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Showing Original Post only (View all)Clinton Democrats Claim To Support Health Care As A Right, But Oppose Universal Healthcare [View all]
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/06/29/clinton-democrats-claim-support-health-care-right-oppose-universal-healthcareClinton Democrats Claim To Support Health Care As A Right, But Oppose Universal Healthcare In Platform
A major nurses union condemned Democrats on the Democratic National Convention Platform Committee, who blocked an amendment in support of a single-payer health care system. During proceedings in St. Louis on June 24, James Zogby of the Arab-American Institute introduced an amendment, which declared, It is the policy of the Democratic Party that we will put people before profits by fighting for a Medicare For All single-payer health care system to guarantee health care as a right, not as a privilege, to everyone in this country. Working together, we will end the greed of health insurance companies.
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The amendment was defeated by Democrats appointed to the committee by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary ClintonAmerican Federation of State, County, and Muncipal Employees executive assistant to the president, Paul Booth; former White House Energy and Climate Change Policy director and lobbyist for Albright Stonebridge Group, Carol Browner; Ohio State Representative Alicia Reece; former State Department official and lobbyist for Albright Stonebridge Group, Wendy Sherman; and Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden.
The message of those who voted against the amendment was that the government should focus on building on the Affordable Care Act and pursuing a Medicare For All system might somehow forsake a political accomplishment achieved by Democrats and President Barack Obamas administration.
National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, which has supported the Sanders campaign, told Shadowproof, The Affordable Care Act, while an improvement, is not good enough, it is structurally deficient, leaves healthcare as a system based on profit and ability to pay rather than patient need. It still means tens of millions of American have no health coverage or insurance' because they cannot afford high out of pocket costs. Plus, the law has systemic problems which undermine quality of care, and it is easy for the health care industry to game the system.
A major nurses union condemned Democrats on the Democratic National Convention Platform Committee, who blocked an amendment in support of a single-payer health care system. During proceedings in St. Louis on June 24, James Zogby of the Arab-American Institute introduced an amendment, which declared, It is the policy of the Democratic Party that we will put people before profits by fighting for a Medicare For All single-payer health care system to guarantee health care as a right, not as a privilege, to everyone in this country. Working together, we will end the greed of health insurance companies.
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The amendment was defeated by Democrats appointed to the committee by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary ClintonAmerican Federation of State, County, and Muncipal Employees executive assistant to the president, Paul Booth; former White House Energy and Climate Change Policy director and lobbyist for Albright Stonebridge Group, Carol Browner; Ohio State Representative Alicia Reece; former State Department official and lobbyist for Albright Stonebridge Group, Wendy Sherman; and Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden.
The message of those who voted against the amendment was that the government should focus on building on the Affordable Care Act and pursuing a Medicare For All system might somehow forsake a political accomplishment achieved by Democrats and President Barack Obamas administration.
National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, which has supported the Sanders campaign, told Shadowproof, The Affordable Care Act, while an improvement, is not good enough, it is structurally deficient, leaves healthcare as a system based on profit and ability to pay rather than patient need. It still means tens of millions of American have no health coverage or insurance' because they cannot afford high out of pocket costs. Plus, the law has systemic problems which undermine quality of care, and it is easy for the health care industry to game the system.
Damned difficult for me to understand why my Party is no longer fighting for Medicare for All and instead is trying to protect the Heritage Foundation insurance model.
We need health care, not health coverage.
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Clinton Democrats Claim To Support Health Care As A Right, But Oppose Universal Healthcare [View all]
Scuba
Jun 2016
OP
No it was the heritage foundation care first, until Mutt Romney got it passed in Massachusetts.
JRLeft
Jun 2016
#37
No, they don't say that. You're inferring that and seem to be trying to discredit the nurses.
Scuba
Jun 2016
#17
Where do they say Hillary voted against universal health care? Please provide a link.
Scuba
Jun 2016
#22
I sometimes wonder if people who advocate for "single payer" really know what it is.
George II
Jun 2016
#48
I did not write the headline, which is the only incidence of "universal healthcare" being used.
Scuba
Jun 2016
#47
It's going to happen at the state level. Colorado is voting an a single-payer referendum in November
Chathamization
Jun 2016
#4
Hillary is, and always has been, in favor of universal healthcare. This whole article is a lie.
DanTex
Jun 2016
#5
The very article you posted points out that the platform endorses health care as a right.
DanTex
Jun 2016
#21
"Single-payer," "universal healthcare" and "Medicare for All" are used interchangably by ...
Scuba
Jun 2016
#28
Nobody with a clue uses "single-payer" and "universal healthcare" interchangeably. Nobody.
DanTex
Jun 2016
#36
They may be used interchangeably by many, but they're not actually interchangeable.
Lord Magus
Jun 2016
#38
Bee-Ess article! People voted for HRC's Platform on Healthcare to build on Obamacare
Her Sister
Jun 2016
#11
We can get universal coverage without single-payer. It's a false dichotomy.
CrowCityDem
Jun 2016
#13
I've never heard anyone articulate what "building on Obamacare" is supposed to mean.
Scuba
Jun 2016
#18