Our Dire Situation

• 530,000 bankruptcies annually due to healthcare expenses (2019 AJPH Study)

• 45,000 Deaths a year from lack of healthcare (2009 Harvard Study)

• More than 5 million people lost their health care during covid

• If you go on strike, employer can take away your healthcare

Basics

• Medicare for All Act of 2019 - HR 1384

• Eye, Dental, Mental, Reproductive Health covered

• Paid for by income tax - calculator

• No premiums, deductibles, copays

Benefits

• You won’t feel the need to stay at a job just to keep your healthcare

• You will have healthcare when you are in between jobs

• Small businesses employees won't have to provide healthcare to compete with large businesses

• Doctors and nurses who work for insurance companies can return to practice

How M4A Reduces Costs

• No shareholders

• No highly compensated executives

• Much less administration costs at doctor’s offices

• No health insurance departments that deny care

How do we pay for it?

• Bernie's tax proposal

• We can afford it. We paid for covid bailouts (most goes to the rich)

• We paid for military budget

• MMT

Links

• Michael Moore interviews Wendell Potter

• Ro Khanna announces no vote to DNC platform

• John Dingell's history

• M4A Resolution Map

• Red Bank's municipal resolution

• Maplewood's municipal resolution

• Draw the line movement on twitter