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“In America, your health and your longevity should not be dependent on your bank account or your stock portfolio,” Sanders said. “Health care is a human right, not a privilege.
“Over 85 million people are uninsured or underinsured. As we speak, there are millions of people who would like to go to a doctor but cannot afford to do so. That is an outrage.
“After all the lives that we lost to this terrible pandemic, it is clearer now, perhaps more than ever before, that we must end the international embarrassment of the United States being the only major country on earth to not guarantee health care to all.”
“Millions of people ration lifesaving medication or skip necessary trips to the doctor because of cost,” Jayapal explained. “Sadly, the number of people struggling to afford care continues to skyrocket as millions of people lose their current health insurance as pandemic-era programs end. Breaking a bone or getting sick shouldn’t be a reason that people in the richest country in the world go broke.
“There is a solution to this health crisis–a popular one that guarantees health care to every person as a human right and finally puts people over profits and care over corporations,” she added, citing 69% support in public opinion polls for universal health care.
“That solution is Medicare for All–everyone in, nobody out. I’m so proud to fight for this legislation to finally ensure all people can get the care they need and the care they deserve.”
“Every American has the right to health care, period. If you’re sick, you should be able to go to the doctor without being worried about the cost of treatment or prescription medicine,” added lead co-sponsor Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., whose late husband, Rep. John Dingell, was the original 1965 sponsor of Medicare.
“The pandemic didn’t create the flaws in our health care system, but it brought to light many of the shortcomings that have caused unnecessary and preventable hardship for countless American families for decades. We’ve been fighting this fight since the 1940s.”