Support HR 676 (Conyers), The Medicare for All Bill
The health care system in America is broken. The waste, fraud, and abuse by for-profit insurance companies increase healthcare costs and deny us the care we need. The insurance companies must go, so we can guarantee health care to all. Please TAKE ACTION TODAY by telling congress to support HR 676 (Conyers), the single-payer bill that gives us complete choice of doctor and hospital, comprehensive benefits, real cost control with no co-pays and deductibles. It’s publicly-financed, privately–delivered healthcare for all. Thank you!
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Please Support HR 676, the "Medicare For All" Bill
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Dear [ Decision Maker ],
We have nearly 50 million citizens with no health coverage, and at least 18,000 of them die unnecessarily each year as a result.
Every other industrialized country in the world makes sure its population has access to basic healthcare. The United States is the only industrialized nation that does not guarantee access to health care as a human right. What's more, 28 industrialized nations have single payer universal health care systems like the type proposed in this bill -- privately delivered health care, publicly financed -- and none spend as much per capita on health care as the United States. The United States rank near the bottom among industrial countries in indicators from life expectancy (20th) to infant mortality (23rd).
Under H.R. 676 a family of three earning $40,000 would pay about $1,600 per year to have full health coverage, excluding non-essential cosmetic procedures, but including long term care, dental care, mental health care, choice of doctors and prescription drugs. Physicians for a National Health Program reports that under a "Medicare For All" plan, the nation could save over $286 billion dollars a year in total health care costs. That's enough to cover all the uninsured and provide full prescription drug coverage for everyone in the United States.
Clearly the system is broken and in need of drastic revision.
No other issue so directly impacts Americans. Please sign on a co-sponsor to this vital issue. I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]
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