| Name | State |
| Michael Hampson | CA |
What we want:
Free Nationalized Health Care.
Is socializing health care anti-American?
No. We have a socialized military, police force, fire department, ambulance service, libraries,
K-12 schools and Medicare, back to work programs, ADA program, to name a few. In San Diego, we have a free computer college for adults with 400-500 free computer classes per semester; the name of the school is called North City Campus and it’s funded by the State of California. We have many socialized services for Americans and we don’t think of these services as anti-American, do you?
Why I want Nationalized Health Care:
We the People of the United States are the most important part of the United States equation. As the richest country in the world, our government can easily offer free health care to all Americans. “…one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” However, we are divided. Those that can afford health care and those who can’t. Americans are dying everyday in America because we don’t have nationalized health care. Isn’t it anti-American that citizens of the United States are dying today because they can’t afford health care? Yet we are spending money everyday to kill people? In my book, killing others (in an unjust war and a war not sanctioned by the United Nations) is anti-American and treasonous.
How can we do this effectively?
We take the best ideas of nationalized health care from other countries (which have nationalized health care) and we make our nationalized health care program the best in the world.
Where do we find the money?
Our Nationalized Health Care system would be funded by using a small percentage of the military budget. Our military budget is the highest of any country in the world. We can afford to reduce the military budget slightly and therefore we don’t need to raise any taxes. Nationalizing health care in the US is a war against greed. The greed of corporations and the greed of dirty politicians. If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to heal people.
When do I want this process to start?
We want the process to begin Nationalized Health Care to start immediately.
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| Kathleen Deese | IN |
iam the mother of a daughter with epilepsy as the result of a negligent driver. She has been unable to obtain health insurance because of her condition. The lowest quote we received was $990.
with a $5000 deductible. I want to be involved in any or all ways possible. I have worked in healthcare for the last 30 years both in a hospital and for an insurnace company. This is something that I am very passionate about!!!!!!!
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| Mary Kathryn Zsori | WI |
I just finished watching Sicko, and am angered to the point of action; great job, Michael Moore! I recently graduated college, $35,000 dollars in debt, and am paying off more than $1,000 dollars in medical bills due to no health insurance --- for migraines. I am a biochemist graduate, with a 40hr a week job. I would have loved to go on to medical school to help those in need, but (1) I can't afford it now, and (2) I don't want to work in a system as messed up as this is right now. I would gladly pay a little more in taxes each year if it meant I could stop suffering from severe, debilitating migraines that force me to call in sick to work. Please please please keep pushing this issue; I know I will. I'll convince everyone I know to see Sicko and to make the decision on their own. Thank you!
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| Roberta Jelicks | PA |
I would like to get more involved in working toward a universal health care plan in the U.S. Keep up all the wonderful work you are doing.
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| Charles Armstrong | MO |
I AM TIRED OF MAKEING INSURANCE COMPANYS RICH!
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| Julie Geyman | OR |
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| Vicki Dauphinais | NY |
Thank you Michael Moore for having the courage to tell the TRUTH! The media and government are relentless on finding ways to discredit your movies, but you don't give up! I wish we had more people like you in the world. (Ever think about running for office?:) We need to spread the word about HR-676 and stop allowing the greedy in this country take away our rights as human beings. We can make it happen if we all pull together.
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| Cecilia Lassiter | NJ |
I was shocked and disgraced when I saw this movie. How can we treat people like garbage thrown in the street. We should be ashamed as Americans that we are letting this kind of treatment happen to human beings. This movie touched me so much that I feel I have to do my part as a citizen of the United States to some how make a difference. We can not be apathetic about this.
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| Amy Reynolds | TX |
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| Ian Wallach | CA |
Thanks to MM.
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| Cindy Chupack | CA |
If the US does not do this soon, Plan B is everyone moves to Canada, France or the UK. This is ridiculous! Let's get this going!
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| John Gulick | NY |
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| Bethany Gulick | NY |
Our current health care system is an embarrassment and I fully support a national health care system that provides care to EVERYONE.
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| Anthony Ehrlich | FL |
The well-being of the American people should be a top priority of the Congress. A single-payer system would be a huge step in this direction.
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| Linda Santos | CA |
What do our kids think about their future?
Let's get this film in the high school and college students who can make a difference with their vote.
Michael, you rock.
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| Fatima Petersen | MD |
I am scared to grow old in this country because of the amount it costs to grow old and the worry of how to pay for care.
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| Ron Handy | AK |
We need more publicity for HR 676, not many people are aware of HR 676 that should be. I want to bring HR 676 to the forefront of the media so the people can know what is availible to them if they only speak up and demand that health care is a right, not a privilage.
Ron Handy
Douglas, AK
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| Chris Hipsher | GA |
As an occupational therapy assistant working with kids who have special needs, I hate not being able to provide the optimal amount of tx needed just because a child can't get coverage.
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| Matthew Vayda | MA |
I say that if you are currently giving money to the health insurance companies, stop. They live because of the money we send them. We die because they don't want to pay any back. It's been too long since "we the people" have had a revolution. This is not a demon that can be slain by the sword, it must be starved. Say "no" to the insurance companies, support this legislation, bring this giant down.
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| Michael Vogel | OR |
Health care is a human right and a FAMILY value! We cannot call ourselves a Christian nation and let some 47 million of our citizens go without care; it's a moral outrage and a disgrace to our nation. We are the only industrial country on the face of the earth that does not provide healthcare to all of its citizens, regardless of income or previous health conditions.
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| Nica Clark | IL |
I am outraged! I am willing to do WHATEVER necessary to hasten the passing of this bill.
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| Lynsey Horn | TX |
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| Jack Shelley | PA |
Yes, I support this bill and the effort. My aunt died because she was moved to a lower grade post cardiac care facility because of insurance concerns.
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| Joeline Webber | CA |
For 30 years I worked hard, paid my taxes and tried to be an active, informed good citizen. Then came crippling health problems that forced me to stop working. BUT the Social Security Administration said I wasn't disabled enough... and I had to wait ten years to get disabled enough. By then, of course, I had no insurance and couldn't qualify for Social Security Disability... it's a trap. None of this needed to happen if I had been able to have access to doctors who could have certified my disability... We need medical care for ALL available NOW!
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| Natalie Jaworskyj | PA |
National health care is a must. We ALL deserve the best health care.
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| Mike Nantelle | MI |
Our United States Senate and Congress should be ashamed of themselves....Both sides of the isle have to stop pointing fingers and just do what is right for America.
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| Michelle Heinz | CA |
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| Jill Kees | FL |
Today I will hold another person's hand as they breath their last breath. It could be your mother,
father, or grandparent. I am a Hospice nurse and daily I hear the voice of the people as they tell me how they wouldn't be in this situation if they weren't denied health care. Sad thing is these people aren't just the uneducated poor; many are educated middle and sometimes once upper class citizens.
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| Rebecca Makool | AK |
I want to live in a country that values peace and the well-being of its own citizens over warmongering. I want the United States to become the positive role model for the world that it should be and can be. Every person's life should have equal value, and money should play no role in determining who gets to live and who must die. Passing HR-676, non-profit Medicare for All, will be a great start toward putting our country on an honorable path once again.
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| Kathleen Quinn | OH |
Wake up Washington, The time is now for Medicare for all. So many business choose to leave the country because of the high cost of health insurance for their employees. Unemployment has sky rocketed because company's choose to do business where they do not have the burden of insurance for their employees. When will it stop, when do WE THE PEOPLE deserve the same treatment that a terrist prisoner receive in the U.S.prison camps.
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| Kristen Crabtree | CO |
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| Kathleen Quinn | OH |
The last time I checked the Constitution of the United States began with WE THE PEOPLE, A bill has been proposed, non-profit Medicare for All, that outlines a national health care program that will provide guaranteed affordable health care and prescription drugs to everyone in the country, why is no one listening? Over 12,000 doctors have signed on in favor of this plan, including two former U.S. Surgeons General. THE PEOPLE are tired of Insurance company stay rich tactics while most people loose everything when their health fails them. I lost my job due to down sizing of the company that I was employed. The end of January I will no longer have health coverage. I have not been ill and I pray I do not become ill. We are the only country in the world that advertise precription drugs on television, what does that say for the Precription drug companies? What does that say for America. WE THE PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING and I think it is time someone listens.
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| Herbert Madara | PA |
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| Damon Amato | MA |
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| Dewey Overholt | TN |
Show us that you stand for AMERICANS. HELP AMERICANS get benefits and not the HUGE corporate fat cats. I will be tracking and relaying your response to your constituents in my county.
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| Leesa Worley | AZ |
I support HR 676 and i plan on becoming involved, i challenge each and every person to do at least one thing for this cause, seperate we are small but together we can do anything. Thank you Michael Moore for having the courage to do this film and other you have done. I am grateful.
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| Jacob Garza | CA |
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| Albert Nowosielski | IL |
As a nation we have a moral obligation to provide for those who cannot provide for themselves. The right to life ,liberty, and the pursuit of happiness cannot be realized while standing in the shadow of potential physical, finantial, and mental ruin due to a capricious predatory healthcare system. It is time to act as we say we believe. The bill must pass if we are to call ourselves truly American. Please vote for its passage.
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| Kristen Erwin | PA |
Please support HR676. Access to healthcare is an entitlement for us all. It is a crime that the ability to be treated by a Doctor when you are ill, is a luxury in this country!
Millions of us who are considered middle class, work everyday to support ourselves and our families but yet we have no ability to afford medical care when we are sick. We watch as people we love suffer with pain and illness, all b/c we just don't have the money to ease there physical suffering.
Congress needs to understand that if you don't dedcide to stand up for us and support HR 676, it will cost you your seat in the house! Face it, the uninsired/under insured in this country is a group 50 million strong, and that number is only going to grow. We will vote you out if you continue to ignore us!!!
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| Brian King | MO |
i would love to head up an organization in missouri. i want to make a difference!
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| Julie Griner | NY |
I work hard in the service industry. I can't afford insurance.
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| Stephanie Chard | CA |
I am Canadian and extremely thankful to have universal healthcare for all citizens...do not believe the lies about us, we are all treated equally and ALWAYS get the healthcare we need and deserve! YOU AMERICANS DESERVE THE SAME!!!! VOTE HILARY CLINTON!!!! START THE REVOLUTION!!!
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| Victoria Verley | WI |
We need to fix this NOW!
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| Michael West | CO |
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| Anne Gallager | CO |
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| Christina Brethauer | MO |
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| Ryan Hubele | KS |
the us should invest in providing health care to its citizens as much as it spends on military operations around the world.
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| april figley | MI |
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| MARIO PUGLIESE | FL |
I am ready for a 50 MILLION MAN march on Washington!!! We should not stop fighting until we get what we need and deserve. I think the American expatriate living in France said it best in SICKO that in other countries, the governments are afraid of the people, but in the U.S, the people are afraid of the government. In Europe, and other countries, people revolt and go on strike all the time, from wanting higher wages to not getting enough vacation days! Why are we so afraid of the government? Have we forgotten that the government is ours? Why are we so afraid to revolt, and to DEMAND what is inherently ours? Especially when we know that our family members, friends, and neighbors are dying due to greed? Where is the justice for these people? How can this be happening in the "best country in the world"? How can we say that America is the best country in the world when it has no regard for its citizens? When it places a higher value on the "almighty dollar" than the life of an 18 month old baby? I was born and raised in Italy and now am a citizen of the U.S. and have always been baffled by the healthcare system here. It is a gross insult and injustice to the American people, whom I find to be the most generous and giving people of the world, to not be taken care of by its government, when it constantly asks its people to take care of the rest of the world.
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| Stephanie Frost | GA |
I will help fight tooth and nail to ensure this bill is passed.
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| ANTOINETTE PUGLIESE | FL |
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| Clinton Koenig | PA |
I'd like to keep my fingers and toes please.
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| Joshua Taylor | CA |
I am anemic and cant afford the sulfates i need to prevent blood loss from a simple cut.I almost bled to death last year from a simple lancing of a cyst procedure.WHEN will we get a universal health care system?We can afford to kill Iraqi's but we cant afford to keep our own citizens alive by stopping preventable health issues?
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| Lanette Campbell | MS |
I just watched Sicko. It made my husband so mad he went to bed and I watched to the end and also am infuriated. We are some of the fortunate who do have insurance but could end up like the couple who had to live with the daughter because they were bankrupt from the copays and deductibles and premiums. I have illness that should we lose our insurance I could not buy my medication or see my doctors. Thus die an early death. We are on a fixed income, are not wealthy but would like to somehow protest and help to reverse the Insurance Companies and medicine manufacturers wealth enormous profits and get healthcare for everyone without the astronomical expense. Bravo to Michael Moore who had guts enough to make Sicko
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| Jodie Engle | OH |
We have the resources to make single payer coverage happen. As an American, a mother and a physician, I urge you to start working for the American people and not share holders and CEOs of insurance and drug companies!
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| Jennifer Miller | NY |
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| joanne derr | MA |
My chilren are 14 and 12. After watching "Sicko" we came right to this site to see what we can do. We have great insurance, but have never had to really test the system with a catastrophic illness. I hope that we never have to, and my heart goes out to others like us who have lost their dignity and their lives. Thank you for making this film.
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| Leslie Steele | OK |
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| Shana Mayrand | MI |
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| robyn kochan | PA |
You must stop acting for drug and insurance companies now and make America strong with health care for EVERYONE. Not only have we lost the "care" in health care we have lost the caring for each other in this country. There is NO REASON Americans cannot have equitable health care except for greed. It is your job to represent the American people not big business! Vote to pass HR. 676.
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| Aaron Tyrell | MI |
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| Beth Regan | MI |
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| David Young | MI |
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| Jody Young | MI |
I just watched the movie Sicko with my family and was appalled at they way our fellow Ameicans are treated. We need to change this system now!
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| Ron Stouffer | PA |
Corporate-run healthcare is a failure. At www.CommonSense2.com in the HealthCare sections the Death of Medicare and other topics help explain why Single-Payer is the ONLY solution.
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| Erin Youngs | WY |
Health care for all is long overdue. People are dying everyday because of the politics concerning the health care profession.
In a democracy we should be stating what is and is not for sale and I think the American's health should be one that's NOT FOR SALE. Would you please see that using our health as a way to make tons of money is wrong. Nothing good can come from this.
This is easily attainable. We have more than enough money for this, it's just a matter of doing what's right.
It is time to stop this madness. Health should never be for sale to the highest bidder or the biggest contributor. Let's fix this huge problem. And politicians won't be surprised. They know this as they already have free health care.
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| Tonya Whitfield | MI |
I loved the movie Sicko but I was soooo angry. I have no insurance myself and count myself lucky to have not gotten sick-knock on wood. I was sooo embarrassed that other Countries w/ free healthcare seemed to think American business was tooo greedy to even think of sharing the wealth. Unfortunately they are right!!!
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| Mario A. Gonzalez | TX |
On the year 2000 I had a car accident were I hurt my neck, I was unable to work. Therefore, I lost my medical Insurance and my medical bills adding up every day until I dont have money ( yes ) I have car insurance and they pay for everything, But now I have preexisting condition that no one want to cover. In other words I cant recived a post- treatment of my neck and will suffer for el rest of my life,Today,I working again but if I lost my "job INSURANCE" my family and I will be in the twilling zone because now I had a cardiac problems plus diabetic II the insurance company are the domestic terrorist I dont Have to go out of this country to find Alqueda cousin "CEO and Insurance stock holders".
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| Susan Gardner | NY |
Today is Thanksgiving morning and my boyfriend I had to cancel our plans because my boyfriend is in too much pain. He injured his spine a year ago and has not been able to afford proper treatment. Every day is a struggle for the simple basic things in life - a walk to the train, taking out the trash, even just sleeping through the night. He is a good man and he doesn't deserve this.
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| Joshua Whitney | MA |
If you are afraid of a national health care because of taxes heres one great statement. You pay for your healthcare now most of us pay a enormous amount on healthcare. Those of us who have healthcare pay straight from our paychecks just as we would if we had national healthcare. I know people who pay $300 dollars a month for healthcare and others who pay $80. Others pay nothing a month and suffer, they pay hundreds to thousands of dollars to be checked out by a doctor. You pay for healthcare anyways why not just continue to pay and help all. Those families that don't have healthcare who receive medical attention weigh on your tax dollars anyways. YOU pay for these people anyways there is no stopping it. Even if you have wonderful healthcare wait till they tell you no and you have to pay out of your pocket. Think it won't happen it will, everyone gets denied eventually, unless your a politician, actor, or a CEO, are you one of these people. Take the money out of hand's of the HMO's and the insurance companys, give the money back to the people. Save a life today vote for a healthcare system that works for you, you shouldn't have to work for them. You should not be afraid of your life due to health. As a country a modern country who prides it's self on it's care of it's people we lack the compassion to care for one another. The goverment doesn't care for you and you think no one cares for you. People care for you, care for another, your politicians don't care for you, the care for your money . You should not be afraid of your goverment your goverment should be afraid of you.
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| Jalene Primus | IA |
Here's hoping we can make this happen. You have my support!
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| william staley | CO |
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| Jeff Taylor | MN |
Just finished watching the movie and couldn't agree more that our health care system in the U.S. is a horrible mess designed to make profits for the private health care companies at the cost of it's paying customers whom receive the minimum service for the maximum price. HR676 is an important start to chaging our corrupt top heavy system
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| jim stasheff | PA |
Whose country is it?
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| Alexis Antonelli | CA |
I had no idea how badly our system compared to the rest of the world. This just shows that everything we've been told about the cons and obstacles of universal health care are untrue. Why are we so behind other nations? If they can do it so can we.
Thank you for making the film!!!!
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| Michelle Williams | NY |
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| Nichole McCall | MI |
I am fortunate to have health insurance through my work, but as the economy continues to get worse here in Michigan I may not be so fortunate. I believe it is very important to support H.R. 676 so that EVERYONE has health coverage. I feel that those who are running our government are inhumane.
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| Christine Senft | PA |
I am in my early 30's and have worked physically demanding jobs since I was old enough to work. I have had three children and only one of them live with me as a result of my inability to insure them. I chose to have their grandparents raise them because the insurance companies would not cover them unless the carrier of the insurance had primary physical custody. I did not trust covering my children through the welfare office. Furthermore, I could not manage to take help away from anyone less fortunate. I was blessed to have family who could help, others are not. I have scoliosis and spondylolthesis grade II (spinal growth and bone disorders)and Hypothyroidism since age 12. I have finally reached a point of possible paralysis with one "wrong" move or fall. I am uninsured and have been ignored and hung up on by specialists after revealing it. I cannot express enough how badly we need this. Especially since I know many, many, many are living worse than I.
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| aaron newman | GA |
Like so many other Americans, I am scared to send this petition in because I am paranoid of my government. This is so sad because everyone knows that this is the right thing to do... we are just afraid to stand up and do something about it!
p.s. I have health insurance and pay taxes. I would rather someone receive medical care for free than for this government to waste anymore of my money on foreign interest (ie: wars).
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| Timmothy Leary | OH |
Americans need free Health care NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Jason Culotta | MD |
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| Stephen Jones | IL |
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| MARIE MASON | CA |
I was raised in the UK and i never paid to have my Daughter, i never paid to go to college.... my parents were given money to help support me go to college.
My husband went to ITT to get a better opportunity in a career goal other than retail...3 years on we owe $35,000+ and he still doesn't work in that career because of school loans...this year he had a car accident and although we have insurance he still had to pay a certain % of that debt.....i never thought coming to America the land of "wealth, freedom and opportunity" would cost so much because the goverment just doesn't care about its American people....I think i'll go back home!
Well done Michael Moore
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| jennifer griffith | CO |
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| Zaideh Ragadio | CA |
Support Universal Healthcare to ensure the health of ourselves, loved ones, and neighbors in time of need. Thank you Michael Moore, we'll keep fighting for the cause!!
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| Richard Colado | FL |
I would gladely pay more taxes for universal health care.
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| Belinda Brown | TX |
I want things to change for our healthcare in America. I believe this is a disgrace. We all need to stand up and do something to make this change. People need to get the health care they deserve.
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| Shannon Ballhorn | WI |
I spent five years working for the WI Medicaid program and the government already knows how to run health care. The folks who work for Medicare and Medicaid could easily be transitioned into National Health Care positions.
People are dying in this country from lack of health care (without adequate preventative care what we really have is more like "sick care") while the very few and elite get richer and richer. It's a broken system.
Watch the film "Sicko" for more details....
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| Rebecca Nickels | WA |
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| nancyf fukumoto | AL |
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| Michael Kloti | MN |
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| sam spohn | MN |
I work very hard, and yet still cannot afford health care. This would be great!
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| Cynthia Copeland | FL |
There is a gap between state medicaid and medicare. States cannot approve medicaid until medicare first approves it. Many get lost in the cracks. One couple has the man with colorectal cancer, since first of the year. Went to Children & Families and applied for assistanc even temporary. Was told, you don't qualify for food stamps since you don't have children living with you, but if you want to apply for anything, there is the computer help yourself. These people didn't finish high school, have no insite into computer use. Really sloppy work.
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| Kristin McKenna | GA |
My cousin has Leukemia and she calls her coverage good because she received quick approval of her claim. Approval of a claim for treatment of a disease which will kill her without it. When did we become a nation in which someone else gets to decide if you live or you die? And when do a bunch of people in suits get to decide what your life is worth? For her, it's $2000 a month. I am shocked and appalled at our current system and it is long past time for a change.
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| Sandra Berry | OH |
my mother and I no longer have health insurance. I have not seen my family doctor for about 5 years because I cant afford to. I have an bad back and went into debt trying to get better because I lost my health insurance when I could no longer work at my old job. My mother has health problems. She doesnt get her preventative tests because she cant afford them. If she gets insurance they still wont pay because they say its a pre-existing condition. She has trouble walking because her knee is shot. She needs to have a knee replacement and again we dont have the money and if she manages to get insurance, its a pre-excisting condition or they make the premiums and deductable so high we cant afford it anyhow. So she take tylenol or advil and sits at home after work. I try to help as much as I can but I have a bad back with makes a lot of things difficult. We need universal healthcare. People should not live in pain just because they cant afford to see doctors or have surgery.
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| Lana O'Day | CO |
I really hope this passes. I was watching the movie last night and I was thinking that we need to get everyone to boycott the insurance companies and get them shut down. Why should we have to pay them not to cover us.
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| Eric Martinsen | CA |
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| bruce peavler | FL |
Get er done!
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| Sandra McCarthy | CT |
I fully support a universal health care. I have a family member who currently does not have health insurance. I try to help him anyway I can but with my health issues and a daughter on her way to college I cannot afford to help him like I would love to. Please, is there anything more we can do to pass this universal health care system?
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| Karen Swiecki | MI |
I fully support the initiative for universal healthcare in the united states.
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| Nancy Carlile | WA |
We need universal health care!
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| Jason Thornton | RI |
It is time for a change. The American people, living under the supposed blanket of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are entitled to these inalienable rights as forged by our founding fathers - regardless of financial position. No longer should the citizens of our nation suffer needlessly. No longer should stockholders and the almighty dollar dictate the health of the people. No longer should outrageous insurance premiums bankrupt the middle and lower class. I demand nonprofit healthcare for all, on behalf of those citizens lacking the means or fortitude to stand united against rampant greed. Support Conyers and Kucinich, and HR 676. The time is NOW.
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| Jeffery Birkhofer | PA |
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| Juli Zeigler | IN |
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| Tina Van Kirk | CA |
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| Billie Berry | OK |
I am poor and grew up poor so I deal with it. I remain poor and go hungry every day because I am sick and cannot afford to go to the doctor. I cry and remain in depression while I pray for some sort of miracle. I put myself in serious debt to go to college and now I fear that it was for nothing because I can't make myself better. There has to be hope at the end of all this, does'nt there?
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| Meryl Marcus | NY |
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| Devra McPhee | CA |
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| Jane Riese | NM |
Health care should be about making people well, not dispensing drugs. Take the for-profit corporate interest out of our basic right to proper treatment.
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| richie valenzuela | WA |
we need more help with health!!
we all have health issues, we all pay for it!!!
where is it!!!???
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| Kathy Gray | MO |
I believe Jimmie Buffet said it best: "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take it anymore!"
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| Michelle Chalifoux | ID |
We need a national health care system NOW! I've written to both of the Idaho Congressional Representatives, Mike Simpson, and Bill Salli and received a form letter from both basically refusing to sponsor the bill along with a bunch of rhetoric stating why this would be BAD for Americans. I think what they really are saying is that it would be really bad for their pockets and careers. PATHETIC!
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| Henry Gutierrez | TX |
WE NEED THIS IN OUR LIFETIME. AFTER SEEING MICHAEL MOORE'S MOVIE, SICKO, I AM CONVINCED THAT THE USA CAN AFFORD THIS, BY THE REDISTRIBUTION OF MONEY THAT WE PAY INSURANCE COMPANIES NOW. THERE'S NO NEED TO INCREASE TAXES.
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| greg gross | PA |
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| Mirna Barriga | FL |
Dont Stop. Tell me where and when demonstrations are in my state.
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| Jana Rogers | NY |
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| Adria Ogiste | AL |
N.E.A.T is the Nutrition Education Action Team
We hold health education night once a month in a really nice community room. I am a nutritionist.
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| Susan Berlin | SC |
Single Payer now!!!!
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| Jennifer Schwaber | MA |
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| Timothy Stewart | TX |
The insurance companies won't go down without a fight, saddly their greed results in deaths everyday.
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| Inobe Thomas | CA |
May God get the glory...Let's adopt a kingdom mentality and really start to care what happens to one another..in Jesus name...
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| Karen Bolick | NC |
I currently am insured but do not know how much longer I can continue to pay the exorbitant rates to have insurance. My husband is self employed and I work for a small comapny that only subsidizes a very small portion of my insurance. We have 2 daughters in college. It's a shame when we have to think about either paying for our children's education or continuing our healthcare coverage. We pay over 10,000 dollars a year for coverage which includes 2,500 dollar deductibles for each of us. This year has been hard on us as we have had some health issues. To date we already have spent 14,000 dollars on insurance and services which fell under our deductible. Our income is around 65,000 per year. That's 21 percent of our income for healthcare. I am an office administrator and I see many of our employees that do not carry insurance at all. They simply can't afford it on 12.00 and 13.00 an hour jobs. It is urgent that our government take action. We need help.
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| emily johnson | MN |
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| BIANKA INGERSOLL | NJ |
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| Del Hasa | IL |
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| Susan Osada | IL |
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| Jeanine Molloff | MT |
God bless Michael Moore!
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| Tracy Manning | TN |
It is a travesty that we live in the wealthiest and most powerful country in the world, yet we are unable to provide citizens with proper health care. HR 676 is a revolutionary and important piece of legislation that must be passed! We simply can not leave this corrupt system for future generations to deal with. I thank Representative Steve Cohen for having the wisdom to back this legislation and ask the other Representatives of Tennessee to follow suit.
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| Mark Halverson-Wente | MN |
Keep up the good work! Healthcare is indeed a right as an American, if not a human right.
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| Sarah Kulfan | WA |
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| Stephanie Grant | MO |
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| Samantha Zinn | OK |
This is common sense, really.
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| Latesia Coleman | GA |
I started a non-profit from my livingroom last year to start the work that no-one else wants to do to reach children in the inner city- we all need healthcare!!! Including myself. This is rediculous, folks.
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| Bonnie L Brown | IL |
Please sponsor or support, if you are not already doing so, HR676. This legislation is important to all citizens of the United States, and there is no reason that the wealthiest country in the world cannot make sure that all its citizens have access to inexpensive, comprehensive health care. HR676 seems a good start on this path.
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| Carleen Jones | MI |
I urge you to support H.R. 676 so that I may continue to support you!
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| Michael Louisell | MI |
I demand that our polititions support a national health care program like H.R. 676.
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| Samuel T Chesher Sr | CO |
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| Ruth Chesher | CO |
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| Jamie Frey | IN |
It seems ridiculous to me that in the greatest country in the world millions of people can't even go to a doctor when they're sick. We all deserve healthcare! We spend so much money on so many other idiotic things every year, I just don't get it. Universal Healthcare of America!!
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| Wayne Sorbelli | PA |
The hand that signs the paper is supposed to be a "puppet hand" being moved by the wishes of the people it represents. WELL, "WE THE PEOPLE" -- START MOVING THAT HAND !! Take out your PENS and start signing - you sign, I sign - tell your friends and family - sign new people into office if they are not representing you properly. Sign this health care resolution. ........and if we all sign HR 676, then when we go to the doctor's office we will be signing a welcome book instead of a bank check !!!!
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| Terri Wilson | NC |
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| Justin Kemerling | NE |
Universal Health Care Now!
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| Angelita Diaz | TX |
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| Richard Cecere | NJ |
Pass HR 676
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| Tiffany Carder | TX |
I am 3 weeks away from graduating from nursing school and I am disgusted by what I have seen in the health care facilities I have trained at. I wanted to become a nurse to care for people not deny them treatment. We see patients that we know need to stay longer...that are not yet well enough to go home, but there is rarely anything we can do about it.
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| Patrick Graves | IN |
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| Sarah Graves | IN |
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| Erick Willing | TX |
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| Lauren Wells | CA |
i think this is overdue! universal healthcare now!
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| Nancy Winningham | IN |
I am in a high-risk group for breast cancer, but I haven't had a mammogram in more than 10 years. Can't afford it. Not after paying $800 a month for 3 people for insurance with $2500 deductible per person.
That's $9600 a year just in premiums, and co-pays for my husband's maintenance meds are $120/month. So that is $1440 for medications. Running total: $11,040. Then there are the co-pays on his blood tests and doctor's office visits. Altogether, that comes out to almost as much as my annual take-home pay--and that assumes that my son and I don't make any claims.
Did I mention that if I miss a single payment, the insurance disappears forever? (Husband is considered uninsurable, and he is in a pool with other uninsurable folks in our state.) With no insurance, his maintenance meds cost $600 a month. And no back-up plan if he has a heart attack or is in a car accident.
We have house repairs we can't do, maxed-out credit cards, and we have not yet turned on the heat. After all, the coldest it has gotten is 37 degrees in the daytime after 26 degrees at night--not quite cold enough for the pipes to freeze. We make due with a small woodstove that only heats 3 rooms, and three electric space heaters.
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| Heather Steimlosk | ID |
I'm scared to death. If anything were to happen we wouldn't make it. I'm pursuing a Masters of Social Work and I am afraid what would happen if we had a child. There is no reason that wealthy in the United States have a right to live and the poor should die because of the circumstances that they were born into. I'm tired of being lied to. People who do the best that they can and work, instead of stealing, commit fraud, selling drugs or anything else will die because they are poor and moral.
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| Michael Rypka | TX |
This would benefit our country gratly and less people would die of unneccesary deaths. Longer lives, more security and overall less stress in our society. If we are leaders in the world, then our government needs to lead us to better health, happier lives, and less stress worrying about our health.
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| henry roland | TX |
After recently watching the Michael Moore movie "Sicko", I ask myself why has this issue has not been resolved already. It makes no sense at all why our own U.S. government would deny it's citizens the right to a national health care system that truly works for it's own people. SPREAD THE WORD!
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| Kelsy Matteson | WA |
PLEASE LET's Make this happen!!!
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| Anne-Marie Larsen | CA |
please end this human rights violation- everyone should have the basic right to live.
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| john madden | NC |
I heard about this through a friend who i know has a wife who is ill ,I therefore support this action on behalf of all those who suffer on a day to day knowing they can not afford to seek help..
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| Sandy McBeth | IN |
I think it is time to move past the profiteering of private insurance copanies and provide every citizen of our country with adequate health care. It is not acceptable to continue to allow private insurance companies to make decisions (and profits) concerning the medical treatment and health of the American people. It is appauling to know that our government and country is allowing her citizens to suffer because they can not afford medicine and/or medical care. It is appauling to know that they are forcing families to go bankrupt due to the high cost of medical treatment. It is appauling to know that they are allowing Americans to die rather than provide them health care. Shame on America. It is time for our country to resume her standing as a "great nation" of the world rather than continue her slide to the bottom of the heap. As a citizen of the 8th District I urge you to support HR676. I know you support medical care for the children, but their parents need coverage also. They need to be healthy to continue to work and provide for their families.
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| mat minor | MO |
I'm a St.Louis union carpenter and when I watched Sicko I felt embarrassed,ashamed, and disgusted to be an American. I think that because I'm in an union my benefits are protected but after watching this movie i'm not so sure. I would like to know what I can do if anything to help our desperate situation.
Sincerely,
Mat Minor
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| mark seibel | NC |
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| Heather Whittaker | ID |
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| Dave Inks | OH |
What the hell is wrong with this country that our own people can't see how much better other countries are living with national health care. Sure we may be the richest country as far as money, but sure as hell not happiness and for sure not health!
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| Julya Johnson | TN |
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| mitchell workman | MO |
i would like to get a pitition and have people sign it then send it to you
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| marcia wallace | AR |
Insurance today is a very expensive crap shoot. Who knows what each of us will have to pay for any given procedure and whether our insurance will pay? It's crazy to have profit making/taking built into the medical system.
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| Michael F | CA |
Two former U.S. Surgeons Generalare in favor of this. It's time for change.
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| Eli Truett | GA |
There is no reason good enough (and as far as I'm concerned no good reason at all) to support our present healthcare system in favor of a socialized one. If we don't achieve one we will know it is because not enough people understand this, and that would seem like a crime.
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| Jack Brady | IN |
Our health care system is based on Greed. Are the British, French and others that much better than us. They seem to care about all their citizens, to them Health care is a right!
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| Dustin Young | OH |
America's health care system is one of the worst in the entire world. If this bill can improve it then I'm all for it.
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| christina truell | CA |
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| Justin Godard | VA |
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| Donna Denham | MO |
If we would contribute what we pay in premiums and if our employers would pay the amount they contribute for each employee we would go a long way in financing HR-676. I do not think our taxes would be any higher by the time you add in the premiums,deductable and co-pays.
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| Sharon Neville | FL |
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| Melanie Horton | ME |
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| K Patel | TX |
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| bernard Herrity | VA |
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| Dianna Abreu | TX |
Its time to clean up America and make her the great nation she once was.
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| Robb Mayhew | OH |
Our healthcare system is a joke. We are paying for services that are available as long as we don't need them. When you do need them the health insurance companies say you don't and deny the help you need so they aren't responsible for the bill. Let's go America stop letting everyone tell you what is best for you when your the one thats paying the price for nothing.
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| Amanda Olsen | IL |
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| David Schwenker | NY |
Its time to stop being controlled by the government and media. Health care is about helping the sick and caring for the injured; not maximizing profits and denying claims. Canada and the UK have the right idea. Take a stand and fight the corruption in this country.
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| Malerie Pelizzaro | MO |
This should be a given. We should be taking care of our people and everyone of us should be looking after the next. Talk about a nation divided.
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| Kimberly Lehman | FL |
I want to help in anyway to make this happen!
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| Tara Cullop | NC |
I have been living without health insurance for almost 6 years now. It has taken it's toll on me and my finances. I currently sit here typing this with a broken bone I could not seek help to repair. I am a single mother with two children and I do not qualify for medicaid. I make too much money, yet I cannot afford private health coverage. I see illegal aliens all the time with their medicaid cards and food stamps. Why is it we can justify giving someone who does not legally belong in our country much less pay taxes here insurance coverage than our own who do pay taxes??? Something isn't right here and changes need to be made. If not, some of the single moms of the world like me may die of the common cold because we couldn't get medication to fight it and therefore our children will be raised on welfare because they are orphaned. Changes people - oh yeah and I vote!
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| MYlee Francisco | WA |
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| debbie hills | IN |
..help make healthcare equal and affordable for all!
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| Michelle Moeder | KS |
I feel it is the responsibility of all of us to ensure that every American is provided with healthcare.
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| | NY |
Thank you for caring about the American public. My husband and I are in our 40s with chronic illnesses. We work 50 hours/week. We're counting on you! It feels good to know someone cares and that people won't have to sell their homes to buy medication. I see some old people having to decide which $250 prescription to buy today because they can't afford both. This is tragic. People are dying now. Please care about the health of Americans--and provide HEALTH COVERAGE FOR ALL AMERICANS NOW! Thank you for your compassion.
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| Lea Jones | MD |
Health care for profit is such a perverse concept.
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| Desiree Wilson | NC |
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| Amy Gardner | PA |
Health care is a right, not a privilege.
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| Alexa Heaverlo | WA |
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| Robert Moss | MN |
heathcare now!
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| Mary Spanyer | OH |
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| John Spanyer | OH |
Universal healthcare and stopping/preventing unjust wars are the most important issues now and in the upcoming elections.
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| Jenny Smick | PA |
Starting when I was only fourteen years old, I have honestly disliked my country. I didn't yet know all the in's and out's. However, recognizing the greed wasnt hard to see. I've always said "one day I will leave this place." But its not as easy as it sounds. Im hoping with enough effort we can change it in any way we can. Can we undo whats been done? We cant change those people, but we may just take back our lives and so called "freedom". In the end of things and making this big noise we will have you to thank. You are giving people the hope they have lost to speak and have a voice again. So in the end of things, im starting to feel like running away is not what we should do. We should fight to make this place better! Make it something to be proud to call "home". Thank you Michael Moore.
Your supportive fan,
Jenny Smick
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| maggie Clemente | NJ |
As michael moore simply stated, our healthcare system is a sin. watching the movie made me sick to my stomach and very angry. i do have hope and we as the people should no longer accept this. we can do something, take the power away and give it back to the people. It can be done, check our history books.
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| Mindy Hamme | PA |
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| Michael Kulfan | WA |
Health care for all is a basic human right in any civilized society.
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| PAMELA RIEVES | NC |
I am a 48 year old single mother without health insurance. I lost my job in May of 2007 and could not afford coverage under the COBRA program. My 2 children are covered by their father's policy, which I am thankful for. I was shocked when I attempted to apply for Medicare assistance, as I take several perscriptions, including one for high blood pressure. I was told that since my children were not in need of state coverage - I was disqualified for assistance. After much research, I found a few programs that offered disounted medical care, however, not always affordable and with long waiting list to get into the system. I think it is ashame that in the United States of America we have so many people without health insurance! How can we as parents take care of our children when we can't take care of our own medical needs? I beg of you to pass bill HR676!
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| Sara Van Gorden | VA |
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| Eduardo Rabel | NY |
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| Susan Cullen | GA |
We deserve healthcare for everyone!
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| Ronald Reese | FL |
some of us really need medical help
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| Cari Sullivan | OH |
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| Leonard Goldstein | IN |
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| Leonard Goldstein | IN |
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| Chandra Byrum | GA |
I have PCOS and no insurance to get the right medications that I need. If I dont get them soon the inevitable will come and I will be a childless woman for the rest of my life. This bill for all to have affordable healthcare would really help everyone! And I really mean that!
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| Aimee Potteiger | PA |
I am a single mother without healthcare! I just watched "Sicko" and am appalled at this country. We are the richest nation supposedly and we don't have half of what they have in other countries! Being 37th on the list of healthcare is pathetic. The US needs to take care of the people here, instead of an unnecessary war in Iraq. Either things need to change in this country or I'm getting my passport and getting the hell out of it! Why aren't all citizens angry? Are they just oblivious to life and just enjoy squeaking by because thats the easy way? I'm not, I want a revolution! Things need to change in this country!
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| Pat Seibert | NC |
JUST DO IT....NOW
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| Gordon Koerner | VA |
Thank You for endorsing HR 676. No candidate has a health care plan unless it is HR 676.
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| Madelyn Morales | CA |
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| Rosemary Kuzmic | AZ |
Pass HR-676! It is reprehensible that our country does not have a free National Health Care System for all of its citizens. When Canada, France the UK and Cuba have such quality programs, our lack of service becomes even more unimaginable. The government needs to answer to the people, per the constitution, not to the drug companies and insurance companies. Stop the greed and politics that has undermined this effort for decades! Make this issue a priority and get the job done once and for all! It is long overdue.
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| Nicole O'Neill | OR |
Go Michael, Go! We needed this bill YESTERDAY. We Need to have a Health Care System that works. As a Single Mom without Child support, I do not have health insurance -- and I can not afford it. Please keep working to change the health care system. Why is it that other countries take care of their own and we do not in this country? It's Time for Change!
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| Ivanka Stefanova | IL |
I am strongly supporting HR 676.
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| Ru Rico | CA |
My daughter has Autism. We were delayed her diagnoses because her pediatrician told us the insurance companies do not like when she writes out referrals.We have to pay everything out of pocket. I have been to sick to my stomach wondering how we are going to have to pay for everything and the sad part is, is that we are insured.
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| Joshua Taylor | CA |
I am a registered nurse and strongly believe that our country needs national health care for our citizens. There is a fundamental flaw in thinking of ways to profit from providing people with health care. Of all the things to worry about when you become ill, paying for your care should not be on the list.
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| Joanne Ferguson | OH |
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| Linda Boyd | GA |
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| Patrick Hershberger | MI |
Please realize that this is one of the most important ways we can begin to heal our torn country--by helping us all breath a little easier at the end of the day. Healthy citizens are happier citizens.
Thank you.
Patrick Hershberger
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| Michele LoManto | NJ |
I hate what I see happening here in America. We have to stop the corporate lobbyists,the self serving politicians and all the the wall street wizards who create plenty of problems for the average American.
Who are these people and Why do they think they have the right to ruin our lives in every way possible? It's an outrage!
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| Kimberly Moore | MN |
I am a registered nurse and I am "sick" about this. I just watched the movie and I am ashamed of our healthcare system in America - just ashamed. We can do better than this. I want to help this movement and I am trying to figure out how best I can help. Signing this petition is my start.
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| Arlene Dominguez | TX |
I think it's about time that the United States, took a page from other countries. Rather than focusing on war and trade, concerning themselves with the welfare of their citizens should be priority one.
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| Ken Safranek | WA |
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| Rochelle Cohen | CO |
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| Dean Parks | CA |
Hello to our U.S. Congress and Senate,
It works in capitalistic Taiwan. P.S.- I am a voter, thank you and we appreciate your support.
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| adriana gallon | AL |
I been working with the Healthcare industry for more than 5 years and it is time to chance, to give chance to those who have not access to decent care, those in need that are not protected by the Government because they are not poor enough or by private insurance because they're not rich/wealthy enough to pay for it.
We are all in need of Medical Care
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| Kimberly Kessler | HI |
Finally something that makes SENSE!
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| Marcia Cravens | FL |
As a citizen of the state of Florida, and Registered Nurse in this state...I sincerely and strongly support H. R. 676 for Universal Non-Profit Health Care for ALL IN THE USA...PLEASE BE RESPONSIBLE AND DO THE RIGHT THING-VOTE YES ON HR 676. YOUR VOTE WILL BE MONITORED AND REMEMBERED BY MYSELF, EVERY NURSE THAT I KNOW, OTHER HEALTH CARE WORKERS, AND ALL MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS WHO ARE WORKING IN OTHER FIELDS OR RETIRED!!!
sign me as Citizen and RN for NonProfit Universal Health Care
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| Jeff Mace | AZ |
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| Cathi Mace | AZ |
It's about time!
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| Clinton Jones | PA |
I support this bill as long as it stands by itself and does not have a lot of unrelated bills attached to it at the end.
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| Carol Moorhouse | NV |
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| Ana Hernandez | NY |
The health care system should not make you choose between the doctor or medical treatment of your preference. People should not acquire debt as a result of seeking medical treatment, and no one should be prevented from getting medical attention and care when they need it. It is unacceptable that people with "pre-existing conditions" are denied necessary health care. No one should think that our current health care system is fair. Everyone should pitch in and do their part by supporting this HR 676.
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| Maureen Motley | NC |
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| Babette Welch | TX |
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| Mark Fery | WA |
After HR676 passes, the next step should be to prosecute executives of US healthcare companies found to reject legitimate claims of policyholders.
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| Evelyn Sorrell | KY |
Every one deserves health care coverage.
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| Ryan Neely | KY |
I urge the members of Congress to prove to the American people that they are not owned by big business like the health care industry. It is time to pass HR 676.
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| Jenna Blake | CA |
I'm an uninsured 21 year old and I'm tired of being afraid that I'll get sick and won't be able to afford the care that I need. I'm happy to sign this!
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| Alan Wolf | MD |
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| Carony Cheng | CA |
It is sad that America is one of the riches country, yet the government cannot even take care of their own citizens. Universal healthcare means all citizens are important, not just the rich. Stop being so greedy and give back to the people who have tried to make this country great. It is those corrupted government officials that give all governmental officials a bad name. It is those corrupted government officials that gave Americans a bad name.
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| Michael McGinnis | NM |
SUPPORT H.R. 676, SINGLE PAYER-PUBLIC FUNDED HEALTHCARE "FOR ALL THE PEOPLE".
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| lene maxwell | MI |
I believe 100% in free healthcare for all and with no exceptions. Sponsored by the government and with low copays for prescriptions drugs.
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| Jesse Vear | ME |
Health care is a fundamental human right! America demands universal SINGLE PAYER health care! NOW!
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| Nicholas Young | OR |
I've had Crohn's since I was 19 and I do not have health insurance. Here in Oregon, the only offer is a high risk pool which insures people with "preexisting conditions" but you still have to wait six months (and its a government program!).
Universal Health care is a fundamental right for all humans.
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| Frank Marinaro | NY |
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| Donald Baun | OH |
America's elected officials must support every citizen's right to health care. We find ourselves, unlike the rest of the industrialized countries, buried deep in the greed and profiteering of private insurance companies. We must collectively demand that our citizens do not have to grovel to receive essential health care. A single payer system cuts costs, duplication of services, and maximizes the per patient expenditure of precious health care dollars. Think for the good of America, not the corporations. Think universal, single payer health care.
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| Brad Hungler | KY |
It's time we change our values. We must start placing a value on human life and caring for everyone!
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| Jewel Allen | MI |
I am a registered nurse at the University of Michigan. I am a member of the Michigan Nurses Association.
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| Patrick Greenawalt | NY |
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| Dustin Harryman | KS |
everyone in this country must come together in this action for us to even begin to hope for correction
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| Saib Shunia | MI |
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| Kathy Cornelis | NJ |
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| Aron Anderson | OR |
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| Lynn Putman | TX |
I am in urgent need of oral/maxillofacial surgery which involves bone grafting and implants to try and help with the bone deteriation. Ask me if my insurance will cover it? A BIG FAT NO!!!! So I have been suffering for two years and wondering where I am going to find about #30,000 to save my face and skull!!!! What in the world am I paying premiums for???? It won't even cover IV sedation at the dentist. Forget the fact that I need premedication for a heart problem. This is absolutely ridiculous. Then the insurance company increases it's premiums so I had to drop down a level of coverage. This is supposed to be the great U.S of A. and it has the worst health care in the world!!!!
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| David Farmer | TX |
Congress must act now to ensure the health of all its citizens, rich and poor. There are no excuses for the sorry state of the American healthcare system. The current private healthcare system won't ever work and doesn't address the health care needs of Americans. I fully support universal one payer health care for all and affordable prescription drugs. You must support and pass HR 676. American citizens will except nothing less!
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| Phyllis Arist | IL |
It is LONG overdue that the U.S. join the rest of the industrialized world in providing health care for ALL as a human right & NOT as another commodity for the profit of insurance industry!!
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| lee niesig | MA |
animal health insurance would help me take care of my 14 animals as we all know vet care is very expensive, myself ,and others im sure could really use it
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| Annie Stueber | OK |
I demand that Congress take immediate action to address this health problem in the USA. We rate 66th in the world, even below small, poorer countries like Cuba! There are people of all ages dying from preventable diseases and illnesses, even from dental problems. That is a shameful disgrace!
A healthy nation is a prosperous nation.
I support H.R. Bill 676, a healthcare plan that would be provided to EVERYONE by the US government...citizen or alien alike with no out-of-the-pocket costs no matter what you are seeking medical attention for - mental health, glasses, dental, preventative care, treatment & care for diseases, immunizations, tests, lab, maternity care, infant & children, the elderly, veterans, military, the rich & the poor alike; citizen or alien. Americans should have free or low-cost affordable prescriptions for all medical needs and treatments.
The world is now so mobile today that preventing the transmission of diseases from country to country should be paramount in considering health care for this country. That alone is enough reason to consider passing this bill, but we have got to do this for every reason. It is the right time and the right thing to do!
Support and pass H.R. 676 NOW!
Americans demand it!
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| TERRI FALBO | PA |
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| jennifer clark | NV |
It is a disgrace that we are letting the private insurance companies determine the health of Americans. It is not in their best interest to help the sick. If we as voters don’t do someone they will not. We must take a stand to make a change. I am fully behind making health care a public service for all. To many americans are going broke and dying to keep insurance companies profitable.
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| Robin Anderson | MI |
Everyone needs this. Let's pool together like a true country, and just like our fellow countries.
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| Mary Roth | OH |
We need this. Our healtcare system is wacky. Someone need to fix this.
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| Angela Johnson | AZ |
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| Lori Belson | NC |
I want healthcare as good as the prisoners receive in Guantanamo Bay. Please help Americans to catch up to France, England, Canada and Cuba in taking care of its citizen's healthcare needs.
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| kirk ritch | TX |
As a country we need help, and if we cant help each other then what good is freedom.
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| Shirley Zarnick | PA |
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| Wendy Gallup | NC |
I would like to see this country take care of it's
citizens. I am one who is lucky to have a job with insurance. But, I don't really call it long-tterm security. It is security as long as I work aat this company. But, if I get sick with a serious disease and lose my job...what then. I have Cobra for 18 months... and then what? I don't make enough money to have alot set aside in case of what if? I think this country should be working toward a national health care systme like alot of European countries. Therefore, I support this bill.
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| Amy Ritch | TX |
The existing healthcare coverage system in the U.S. is appauling. My family pays entirely too much for moderate coverage. If one of my family members were to develop a long-term illness, we would probably end up being one of the families in the statistics presented in SICKO who go bankrupt due to medical bills.
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| Terianne Wong | FL |
We all deserve the right to affordable and universal healthcare--no person should have to choose between their health and financial debts. Collectively, we can afford it, especially when for-profit gains are not an issue.
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| David Vredenburg | NY |
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| Maria Venuto | NY |
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| Derek Seibel | NC |
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| Leona Cohen | NY |
I want to contribute my time in doing whatever I can to get universal healthcare.
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| Frances Silveira | MA |
Please pass this bill. I lost my only sister to Cancer and now my cousin is recovering from breast cancer. Pleasae Help.
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| Louanne Henry | MO |
Myself and my daughter are two who "fall thru the cracks" of American healthcare ( or lack there of!). I have decided to go back to school, so I don't have a full time job, but cannot afford health insurance for the two of us. We are holding our breath, hoping that nothing catastrophic happens where we would need hospitalization.
Would it be logistically possible to organize a march of mammoth proportion upon Washington D.C.?
Or even on our individual state capitals?
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| Chuck Colby | MI |
I want to help! I am outraged and feel like this is the most important issue in America today.
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| Veronica DeMuro | PA |
I have typeII diabetes and have had to forgo medical screenings like mamograms and pap smears since my "limited benifit" insurance, offered by the company I work for, gets maxed out for the year. This should never be.
NATIONAL HEALTHCARE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Caren Zada | WI |
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| david egilman | MA |
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| Josephine Greco | MA |
Please pass HR676. I lost my daughter to cancer.
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| William Christy | NJ |
I am one of the fortunate individuals in this great country: I am healthy and have health-care insurance through my employer. Having said that, I've always thought it ridiculous that stockholder-owned healthcare companies serve as gate-keepers between me and my doctor. The pressure on the insurance companies to deny coverage is too strong. It is simply not right and it's it's time to take a stand for a national heath care system. That's why I am urging support H.R. 676.
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| Carolee Jackson | AZ |
As a disabled American that is underinsured even with Humana Medicare, my monthly co-pay's do not leave enough for my monthly living expenses. I get $700 a month in Social Security Disability... my co-pay's run me over $400 a month. I am a Patriot born in America that is thoroughly disgusted by our government and the health care industry. Enough is enough!
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| James Hall | MO |
I FEEL VERY STRONG ABOUT SUPPORTING HR 676 MEDICARE FOR ALL. I HAVE HEALTH AND PRESCRIPTION INSURANCE BUT HAVE TWO CATASTROPHIC ILLNESSES AND AM WHAT YOU CALL UNDERINSURED. IF YOU POLITICIANS CAN GIVE YOURSELF A RAISE FORSURELY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN BE GIVEN HR 676 JIM HALL.
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| Karen Ricker | TX |
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| Robert Winder | NY |
These congressmen need to be reminded that the payoff there taking, is American voters money! My money, blood money, payed to a for profit insurance company so I can go to the doctors and "co- pay" for my visit. Just like the HMO's and big pharmaceutical companies, drum politicians out of congress for mentioning free universal healthcare. We the people need to vote out all congressmen that take the payoff and refuse us, the best nation in the world, the best healthcare system. By the way, for less money then were paying now! Every vote against H.R. 676 must be held accountable! Sincerely, Robert Winder
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| Charles Dunlap | CO |
Undiscrimintory healthcare for all is a basic need for sustainable human life in the pursuit of happiness.
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| chris enslen | MO |
We need this healthcare system to pass, everyone deserves the medical attention they need, not be turned away. This issue really digust me because we are supposed to set the example for the rest of the world but yet we are lacking, and we need to set the bar high for the world to emulate.
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| AC Soutor | NY |
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| Itay Covaliu | MD |
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| William Quinn | NY |
National healthcare is NOT a want or a choice, but a necessity of our freedoms. Any country that divides its own humanity by prioritizing the greed of a few individuals inevitably faces internal revolutions, riots and wars.
I'd rather my taxes and the $120.00 a month I pay in health insurance be helping people like Lorainne Burquist than burning another whole in some rich man's pocket and war is just not my thing. How about you?
Count me in on the HR 676 petition!
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| Ben Davidow | CA |
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| Karen Cormie | NY |
Pass this bill for the many, many people out there like Lorraine Burquist. You'll never know what and when a disease or long-term/fatal illness will tap you on the shoulder. Pass the HR 676 bill NOW. I beg you, for her sake.
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| Lorraine Burquist | NC |
I am a 15 month cancer survivor; a "fortunate" insured (currently) with the stress of becoming an uninsurable when my COBRA runs out shortly; whose treatment needs to continue beyond COBRA; a "fortunate" insured whose out-of-pocket insurance premium runs runs over $10,000/yr; a "fortunate" whose deductible and co-pays have taken my breath away almost as much as the cancer has. A "fortunate" insured who could die if I cannot find a path toward health care ... and soon. These stresses do NOT need to be added to this disease. I am a medical professional; a Physical Therapist Assistant. I beg the system that I work for and the country in which I do that work to allow me life that I may continue to serve. I beg that you please pass HR 676.
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| Maksim Grinman | NY |
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| Chris Bryan | CA |
I, as a tax paying, seasonal federal employee, am tired of being without healthcare!!! I live behind the "redwood curtain" of northern Californai, & in watching your documentary, realize how bad our media coverage is up here having no clue about Bill 676, b/f your mention. It just angers me how liberal our news sources are!
As I actually now sit here sick with a nasel infection, I am hopeful in my lifetime (I'm 29) I'll see universal health care. God has graced me to turn my life around from having been homeless for a period of my life in CA, when I was socially supressed and the Medi Cal system had no problem giving me Co-Pay health insurance and food stamps. In the following 4 years, as I got my life back together and jobs, I have been denied health insurance every time, even though I have a life long need to get med's & doctor's appoinment's. I'm really glad I watched your film, as I was looking into "buying" insurance after not having it over 5 years. I have prexisiting conditions, that I was sure to have to pay a lot for anyway. I am very indebted to you Mr Moore for being a long-needed catalyst on this issue, even though this response is late per the voting, I wanted to say thank you for your efforts, and please CONTINUE THE SURGE, WE THE PEOPLE WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS IGNORANT AND GREEDY SYSTEM ANY LONGER!!
I'll continue looking for your leadership and seek ways through your website to be informed on protesting the state of our healthcare,etc.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN!, FOR TEACHING ME ABOUT THE INDUSTRY AND FILLING IN ALL THE LINGERING QUESTIONS ON HOW THE INDUSTRY OPERATES. Please keep up the good work Mr Moore and Co!
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| Michelle Halbig | AZ |
I fully support the passage of this bill. I intend to work within my church, the school district I work for and my community to make people aware of this bill and the need for it's passage. It is time to end this national disgrace and take back our country from the wealthy self interest groups and the politicians they have paid for.
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| ELIZABETH LEECH | NC |
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| Charles W Haynes | NY |
It is time to stop making the delivery of medical care contingent on its profitability to insurers. The current system makes both the providers and the recipients of medical services suffer excessive costs that will be eliminated by a single-payer program.
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| Michael Castellano | PA |
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| Stan B. | NJ |
It's sad that we live in the greatest and richest country in the world and the people are oppressed to accepting such inhumane acts upon each other. Luckily within the past 20 years information cannot not be suppressed as easily and globalization is changing the way business is conducted. I truly believe Americans are some of the most educated and privelaged people in the world, but it is shocking to see ourselves being deceived that everything we do is perfect.
Hopefully, enough information can spread on this matter, bills like H.R. 676 could get passed, people will take action and vote on important issues such as healthcare, and the people strive to make this nation the great country we all believe it is. We as a nation have become too complacent with accepting everything that is fed to us as the "American Way" and therefore it must be superior. Hopefully we as a nation could force change through education and information.
I am sure with over 8,000 petitioners my voice will not be heard here, but I will do my best to make my voice heard at the ballot box and in any other organization that pushes for healthcare change. If anyone does read this, I urge you to do the same.
One thing I have learned from being a member of a capitalist society. Trying to take away money from large corporations will not be easy. Their lawyers and their money will fight the poor and middle class "little" people of this country until they are demoralized and tired and don't want to fight no more. Hopefully we never become too demoralized and too tired to fight for what we believe in, because that is the "American Way". Hopefully just because companies give us just enough money to get by in life, we are not distracted from pushing for something better. There is one thing I know about the human spirit as well....You could only bring people down for so long before they have enough and FORCE change. Good luck everyone!
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