Posts by sammielee24

  • sammielee24
    348

    National Healthcare for the USA

    by sammielee24 in
    1. jw
    2. friends

    just an fyi for anyone interested - there is a major drive on to push the bill forward for national healthcare in the usa.

    you can sign the petition by going to http://www.onecarenow.org/.. it has gone through one part of the process last year and now the push is on to get it moved to the next level - it is backed by over 400 groups including the uaw i believe.

    it is no longer if it happens, it is only a matter of time as to when it happens.

    1. freydi
    2. kurtbethel
    3. freydi
  • sammielee24
    sammielee24

    Press Release from Health Care Now - people DO want national healthcare...its just a matter of time - the sooner the better -

    Continuing their historic role in support of social justice, labor unions and workers from 161 unions across all divisions are in the forefront of the national single payer healthcare coalition movement. They are calling for a single payer system that would cover everybody in the United States with quality and affordable healthcare.

    As a part of Healthcare-NOW and its partner ALL UNIONS COMMITTEE for SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE…., over 161 labor endorsements have been voted for H.R. 676, the single payer national healthcare legislation, by unions, Central Labor Councils of the AFL-CIO and Internationals. H.R. 676, the Conyers bill, would assure quality, comprehensive and affordable healthcare for every resident of the United States,

    Healthcare-NOW, the national coalition dedicated to this healthcare advance is headed by a team of three national co-chairs representing labor, faith and the medical profession. They are now launching their new “Elect a Healthy Congress” campaign calling on politicians to support single payer national healthcare for all and to commit to refuse contributions from insurance and pharmaceutical drug companies.

    This coalition is determined to defeat the corporations that want to keep healthcare as a profit-making industry rather than a guaranteed right for all. They are challenging the Healthcare Industrial Complex: the insurance companies, the pharmaceutical drug corporations, the for-profit hospitals and lobbyists and calling for public control of the financing of the healthcare system.

    The Single Payer leaders who co-chair Healthcare-NOW are Leo Gerard, President of the United Steelworkers, Jim Winkler, head of the United Methodist Board of Church and Society, and Dr. Quentin Young, National Coordinator of the fastest growing and most progressive group of doctors in the nation, Physicians for a National Health Program.

    Explains Gerard: “The news about healthcare is worse every day. The costs are going up. Employer contributions are going down or becoming non-existent. Quality of care is questionable, and corporate fraud is rampant. Every contract is about negotiating healthcare benefits rather than for better salaries and working conditions. But there is a solution and it is a single-payer system.

    What would a single payer system do for us? According to Jim Winkler, “We would get a lot more than we do now. All medical, dental, optical, mental health coverage, all hospitals, medical equipment, pharmaceutical drugs, long term care, drug and alcohol treatment and more would be a part of the new system. Attention to and control over the corporate fraud that now takes away hundreds of billions of dollars would help us pay for this kind of healthcare for everybody.

    How much would we pay? Surprisingly, we would pay less than we are paying now considering premiums, co-pays, deductibles, and uncovered costs such as dental, pharmaceutical drugs and long-term care. An average family of three that pays more than $10,000 a year now – including all of the above costs, would now pay about $1,200 a year– or $100 per month.

    Employers would contribute equally – the same amount per employee based on their income. How would this work? We would all be paying a small amount into the system. The big corporate insurance and HMO entities would no longer be handling the money and reaping huge profits, paying for advertising and lobbying and denying our needs. Instead we would have a single payer and we would have an entitlement to healthcare.

  • sammielee24
    348

    National Healthcare for the USA

    by sammielee24 in
    1. jw
    2. friends

    just an fyi for anyone interested - there is a major drive on to push the bill forward for national healthcare in the usa.

    you can sign the petition by going to http://www.onecarenow.org/.. it has gone through one part of the process last year and now the push is on to get it moved to the next level - it is backed by over 400 groups including the uaw i believe.

    it is no longer if it happens, it is only a matter of time as to when it happens.

    1. freydi
    2. kurtbethel
    3. freydi
  • sammielee24
    sammielee24

    This is just one program...there are a lot of congressmen behind the bill as well - check out Kucinich as well as he has a list of supporters, including a lot of doctors under the PNHP who believe that national healthcare is the ONLY way to go. There are reports after reports that support this single pay system because financially it makes sense - the only people making money out of the current system are the insurance companies. The last reports (not sure if they were the WHO ones) report that 18,000 people die every year - ages about 18-40 simply because they have NO health insurance. Say what you will about national health care but no one is refused treatment because they have NO money which equates to NO health insurance. 43% of families that earn between $23,000 - 38,000 have no insurance...there are 43 million now underinsured and non insured. I checked out a plan for a family of 3 living on a wage of 29,000 per year and the cost was 350.00 a month but the deductible was 7,000 a year and the co insurance was still 30%. The health of Americans has fallen behind every country that has a national health care system and yet the cost is more per person. Now that the unions are getting behind the proposed system, the power will return to the people slowly but surely - especially since now even the miserly minimum wage that's been frozen for 10 years won't be increased. Check out the PNHP as well - as well as Kucinich's site because you can get a list of who is supporting it so far in the house. swife.

  • sammielee24
    348

    National Healthcare for the USA

    by sammielee24 in
    1. jw
    2. friends

    just an fyi for anyone interested - there is a major drive on to push the bill forward for national healthcare in the usa.

    you can sign the petition by going to http://www.onecarenow.org/.. it has gone through one part of the process last year and now the push is on to get it moved to the next level - it is backed by over 400 groups including the uaw i believe.

    it is no longer if it happens, it is only a matter of time as to when it happens.

    1. freydi
    2. kurtbethel
    3. freydi
  • sammielee24
    sammielee24

    Just an FYI for anyone interested - there is a major drive on to push the bill forward for National Healthcare in the USA. You can sign the petition by going to http://www.onecarenow.org/.

    It has gone through one part of the process last year and now the push is on to get it moved to the next level - it is backed by over 400 groups including the UAW I believe. It is no longer if it happens, it is only a matter of time as to when it happens.

  • JH
    45

    How do the elders deal with a very poor brother or sister?

    by JH in
    1. jw
    2. friends

    lets say a brother or sister loses their job, falls on welfare, doesn't have enough to eat.

    what do the elders do?

    a) tell them that the organization is not a place to beg but to preach, to give and not to receive.

    1. DaCheech
    2. Alpheta
    3. Sacchiel
  • sammielee24
    sammielee24

    Go to welfare and let them know the situation - they're there to help you. One time there was a food drive but..and I say BUT that was one time in 50 years ...and if you are really lucky - someone might have a job that needs filling. For the most part the answer has always been -go get welfare.

  • minimus
    60

    Would You Stop Going To Mel Gibson Movies???

    by minimus in
    1. jw
    2. friends

    i wouldn't.

    i don't care too much for spike lee but i like some of his movies.....i just think mel needs some help.

    1. Auchmull
    2. free2beme
    3. G Money
  • sammielee24
    sammielee24

    No..if he had a movie I thought was worth seeing I'd go. He's an entertainer that what I pay to go see - entertainment. What I do find interesting though is that everyone believes that he said these things because he was drunk. I disagree. He is a zealous Catholic and my understanding is that he is extremely fundamental and devout. If that is the case, then I think his comments might have to do a lot with his religious point of view and not as much as his drunken state. Same as when he ticked off the gay community a few years back and he gave the same sad speech he gave to the Jewish community - how much he needs their support. I think he could care less. He has enough money as he said 'he owns Malibu'..I think he was being an arrogant a.hole. but hey, would I still go and see his movies. swife.