Planetary / Kucinich keeps Single-Payer healthcare alive by Michael Carmichael

Two weeks ago, Dennis Kucinich proposed an amendment to the healthcare reform bill that keeps the single-payer option alive. Kucinich’s amendment will permit states the power to introduce single-payer healthcare systems. Importantly, Kucinich’s amendment drew bipartisan support by uniting proponents of single-payer healthcare with states rights advocates, and it is now the crucial part of the landmark bill that is due to be voted on by the end of this month.

For years, Dennis Kucinich has been a leading advocate of single-payer healthcare. John Conyers and Dennis Kucinch co-authored the single-payer bill, H.R. 676, a landmark bill that has 85 co-sponsors.

America is the sole western democracy that does not have a single-payer system. Some nations in the Middle East, Asia and Latin America have single-payer healthcare systems. Over the past two decades, America’s global status in terms of healthcare has fallen dramatically. The World Health Organization now ranks America 37th in global healthcare. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, America has fallen to 42nd in longevity in contrast to her ranking 11th only twenty years ago. Read More.

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Michael Carmichael

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