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United States National Health Insurance Act (or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act)
To provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, and for other purposes.
Other Bill Titles (2 more) 1/24/2007--Introduced.
United States National Health Insurance Act (or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act) - Establishes the United States National Health Insurance (USNHI) Program (the Program) to provide all individuals residing in the United States and in U.S. territorie... moreSee Full Bill Text
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| Introduced |  | Voted on by House | | Voted on by Senate | | Considered By President | | Bill Becomes Law |
| January 24, 2007 |
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In the News
September 09, 2007 Group seeks better health system
... Jersey Movement for Justice and Peace, The Green Party and Greater Camden Unity Coalition have joined forces to form South Jersey Coalition for HR 676. ...
September 07, 2007 Hundreds of RNs from Across US and World to Join California Nurses ...
... describing the kind of healthcare system that Americans and Californians could have with the enactment of HR 676 in Congress or SB 840 in California. ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release), NY
September 07, 2007 Wisdom: Recall is tripartisan
... make Congress move quickly on tax-supported national health care for all is to demand aggressive endorsement and passage of John Conyers Bill, HR 676. ...
Blog Coverage
August 27, 2008 A new political realignment is taking shape before our eyes
"The majority of people in our country want HR 676. It's just a matter of time and organizing as to how much longer it will be." The speech by Barack Obama on August 28, the 45th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and ...
August 27, 2008 Dr. Alice Faryna, MD: Speech to STRS Board, August 14, 2008
(Ohio HB 186/SB168, or the national plan, HR 676). We urge the Board to be more aggressive about comprehensive reform. Lower costs can only be achieved by creating the largest risk pool possible, removing profits and administrative ...
Source: Kathie Bracy's Blog
August 27, 2008 NY-21: Steck Pushes Single Payer Health Care; Says County ...
The single-payer legislation currently in Congress, HR 676, includes a 7% payroll tax and a 1% income tax to pay for the program. The payroll tax would be far less expensive for most businesses than what they currently pay for employee ...
Source: the albany project - Front Page
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I just spoke with my representative's staffer that handles health care issues. After a 20 minute talk, she has said she will put the bill in front of him again. He supports health care for everyone, but feels the bill needs changes. I told her that the bill will go through a process of changes, but his "intent" to support a health care bill is as important as any changes that are made. The congressman in my district is Charlie Gonzales. Let's see how successful this hone call was.
I have written my Representative and my two Congresspersons and have yet to hear back from any of them. I truly believe that Congress does not have the best interests of this country at heart, but instead treasures their kickbacks and campaign contributions above and beyond any of us. Good luck in trying to get ANYTHING done. Esp. when we have an illegal, deceptive Administration as the Bush Administration in power.
-- Over 18,000 Americans die every year simply because they do not have health insurance. This is equivalent to a 747 jet crashing every week of the year killing all on board.
-- More than half of all bankruptcies were related to medical expenses -- and 75% of these people had insurance at the time that they got sick.
-- 47 million Americans lack health insurance, and 40% of those who are insured are inadequately insured.
-- 65% of Americans agree that the U.S. should adopt a universal health insurance program similar to Medicare that covers everyone.
-- 59% of physicians in the U.S. now support government legislation to establish a national health insurance.
-- The U.S. ranks last in preventable death rates among 19 industrialized countries, resulting in about 101,000 excess deaths a year.
-- Americans spend more for health care than any other country in the world, yet we rank 37th in health (just under Costa Rica).
These facts cannot be ignored any longer.
Profits are at the heart of the current American health care system, and we cannot fix the system without fixing the heart. Bandaids like mandates and tax incentives do not address the real issue. We need to get the profits out of health care and the only way to do that is to totally change the system -- which is what HR 676 proposes.
Most people are not afraid of the term "Medicare" but they are terrified of "socialized medicine." Those who profit from the current system (i.e. the insurance and drug companies)at the expense of those who suffer under it (i.e. the 18,000 who die each year and the 47 million uninsured) play on this fear.
We need to educate people that HR 676 is "Improved and Expanded Medicare for All," not an evil system that will take away our choices or ration our care. (Our current profit driven system, on the other hand, does just that.)
Be rational. Be persistent. Keep talking to Congress, sign online petitions, and educate your community. Join with organizations that support HR 676 (like Healthcare Now, Physicians for a National Health Program, or the National Nurses Organizing Committee.) Find out exactly what people object to in the bill, and let Representative Conyers know.
Our current profit driven system is simply not sustainable. We must keep working for change.
To twonursesus:
It is indeed tragic that 18,000 Americans die every year because they do not have health insurance. However, enacting a mandated, government-driven national health care program is not the answer.
I agree with you that the insurance and drug companies are definitely profiting from the situation. But has it occurred to the supporters of this bill that the reason they are profiting is precisely *because* the industry is already so heavily regulated. If regulation was released and insurance companies were forced to actually compete against each other, you would see prices fall dramatically.
Furthermore, a study was done both in England and in the United States, asking a sample of the population how happy they were with their health care. England, where health care is socialized, had overall a poor response. The United States similarly had a poor response when asked the same question. Guess what country had the most positive response when asked about their health care? Singapore, where the country strongly encourages health savings accounts and catastrophic insurance. If you don't use the money saved for your health care issues, it gets inherited to your next-of-kin. And, each person gets to individually choose what level of insurance they want, buy how large their HSA is.
The specifics of the study along with why "keyhole economics" is the right answer to this question can be found in the book "The Undercover Economist" by Tim Harford. Individuals in the health care industry can probably well relate with the idea of "keyhole surgery", as outlined here: http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2005/11/keyhole_surgery.html .
Monopolies force down skill and force up price. The government is the ultimate monopoly. Don't cover up the problem with an even larger problem.
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The basic principle of a moral government is to protect the rights of the individual and to ban the initiation of physical force from human relationships. Basically, this was the foundation of America by our Founding Fathers. To paraphrase from the Declaration of Independence, that all individuals are endowed with the right to life, liberty, property and the pursuit of happiness.
This Bill, HR 676, The United States National Health Insurance Act would OUTLAW private for profit health care, which means a doctor will be forbidden from opening a private practice, as he would be outlawed from doing so and a patient seeking to hire this doctor's skills would be outlawed. This Bill represents a total inversion of a moral governmnet where the individual cannot act except by permission of the government. THIS Bill IS EVIL because it deprives the individual his liberty and right to think and to act on his own best judgment. This Bill is a LOADED and COCKED GUN aimed at every American whether he is a health-care provider or health-care receiver. This is National Socialism come home to roost by leftist intellectuals and their followers. Is this what you want? A dictatortial government telling you what you can and cannot do? Do you want to sacrifice your very life for a Nazi America? Do you want to suffer slavery and death or to be free to live and pursue your happiness? It is lassiez-faire Capitalism, that promotes life. It is Socialism that promotes death. There is no alternative. It is either one or the other. See history's most cogent examples of such recent destructive socialistic policies, i.e., Nazi Germany, Communist Russia, Communist China, Communist Cuba, Cambodia. There is no viable alternative. Tell all your government representatives to VOTE NO to this sacrilege, this sacrifice of your life for others and their lives for yours in the name of altruism.
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