Eric Hananoki
Aug 1, 12:48 AM
ch: Our Values in Action
Ideas: Kerry on Universal Healthcare
Massachusetts Senator John Kerry is renewing his call for universal healthcare—something we here at Midwest Values PAC strongly support. In pushing his proposal, Kerry framed the issue as a “fundamental moral value.”
Kerry said health care was “not only the great unfinished business of half a century, but a matter of fundamental moral values,” and he set a goal of health coverage for everyone by 2012.
“Experts—some of them here today—believe that my plan will provide coverage for all Americans by 2012,” Kerry told several hundred people at historic Faneuil Hall, where he launched and ended his 2004 presidential campaign.
“But if we’re not there by 2012, we will require that all Americans have health insurance, with the federal government guaranteeing they have the means to pay for it,” Kerry said.
You can read more of Kerry’s call for universal healthcare here.
Kerry’s proposal makes both political and practical sense. According to an ABC poll taken earlier this year, 62% say they support a universal health care system “run by the government and financed by taxpayers” over the current system. (79% of Americans would support healthcare for all Americans, even if it means raising taxes).
And just last month, a bi-partisan group commissioned by Congress recommended that the federal government find a way to reach universal healthcare. With increasing momentum for universal healthcare, Senator Kerry’s proposal is an important part of the dialogue for finding a way to reach universal healthcare.
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Wouldn’t it be fantastic to have someone in the White House who truly has the best interests of the American people at heart? Maybe it’s just me, but I think we could find about $1.5 billion a week* to spend on social programs like health care if we really put our minds to it.
*In case you don’t listen to the Al Franken Show on Air America every day (SHAME ON YOU!), the $1.5 billion figure is how much we’re spending to lose the war in Iraq. Not that I’m saying I WANT us to lose the war, Bill O’Reilly – let’s be clear on that. But we ARE losing it, so let’s call it what it is.
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