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Medicare for All Means FREEDOM

11/7/2019

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Every one of us should be hounding Congress every day to demand single-payer universal healthcare, Medicare for All. 

The reason's simple. In a word, FREEDOM.

Freedom from financial woes caused by medical bills crushing millions of American families.

Freedom to choose doctors without artificial "provider networks" shackling our choices.

Freedom to change jobs with full health coverage as a human right — and not at an employer's whim.

Freedom to earn your living without missing work because of untreated health issues.

Freedom for you and the children you love to enjoy the best of life. No more skimping on prescriptions and skipping doctor visits because they're unaffordable even with insurance.

Freedom to get chronic conditions handled completely with no questions asked — diabetes, asthma, you-name-it — so they don't worsen from lack of care. 

Freedom to get eyeglasses, hearing aids, cavities filled and other health needs met. No out-of-pocket costs.

Freedom from paperwork and mind-numbing complexity. No more navigating all the gotchas and fine print.

Freedom from gut-wrenching uncertainty. Will this cost be covered? Will that one? If it's needed care, it's covered. You show a card, get treated, go home. Simple.

This is what freedom looks like in wealthy nations around the world — except in the US.

Now close your eyes, take a deep breath, let it out slow. Imagine what life will be like when all this comes true for you and your family. The weight off your shoulders. The exuberant feeling, an exhilarating sense of real freedom at last.

This is what freedom will look and feel like under single-payer Medicare for All — once we demand  that Congress members stop depriving us of our freedom.

Call your Congress member today. Stand up at the next town hall. Do it again and again. Don't stop till your Congress member co-sponsors single-payer universal healthcare, Medicare for All. In the House, it's HR 1384; in the Senate, S.1129.

Freedom will be ours — but only if we demand it.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. —Frederick Douglass
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Pamela Medina
11/8/2019 08:31:51 pm

Hello

I just wanted to say that I agree 100% that we MUST get Healthcare for ALL! It would be wonderful! I have had to file bankruptcy TWO TIMES and almost lost my house, despite the fact that I had DOUBLE COVERAGE healthcare through both my employer and my spouse's employer. This was an absolute awful thing to have to go through. I support your cause 100%.

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Ira Dember link
11/10/2019 10:48:51 am

Thanks very much, Pamela. I love when people agree with me. :-) Seriously, I much appreciate your sharing your views and especially your experiences. I'd like to hear more about it. Contact: ira (at) medicareforall.us.

I imagine how your life till now could have been different with M4A: yes, it would be wonderful to have it. And we WILL — if we keep hammering on our members of Congress, the only thing standing in our way.

Seen from this perspective, the freedoms of M4A feel so close, I can practically taste them. A bittersweet yearning, for the moment ju-u-ust out of reach.

As a stretch goal, I envision a veto-proof majority in both houses. Yes, it may sound impossible, even ludicrous. But so have a lot of other things until they happened.

If you aren't already active in the fight for M4A, I invite you to join in! If you're interested, I can suggest specific actions that would help advance the cause.

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    Ira Dember is a Houston progressive activist, strategic communications expert, and founder of MedicareForAll.us.

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