moyers' Journal? Or is there another way to make this happen that's less drastic and scary?
I certainly hope that we can get to Medicare for All before too many more people die due to our dysfunctional health care system. The key is educating the public to understand what is at stake, and building a movement that can get the American people the universal comprehensive health care that they need and deserve.
And countering the corporate media, which tends to sing a different tune. Anything you'd like to add before we wrap up?
We need to continue to struggle for a health care system that is both universal and comprehensive -- that covers everyone for every medically necessary service without co-payments or deductibles. Readers can arm themselves with information by going to the excellent website maintained by Physicians for a National Health Program . www.pnhp.org
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Physicians for a National Health Program website
My September interview with Steffie
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