Protecting health insurance profits- Press Release

[Dr.Phool]

CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE JOHN RUSSELL BLASTS ROMNEY HEALTHCARE PROPOSAL.


After careful study, I have concluded that the mandatory health insurance program, submitted by Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, is a half step in the wrong direction. It does nothing to help physicians, healthcare providers or consumers, but instead, in typical Republican fashion, protects the profits of the insurance industry.

This proposal, requiring all citizens to purchase health insurance, much like automobile insurance, does nothing to control wasteful overhead costs, and still allows insurance companies to control the quality of healthcare that consumers receive. Lost in the logic is the fact that many middle class families are already stretched to the breaking point financially. Also unaddressed in the proposal is the problem of someone who cannot afford to purchase insurance, but shows up at the emergency room. Do you refuse treatment? Do you arrest them?

I stand solidly behind a bill in Congress right now, H.R. 676, sponsored by John Conyers of Michigan, which will provide universal, single – payer medical care for all citizens, regardless of age, income, or employment status. The bill would forbid deductibles and co-pays, and would be financed by a 3.3% payroll tax. Unlike “socialized medicine”, healthcare would be publicly funded and privately administered, using your choice of doctors, and covering everything other than elective procedures such as cosmetic surgery.

The bill would also restore Medicare reimbursement rates to healthcare providers that have been cut by Congress for several years.

As a healthcare professional, I see first-hand, every day, what a disaster our current policy is. The only solution is a single – payer plan that removes the profit driven system, controlled by the insurance industry.

John Russell

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