The very meaning of the word "reform" means to improve something and make something better.
The private for-profit health care the Republicans have in mind does not improve this health care mess. It takes us from the bad Obamacare to worse health care.
Why would anyone waste time defending Obamacare when what we need is a National Public Health Care System?
No one but a bunch of Democrats and Democratic Party hacks along with a few Republicans support Obamacare.
We need a health care system that is:
All inclusive from pre-natal through burial.
General health.
Eyes.
Ears.
Dental.
Mental health.
Everyone in; nobody out.
There is nothing controversial with this. National Public Health Care is based on the model of Public Education.
Employers don't want to pay.
No one wants to pay insurance companies.
For far less than we pay for militarization and these dirty imperialist wars we can receive free health care through a network of neighborhood and community health care centers.
Now is the time to meet with your members of Congress--- Democrats or Republicans--- to let them know we are for health care based on the model of Public Education.
There is no reason we can't win this with a united effort.
We should not be wasting time supporting Obamacare because no one wanted it from the beginning and we should be hollering and screaming that we want Obamacare repealed and an open and democratic discussion before the Republicans shove another worthless system down our throats that nobody wants.
Democrats and Republicans will work together to try to prevent a democratic dialog, discussion and debate just as they have in the past because they are beholden to the insurance and pharmaceutical companies and the American Medical Association.
For once the American people have a right to be heard and these Democrats and Republicans who thwart our desire for a National Public Health Care System by denying our voices being heard should be forced to pay the penalty at the polls.
Book a meeting with your member of Congress now and insist our voices be heard... democracy requires no less.
Health care is a human right.
Health care for people not for profit.
And, quite frankly, even single-payer with its large private administration and private delivery is not what we need unless it is used as a very brief transition period a couple years) to a full National Health Care System.
A popular movement can win because what both the Republicans and Democrats are doing is counter to what everyone knows we need.
In fact, the Democrats are no more on our side than are the Republicans. A popular movement of the people could win a National Public Health Care System the same way a massive popular movement forced reactionary politicians who were opposed to public education to enact it... people, united in a movement for the kind of change the majority of the people want, can win the change they want.
We can't win this health care struggle if we allow these Wall Street bribed Democrats and Republicans to set the terms of this debate and our first step must be to publicly insist that a National Public Health Care System becomes part of this debate.
We can't be meek and soft spoken--- we must be militant in a way our voices are heard and shared.
Lets see if Republicans and Democrats can hold to the American Medical Association dictated private for-profit health care can stand up to the popular people's demands for National Public Health Care based on the model of public education. Lets see if these Wall Street bribed politicians dare to defy the democratic demand of the popular will of the majority of the American people.
Lets see if Republicans and Democrats can hold to the American Medical Association dictated private for-profit health care can stand up to the popular people's demands for National Public Health Care based on the model of public education. Lets see if these Wall Street bribed politicians dare to defy the democratic demand of the popular will of the majority of the American people.