Bernie Sanders: Medicare For All

 Please read this email from Bernie Sanders -- and sign the petition for Medicare for All!

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From: Bernie Sanders
Date: Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 11:06 AM
Subject: I need to know you're with me in the fight for Medicare for All

PCCC Sisters and Brothers --

Today is an historic day. Along with over a dozen co-sponsoring senators, I am proud to introduce Medicare for All single-payer health care legislation in the U.S. Senate. Today we begin the struggle to transform our dysfunctional health care system and make health care in the United States a right, not a privilege.

The insurance companies, the drug companies, and Wall Street won’t like this legislation. They will try to make words like "NATIONAL HEALTH CARE" sound scary.

They will spend huge amounts of money in lobbying and campaign contributions to defeat this legislation and maintain a system in which they make hundreds of billions a year in profit, while ordinary people suffer.

Enough is enough! Now is the time for us to take them on, join every other industrialized country on earth, and guarantee quality healthcare to every man, woman, and child in our country.

People across the nation will take action today for Medicare For All. Please be one of them -- sign this petition showing your support.

I'll work with the PCCC and other progressive groups to highlight the growing movement in support of Medicare For All to my colleagues and the media.

The American people are with us on this issue. They understand that it is absurd that we spend almost twice as much per capita on health care as any other country and that we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. 

They also know that we already have a very popular and effective single-payer system in this country. It's called Medicare, and it has succeeded in providing near-universal coverage to Americans over the age of 65. It is time to expand Medicare to all.

Medicare for All means that Americans will no longer hesitate about going to the doctor because they can't afford the cost. It will mean:

    • A hospital stay will not bankrupt us or leave us deeply in debt. 
    • We can go to the doctor we want, not just one in our particular plan. 
    • We will no longer be spending enormous amounts of time filling out complicated forms and arguing with insurance companies as to whether or not we have the coverage we paid for. 
    • We will be able to get the prescription drugs we need at a price we can afford. 
    • Middle class families will not have to spend 20 or 30 percent of their incomes in health care.

The time is now to address one of the great crises our nation faces. I am glad the Progressive Change Campaign Committee is with me in this fight. 

I need to know that you’re with me in this fight and are prepared to join the struggle. 

Please add your name as a supporter of Medicare for All.

In solidarity,

Bernie Sanders

Sign our petition today on this page!

The American people are ready for Medicare For All, and it is time for Congress to act. We must ensure that everyone has access to quality, affordable health care — and not be at mercy of private insurance companies that profit by denying care.

 

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