We believe that Health Care is a Right!
John's son Michael, age 9, has leukemia. Through his employer they had some
health insurance, but it didn't
cover costs of this serious illness. John worked long day and evening shifts
trying to keep up with the bills,
but was finally forced into Bankruptcy. Michael's school is having fund-raisers
to give them some help.
How can we have a just society where, when you do everything right, you work
hard, and still are forced into bankruptcy because your child has leukemia?
Our country is in an escalating health care crisis! In almost any other developed
nation, John's family would not face such multiple tragedies. Those countries
have universal health care plans for ALL their citizens. But here, health
care costs are now the principal cause of personal bankruptcies.
The situation gets worse every year! Many more employers are unable to pay
rising health care premiums, and are dropping their insurance plans. This
is leaving One Million more people added to the uninsured every year. (2000
Census: 44.3 Million uninsured).
There is a solution: CANADIAN-STYLE HEALTH CARE! The U.S. General Accounting
Office, and the Congressional Budget Office, have both reported that the
money saved - in administrative costs alone-would cover ALL of our nation's
uninsured!
Our proposal for universal coverage would replace the "crazy quilt" mix of
private and public plans. That money would go into a trust fund , a huge
pool, to fund health care for everyone. Now we are spending TWICE as much
as those other countries that cover all of their citizens! And their health
statistics, such as infant mortality, are better than ours!
Wisconsin has often been the leader in Social Justice actions, such as Workmen's
Compensation. NOW we can re-kindle that shining reputation! We have a health
care bill in each house of the State Legislature called the Wisconsin Health
Security Act. It would enroll every resident of the state, and eliminate
all co-pays and deductibles. Everyone would have the same kind of health
care insurance that our legislators - and all state employees - have. Taxpayers
are funding 98% of the bill for this health insurance.
But our legislators will need a strong push from their voters! We can not
continue to let a million more people every year find themselves with no
health insurance! We need to speak up for our families, our friends, our
neighbors, ourselves!
Please join us! Take action now! Call and write your legislators and the
Governor! Support universal health care -- HEALTH CARE IS A RIGHT!
