Dennis Kucinich: I Will Continue To Fight For Single-Payer

[ddeclue]

Dear Friends,

Forty-seven million Americans are without health insurance. Why? Because they can't afford it.

And what's Washington's solution? Require people to buy private insurance with the government providing a subsidy to the health insurance companies.

What a pathetic state of affairs that our national government cannot respond to the needs of the people and must first respond to the needs of Wall Street and the health insurance industry and their stock prices.

I am going to continue to fight for single-payer. And I'm going to continue to try to get in the final legislation a provision which will protect the rights of states to be able to move forward with single-payer health care plans of their own.

It is time that we broke the chains, which the health insurance companies have on our political process. It's time that we have a government that we can call our own. And it's time that Congress respond to the needs of the American people first, and recognize that health care is a basic right in a democratic society.

Thank you.

Dennis Kucinich
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[katmondoo]

1. did Dennis ever win anything he fought for

Just a thought. His agenda is on our side but does he win?

[Maru Kitteh]

2. no but it sure keeps him in a job doesn't it? People keep sending him money

And he keeps going nowhere with it.

[rudy23]

5. Well, for everyone who was saying we weren't negotiating high enough, Dennis is doing it

Normally in a negotiation, you don't expect to get the thing you shoot for, you expect to compromise. That's why starting in the middle was so foolish.

[dtotire]

3. Incremental Reform is better than nothing

You have to start from somewhere and build on to it.

[Desertrose]

6. ...and what have we gained with the last "incremental reform"?

We will be forced to buy insurance now & fined if we don't. Wow. That's a big improvement

[rudy23]

4. delete - wrong place

[hayu_lol]

7. Incremental efforts always fail...

baby steps with an out-of-control country will not accomplish anything worthwhile.

Dennis, by frequently opening his little mouth, fails us all.

[rudy23]

8. "opening his little mouth" I knew the hit squad would be on this. nt

[Bluenorthwest]

9. Dennis is right as usual, too bad the President would rather

switch than fight....

[rudy23]

10. Send a bunch of goons online to attack him for a year, and attempt to brand the left with his flaws?

Exaggerated, conjured, or otherwise...

[PHIMG]

11. But...he's not 'serious'... the MSM and Markos M. says so

He was the only person in 2008 primary with a decent healthcare plan.

I'd rather this past year be spent fighting for Medicare For All with a loss then fighting for a POS shit pro-corporate pork fest (that is probably going to fail too.)

At least the American public would think that Democrats were fighting for what's right for main street rather then fighting for whats best for Aetna and the boys.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. He's like a Shakespearian fool

tweaking the king with uninhibited wisdom.

I'm not sure I'd want him to be president, but we need someone (Kucinich, Dean, Dingell, etc) to remind us there's a radically better way to do health care.


:hi:

[PHIMG]

13. Better, simpler, smarter, cheaper, more effective

The only people who lose under Medicare for All is Big Insurance, Wall Street, and Republicans.

Improved "Medicare for All" under HR676 is beyond a "Cadillac" plan, it's more like a Rolls Royce plan, no deductibles, no co-payments, no out of pocket expense for ANYTHING. Everything is covered. Doctors will make medical decisions with patients not insurance company beancounters obsessed with profit growth.

And we can do this because by eliminating the private insurers we will realize HUNDREDS of BILLIONS in savings from reduced administrative waste.

Wouldn't you rather trade in predictable payroll taxes for unpredictable deductibles and copayments?

Wouldn't you like to choose your own doctor and your own hospital rather then find one blessed by your insurance company?

Woudln't you like to have one high quality healthcare plan from cradle to grave?

Woudln't you like to be able to start that small business without worrying about how you'll pay for your doctor's visits and perscriptions?

WOudln't it be nice to say that the Democrats tried to do the right thing for Main street rather than what was best for special interests like Wall Street?

It's time for all of us to declare that we are MEDICARE-FOR-ALL DEMOCRATS and refuse to support candidates who won't work thier ass off to make it the law of the land.