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PROTEST THE EXTREMIST’S WAR ON HEALTH CARE REFORM
WHY HEALTHCARE REFORM IS NEEDED:
- Health care costs are soaring– Unpaid medical bills will bankrupt nearly 2 million people this year. And 56 million adults—20 percent of the population between the 19 and 64—will still struggle with health-care-related bills.
- Health care quality in the U.S. is the worst in the developed world (unless you’re wealthy.)Chronic diseases cause 70% of all U.S. deaths and 75% of all dollars spent. This cost can be lowered through disease prevention and wellness programs provided through health care reform.
- Health care insurance is needed because 25% of the American people don’t have it.
- Approximately 44 million Americans have no insurance.
- 38 million have inadequate insurance.
- Over 101,000 Americans die each year simply because they didn’t have insurance.
- Health care reform is needed to help end the economic costs of healthcare
- Between 3-10% ($60-$200 billion) is lost to fraud each year.
- When those percentages are applied to the $436 billion Medicare program, Medicare fraud is approximately $14-$30 billion.
WHAT THE AFFORDABLE HEALTH ACT (OBAMACARE) PROVIDES
Extends coverage to those with pre-existing conditions, children, and those who were laid off. Gives subsidies to small businesses, seniors with high prescription drug costs, and funding to ease the shortage of doctors and nurses. The costs will be offset with higher payroll taxes, higher fees to prescription drug companies, and lower payments to hospitals. Other Key provisions include prohibiting insurance companies from dropping you when you are sick, expanding Medicaid to 15.9 million Americans and creating state specific health insurance marketplaces (sometimes known as an exchanges) where low-to-middle-income Americans can shop for free or low cost health insurance.
WHY EXTREMISTS OPPOSE HEALTH CARE REFORM
The GOP was never really concerned about a “government takeover of health care”, “rationing”, “the doctor-patient relationship” or mythical “death panels,” but that an American public grateful for access to health care could provide Democrats with an enduring majority for years to come.”
Once again, extremist legislators, desperate to maintain their political power are creating a misinformation storm to confuse the American public. To impress their supporters extremist Republicans have voted 51 times to end Obama Care. But even in condemning Obama Care, Ted Cruz admits the real reason for his opposition: “It is the most unpopular law in the country,” Cruz claims. “Millions have lost their jobs, have lost their health care, have been forced into part-time work, have their premiums skyrocketing. Washington isn’t listening. That’s how we win election.”
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