Common Sense Policies For America
ENDING SURPRISE HEALTH CARE BILLING COSTS LOTS OF MONEY
The 2020 No Surprises Act set up an arbitration process so patients didn’t get huge surprise medical bills. The result was profits for corporate capitalists and huge health care costs and waste. Patients pay for this through increased premiums with no improvements in health care quality or outcomes.
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE SAVES LOTS OF LIVES AND MONEY
A universal, single-payer U.S. health care system could save 100,000 lives and $1 trillion. However, capitalism has corrupted health care, putting profits before patients, so the six corporations dominating Big Medicine with over $2 trillion in revenue and $34 billion in profits must be broken up.
CAPITALISM HAS CORRUPTED HEALTH CARE
Capitalism and its pursuit of profits have corrupted our health care system, resulting in the most expensive system in the world, but one that delivers poor outcomes. Three elements have driven this corruption: corporate consolidation, private equity, and privatization.
TRUMP AND HIS REGIME DON’T CARE ABOUT YOU
President Trump and his regime don’t care about you and aren’t protecting your health, safety, or financial security. Here are some examples of actions they have taken that put you at risk.