Support Doctors Without Borders in Haiti

Thursday, October 16, 2008

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America’s health care system is failing. It denies care to many in need and is expensive,error-prone and increasingly bureaucratic. Despite abundant medical resources, care is often inadequate because of the irrationality of our insurance system. Yet our political leaders seem intent on reprising failed schemes from the past, rejecting the single-payer national health insurance model that is the sole hope for affordable, comprehensive coverage.


Single payer reform could realize administrative savings of more than $300 billion annuallyenough to cover the uninsured and to eliminate co-payments and deductibles for all Americans. It would also slow cost increases by fostering coordination and planning. The incremental changes suggested by most Democrats cannot solve our problems; further pursuit of market-based strategies, as advocated by Republicans, will exacerbate them. What needs to be changed is the system itself.


We urge our political leaders to stand up for the health of the American people and implement a nonprofit, single-payer national health insurance system.

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