The Bayfield Library showed the film “Fix It: Health Care at the Tipping Point.” Lots of folks came.
I learned that going to universal health care – where everyone is covered – with “single party payer” (the government paying the bills, from our taxes, but no regulating doctors) will cut costs and increase coverage, quality and outcomes.
A number of avowed conservatives (here and in Canada) talked on-camera about it being a “conservative” issue: It saves money. Folks in the business community (small and large businesses) expressed shock that so many U.S. Republicans are against it.
If you’re one of the minority who believe health care is a privilege – not a right – then you and I hold different views. All I can add is, the costs of running emergency rooms, and people delaying seeking medical care because insurance premiums and co-pays are too high or they’re uninsured, costs all of us.
Think of it: millions not forced to work a second job or overtime to pay the cost of insurance and co-pay (or penalty), and folks able to switch jobs without fear of losing health coverage.
The government is able to make Big Pharma lower their prices. Wow! Less stress; more free time. A win-win. I like that. Yet Colorado’s Republican and Democratic senators don’t support it. They need to hear from each of us.
Many came to the Universal Health Care rally (expanded Medicare for all) at Durango’s Buckley Park. I was there, my sign held high!
Suzanne Arms
Bayfield
