50 million, that's the number of American's without health insurance. 9 million, that's the number of children without health insurance. 18,000, that’s the number of people who will die this year because of that lack of insurance. Those are the facts and yet, were is the reform? In the 1990's, President Bill Clinton appointed his wife, then first lady, Hillary Clinton to head the President's Commission on Healthcare Reform. Hillary fought hard for universal coverage, but Newt Gingrich, the rest of the Republican congress, the health care industry, and conservative groups spent 100 million dollars to defeat the plan, and they did. Since the 13 years after the battle over health care, with 18,000 dying each year, about 234,000 people have died because of that lack of insurance. That is about 78 times bigger then the death toll on September 11, 2001. We have spent billions on Iraq and the War on Terror, and George W. Bush and the Republicans in congress choose to protect us against Osama Bin Laden and other terrorists. However, they refuse to protect us against our smallest enemy, bacteria and disease.
Since, Richard Nixon decided to make our health care industry 100% profit driven in 1971, the system has turned into corrupt, greedy, and sickening industry, working against people. We give 100% free universal healthcare to captured terrorists in prison, people who planned September 11, but there are volunteer 9/11 rescue workers who can't afford health insurance. We spend more money on healthcare than any other industrialized in the world, we rank 37th in times of healthcare in the world, barely ahead of Cuba. There are nations who don't even hold a candle to our overall wealth, and have a lower infant mortality rate then we do. We think that universal healthcare would make our healthcare worse. While, nations with universal healthcare exhibit overall better health then those that don't. The unhealthiest people in England, those considered impoverished, statistically are healthier than those with the best healthcare in America. Only, 1 in 10 people in a Canadian hospital wait more than 3 hours in a hospital waiting room. 86% are seen within 30 minutes. On average Canadians live 3 years longer than Americans. A few years ago, I cut my finger, and I waited more than 4 hours in an extremely over crowded waiting room. Where was I? In America's wonderful healthcare system of course!
I take daily a daily medication. Under our insurance plan, we pay 10 dollars for every refill. That's if you have insurance. In England, the most you will ever pay for drugs is 10 dollars. However, my medication is extremely cheap. We spend an average of $7000 per American, Cuba spends 200 per person, however, and Cuba has the lowest HIV/AIDS rate in the Western Hemisphere. An inhaler that will cost over 100 dollars in America costs 5 cents in Cuba.
For all the talk over how universal healthcare is awful, I just don't see it. The facts seem to prove Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, and John McCain wrong. The Republicans will tell you the lie of "access to affordable healthcare" when it really means, more money to the healthcare industry that kills thousands a year. The only way to fix our healthcare industry is universal coverage. What are some benefits? A more productive workforce, which means a booming economy and more jobs. France, which has the best healthcare system in the world, has a higher productivity rate than the United States. Nations with universal coverage have less workers taking off for sick time. On average we would save money with a universal system. More people would be healthy. Our medical industry would finally work for people. 9 million children would be covered. Gone would be the days of the money driven healthcare executives. Our healthcare industry would be the best in the world. America can afford universal coverage. The United Kingdom created their universal system in the wake of WWII when they had little to no economic stability. By easing our national economy on to it over the next 4 years or so, we would be able to easily switch to universal healthcare.
This is the only way we can fix things. The argument that we will be become unhealthier and the healthcare industry will be more expensive if we convert to universal coverage holds no water. The facts are on my side. Our nation won't be remembered on how we treated the best off among us. It will be how we treated the worst among us. The 50 million uninsured. The 18,000 who will die this year.
Since, Richard Nixon decided to make our health care industry 100% profit driven in 1971, the system has turned into corrupt, greedy, and sickening industry, working against people. We give 100% free universal healthcare to captured terrorists in prison, people who planned September 11, but there are volunteer 9/11 rescue workers who can't afford health insurance. We spend more money on healthcare than any other industrialized in the world, we rank 37th in times of healthcare in the world, barely ahead of Cuba. There are nations who don't even hold a candle to our overall wealth, and have a lower infant mortality rate then we do. We think that universal healthcare would make our healthcare worse. While, nations with universal healthcare exhibit overall better health then those that don't. The unhealthiest people in England, those considered impoverished, statistically are healthier than those with the best healthcare in America. Only, 1 in 10 people in a Canadian hospital wait more than 3 hours in a hospital waiting room. 86% are seen within 30 minutes. On average Canadians live 3 years longer than Americans. A few years ago, I cut my finger, and I waited more than 4 hours in an extremely over crowded waiting room. Where was I? In America's wonderful healthcare system of course!
I take daily a daily medication. Under our insurance plan, we pay 10 dollars for every refill. That's if you have insurance. In England, the most you will ever pay for drugs is 10 dollars. However, my medication is extremely cheap. We spend an average of $7000 per American, Cuba spends 200 per person, however, and Cuba has the lowest HIV/AIDS rate in the Western Hemisphere. An inhaler that will cost over 100 dollars in America costs 5 cents in Cuba.
For all the talk over how universal healthcare is awful, I just don't see it. The facts seem to prove Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, and John McCain wrong. The Republicans will tell you the lie of "access to affordable healthcare" when it really means, more money to the healthcare industry that kills thousands a year. The only way to fix our healthcare industry is universal coverage. What are some benefits? A more productive workforce, which means a booming economy and more jobs. France, which has the best healthcare system in the world, has a higher productivity rate than the United States. Nations with universal coverage have less workers taking off for sick time. On average we would save money with a universal system. More people would be healthy. Our medical industry would finally work for people. 9 million children would be covered. Gone would be the days of the money driven healthcare executives. Our healthcare industry would be the best in the world. America can afford universal coverage. The United Kingdom created their universal system in the wake of WWII when they had little to no economic stability. By easing our national economy on to it over the next 4 years or so, we would be able to easily switch to universal healthcare.
This is the only way we can fix things. The argument that we will be become unhealthier and the healthcare industry will be more expensive if we convert to universal coverage holds no water. The facts are on my side. Our nation won't be remembered on how we treated the best off among us. It will be how we treated the worst among us. The 50 million uninsured. The 18,000 who will die this year.
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