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| Kelly Garrison | MI |
It sickens me to think of any person being denied health care so that a selected few can become millionaires. How could such a thing happen in this advanced country, the United States. People should not be sent to there graves because they can not afford a hospital bill.
Kelly Garrison
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| David and Amy Moore | TX |
Our nation should be ashamed for what we have let insurance companies, drug companies and greedy doctors and hospitals do to our moral fabric. National Healthcare should become a number ONE priority.
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| JIm Sequin | MA |
To Congress. I know that the words I say don't come close to the 100,000's of thousands you receive for campaign contributions from the insurance companies. But you are not immune. Your relatives are not immune, your children’s, children are not immune. Someone that has been in your life that is in your life or will be in your life may have financial, health or life and death issues to the rising cost of heath insurance. It is not big health insurance that puts you in office it is us we the people. Don’t sell us out because you may be selling your progenitors out. Pass HR 676
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| Michael Paugh | CA |
greed is totally out of control. People are more important than money.
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| Elizabeth Powell | IL |
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| Andrea Christianson | TN |
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| Antoinette Benford | CA |
It is time for America to do this. Greed has overtaken the sanity of influential people. It is time for people who see clearly to unite and fulfill this very important cause...free helathcare for all!
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| Kimberly Hanson | VA |
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| Tina Lattimer | OH |
I support HR-676. I believe everyone deserves health care. I think it is time we take the profit out of health care. The money spent by health care on advertisments and lobbyist could be providing every American complete healthcare.
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| Ed O'Reilly | MA |
I am a Democratic Candidate for the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts. For more information, please see www.edoreilly.com
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| Ana Hansen | AZ |
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| Taylor Kasky | MD |
Hopefully there will come a time where we as a country, a people, a community, and a society, will value human life over money. There is no excuse why every single human being does not deserve to be healthy. It is a basic right. Everyone is entitled to their health. We have government run education, police, fire, and yet health care is the thing that's going to ruin the country? Too late for that, thanks George Bush.
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| Fanny Alvarez | ND |
I rather want to pay my premium as taxes so we all be covered for good than give it to the insurance company, and have a gigantic deductible on top of it.
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| Matt Martin | TN |
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| Melissa Sowder | FL |
PLEASE! PLEASE! Support this bill! We, as healthcare providers, can't keep watching all of these people dying at our doors just because they don't have the right insurance. This is absurd!! Please make a change in America!!!
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| Michelle Hoeft | MO |
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| Patrick Hoeft | MO |
We are way past due for this
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| Virginia Villafranca | CO |
I just retired from 40 years of public school teaching and I am afraid that I will have to declare bankruptcy because of my medical costs.
THIS LEGISLATION MUST PASS.
I just sent your website to Reg Weaver, Pres. of NEA, as well as my state President, begging them to indorse this bill.
Thank you for your work and dedication. Due to medical costs this month I have less than $300.00 to make it to the end of the month, so I can't send a donation, but if you need a contact person in Colorado, please get in touch with me.
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| Gary Dempster | CA |
I support HR-676, and all future bills like it, until universal health care becomes a reality in this country. It is time for the U.S. to heal the corrupt health care system that profits from the suffering and death of it's citizens. This issue transcends politics - it is about the basic human rights of all the citizens and visitors to this country.
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| Marti King | TN |
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| Craig Brooks | WI |
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| Ann Kristine Hellgren | CA |
All Americans must have health-care and HR676 is the only bill that quarentees this right.
No one has control over when illness or disease strike them or a family member.
The fact that over 250,000 Americans have died due to lack of insurance coverage or refusal by their insurance provider to pay for promised coverage during an illness, is a shameful blot on our nation and must be corrected.
Insurance Companies have breached their ethical if not legal responsiblity to provide insurance for their clients.
The inhumane practices of these companies in regard to paying for medical expenses incurred by their ill clients deems this industry not fit to operate in America.
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| Yvonne Fedee | TX |
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| Taj Richardson | OR |
Doctors should not have to worry about the bottom line.
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| Katherine Bishop | NY |
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| Shawn Babbitt | AK |
I use to be secure in my thoughts about how great it is to live in America until I watched the movie SICKO. As a family, we have struggled for ten years, being self employed, to obtain any kind of affordable medical insurance. The only option for us, was to start a corporation and have two employees, my wife and I, to become eligible for medical insurance. However, affordability is an entirely elusive situation since the insurance companies can raise rates, without discretion and add exclusions, to take away benifits you have used in the past.
Believing in America is getting harder to do every day, especially when you see millions and even billions of dollars paid to executives to essentially downsize a company. Seeing people lose their jobs, seeing people become destitute because of their medical expenses, seeing families torn apart with no options or hope in sight is unacceptable - We all need to become part of the solution by supporting H.R. 676. Focusing on this one issue alone in the United States of America would cause a fundamental change to take place in our society because it would put people first instead of the corporation (profit) first.
So, what can I, one person, do to make a difference? When I watched SICKO, the message, the images, and the stories moved me enough to want to actually take action. I can show this movie to my family members, my friends, my neighbors, and people I interact with in my job. Then I can have a stronger voice when I have unity with others. Collectively, our voices can join together to really make a difference by electing and supporting those people who can make policy changes in our government.
I hope that anyone reading this message will do just a few things: Watch the movie SICKO with your immediate family members and then talk to each other how you feel about what you just watched. Discuss what needs to change in your family: attitudes, perceptions, use of our time. Check out what is good in the countries depicted in SICKO (Canada, France, Norway, Sweden, Cuba, etc.) and see what we can do, as individuals and as families, to find a way to incorporate those good things into our family right now. Finally, when you have the spirit of change to improve your lifestyle and action to support your thoughts, help someone else see the movie SICKO and then be supportive with their desire to make a change in their lifetyle too.
May God bless our nation and individuals to have a desire to live by the two great commandments: Love God, Love your neighbor as yourself. I say this humbly in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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| Armand and Jane Nevers | MI |
My wife and I are retired and our insurance premiums and co-pays to supplement medicare are over $400 per month. That takes 2/3 of my small pension each month. At a time in our life when we shouldn't have to worry about health care, we find it to be a big expense. No one, young or old, should have to worry about health care. It is a right we all are entitled to. The rest of the industralized world realized this long ago. If we can afford war we can afford single-payer national health care. It's the right thing to do!
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| Alyssa Youngblood | IA |
I am writing you today as a constiuent and as a pharmacist who serves our state - to express my support for single-payer national health insurance and to urge you to co-sponsor HR 676, the U.S. National Health Insurance Act.
As a pharmacist, I see the results of our health care crisis every day. More than 46 million Americans are uninsured. This includes myself. I spend over one-fourth of my income on health care bills and I am 26 and consider myself healthy. Even for those lucky enough to have insurance, rising costs and deteriorating coverage cause more than one-in-four (28 percent) to go without needed care because they can't afford it. Indeed, of the one million Americans bankrupted by medical bills annually, more than three-quarters had insurance when they got sick.
Single-payer national health insurance would save enough on administrative paperwork - more than $300 billion per year - to provide comprehensive coverage to all Americans. It would provide full choice of doctor and hospital for patients, and unleash physicians from arbitrary corporate dictates over patient care. It would control the health expenses currently crippling our economy and provide for a wholesome revitalization of our democratic values.
Please join with the 70 percent of Americans who support such a system and co-sponsor HR 676.
We as a nation need National health care. I see first hand in my pharmacy citizens go without their medications and treatments becuase they cannot afford it. I will gladly pay for national health care to benefit my fellow community citizens and middle class America that cannot afford health care coverage. We have a broken health care system. It is time to fix it. If National Health Care is established for my generation, I will know my generation accomplished something great for our future.
Sincerely,
Alyssa K Youngblood Rph
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| Susan Kunkel | MD |
We desperately need affordable health care in this country. The cost of medical care is a huge financial burden for most people.
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| roberto Jaramillo | PA |
We Support Healtcare for EVERYONE, what makes the rich more deserving of health care then the poor, Noboby has the right to deny healthcare to anyone! Why do the French, Canadians, and Cubans have FREE health care, and Americans do not, Something is definiatally NOT right here!!!
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| Stan Molinari | FL |
A single-payer universal healthcare system is necessary in the US now. I know from personal experience that it is virtually impossible to find healthcare insurance with an affordable rate if there exists a history of cancer/heart disease. Let's join the rest of the industrialized world---now!
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| Brandi Day | NJ |
I have Chron's disease, an auto immune disease. I take 13 pills a day, and pay in excess of $100 a month, this is after paying $360 a month for my health insurance. Add in the $90 a month I spend on doctors visits, and it becomes difficult for me to balance my health finances with all my other bills. As a full time college student, the $550 I spend a month on my health eats up 50% of my income. But to cancel or lose my health insurance would kill me. Universal healthcare would not only save me money, but would also give me the ability to continue to live and manage my illness. We can all band together and accomplish this!
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| Steven Clendening | TX |
I'd like to recommend that all members of Congress watch Micheal Moore's movie Sicko. Then to consider deeply how our current health care system could be improved to care for all citizens and not just those who can afford health insurance. Put health insurance profits to work taking care of those who are sick instead of supporting investors and Wall Street.
Sincerely,
Steven Clendening
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| Janice Craft | PA |
I work in healthcare, but cannot afford health insurance for myself and my children. I don't want to see reimbursement cuts that would result in me losing my job again (like I did in 1999 after the PPS system hit nursing homes) but I need coverage for my family. Please help us.
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| Ellen Graham | FL |
NOW. The time is now. Our lifetime. Revolution!
I have been a single mom, raised three children, most times without support. We have been forunate to not have had any CATASTROPHE, yet the struggles, and sacrifices have been many. Florida does have a low cost medical coverage for it's children which was better than nothing.Two of my children are now working, attending local college, and have to pay for below adequate insurance through their employers. These don't even cover rx's. They have rent, utilities, auto expenses etc. I am now a small business owner and UNISURED. I pray daily that if I am hurt it will happen in my car. The deductibles are more affordable than med. insurance. Forget about going deaf, my teeth breaking, and constant pain from illness and injuries that are cost prohibitive to be treated. Gosh how about a low cost mammogram as a preventitive? Did I mention we are awaiting my fiance's death. He has terminal cancer and can't pay for treatment beyond pain and mood control. Thank you for this forum. I will be following the movement. I will be talking with our neighborhood association and try to wake up the sleepy hheads around here. GOD BLESS
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| Shane Musser | SC |
I want nothing more than for this bill, HR-676 to pass. please, we must take care of our people!
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| Cyrille Phipps | NY |
Americans need affordable healthcare now!
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| Christine Brady | IN |
I fully support this bill. Insurance companies and politicans are making profits at the expense of the American people. Healthcare should be the right for all citzens. It is time our elected officials vote for what the people want, not for what will best line their pockets. It's a tragedy and embarrassment the way our government is operating. There is money out there to fund this program. The corruptable spending that is currently going on in the government needs to stop.
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| Carl Hancock | MN |
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| BRIAN ALIANO | NJ |
Time for change is NOW. I'm tired of big money corperations bleeding the common man for every cent they can get. The same thing is going on with the oil industry. We should be driving electric cars & using alternatives to oil. It's obvious big money has politicians in their pockets.
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| Angie McCollum | NY |
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| Robert Hansen | NY |
Thank You for opening peoples eyes. I want to know how to help. Your movie should manadtory for schools to show. THANK YOU MIcHAEL MOORE FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO. YOU SHOULD BE GETTING A MEDAL. WHEN IS AMERIcA GOING TO WAKE UP. WE NEED TO JOIN TOGETHER AND TAKE AcTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Christopher Giancola | NJ |
I just want to thank Michael Moore for opening my eyes and helping me see and understand the truth and reality of whats happening in America. I am going to help. Even if I have to go beat up Republicans, and tear there stupid Bush/Cheny 08' bumper stickers off there freakin cars. I am a single father and I pretty much have nothing in life except my son, and I feel like Bush wants to keep it that way. It's way past time for some serious change in this country. Mr. Moore I thank you.
Sincerely, Chris Giancola
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| Tricia Opal | WI |
Our system of healthcare in this country is unacceptable. It is time to level the playing ground. People are suffering.
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| Ila Jones | CA |
WE'RE WATCHING FOR YOUR CO-SPONSORSHIP OF HR 676
WE'RE WATCHING!
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| Elizabeth Watkins | KS |
Please give all Americans access to health care. People need to come first, not insurance companies!!
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| Sarah Davis | WI |
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| Patrick Haggerty | CA |
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| Debra Haggerty | CA |
I want what the French have but don't want to move to France! Who are we is right! That is what we all want!
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| Dan Hawk | OR |
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| Patricia Ann Schubert | PA |
Everyone needs to be covered by healthcare..............EVERYONE!!!
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| Roger Willman | IL |
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| Patricia Ann Schubert | PA |
Everyone needs to be covered for healthcare!!!
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| Roger Willman | IL |
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| Patricia Ann Schubert | PA |
Everyone needs to be covered!!!
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| Jennifer Miller | MO |
I pay over $1000 a month to insure my family through my employer, how am I supposed to make ends meet when I walk away with less than $13,000 dollars annually? If I could take that $1000 a month and put it into savings I'd probably come out ahead in the end for as little as we use the doctor, UNLESS me or one of mine get in a catastrophic accident tomorrow. That's the kind of fear that increases our poverty level and decreases our productivity in this country while making all the privatized insurance companies richer and richer. My employer's solution to the outrageous insurance premiums??? They offered a health savings account which costs $715 a month JUST to have the plan which essentially covers nothing. A $5000 deductible with a $15,000 dollar yearly maximum, only locks in a contracted rate with Bc/Bs. Then it's all out of pocket from a savings account that you can have your employer put your additional elected amount into. So you end up paying as much if not more for even worse coverage. Some solution... Socialized Medicine... sign me up!
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| Gale Hathcock | TX |
We need universal health care now.
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| Gregory Franklin | CA |
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| Dianna Teppe | MI |
My gratitude to "We the people"; not just I, or him the CEO, or they the homeless; "WE THE PEOPLE"; ALL the Representatives of the House and People of Congress that we have voted into power and those with moral character to use that power to pass HR676 and vote human rights back into our American life.
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| Kyle Denham | MO |
Yes, our taxes would be higher, but we are already paying hundreds of dollars for both health insurance and the other medical bills not covered or not completely covered by our insurance. How can the CEO's of these insurance companies become billionaires when we have to choose between buying our medicine and paying for our electricity? When will they start being held accuntable for the injustices served to these millions of people??
Who in this government is willing to stand up for us??!! It has been clear in the past who the government supports--it is the people who pay them, and that is not us. Through this petition, the government has the opportunity to listen to us--our voice on this issue!
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| Patrick Gourley | OH |
If we can find trillions of dollars ti fund this ridicilous war we certainly can find money for ALL
ALL ALL Americans. It about time that we stood up for our country and for our people. We are kidding ourselves if we think killing Iraq's and American soldiers has made this country any safer!!!!
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| Trudy Denham | MO |
There are people who claim that a health care system run by the government would eventually lead to socialism is a gross overgeneralization and is a logical fallacy (slipery slope). These are the same people who willingly take our money that we are paying for the purpose of our health. These are the same people who govern us, and the same people who claim to care about us. Yet, there are people dying and leading less than adaquate lives due to our current health care system. It is scary that I am scared to go to the doctor because I cannot pay my deductable. We are not a democratic society where the government is run by the people for the people, but a capitalist society. A society where the rich get richer without regards to the common person. So please take heed to this petition. For once take into consideration the common person. LET US BE A DEMOCRACY!! Stop thinking about your bank account.
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| Steve McCarroll | LA |
I support Health-Care Now 100%. Keep up the good work. The healthcare in our country SUCKS and the politicians running for President are no better!
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| Richard Vanden Heuvel | MD |
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| Sandra Vargas | NY |
we need healthcare NOW
What if your mama gets really sick?
Oh no! she in the US
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| Alison D'Onofrio | CT |
Please pass HR 676 Single Payer Health Insurance.
Health insurance should be a right for everyone.
Don't let the insurance companies dictate who should die and who should live. What kind of country is this anyway!!!!!!!
Times are changing and people have to speak out and vote for the right people who want HR 676.
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| Rick Nichols | KS |
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| Sue Dodge | AZ |
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| Mary C. Mahoney | NY |
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| Sophia Sechrist | NC |
I watched SICKO last night and it truly brought tears to my eyes, seeing what human beings have done to other human beings just for money.It distured me deeply!i knew things were bad just from self experience but i had no idea! This issue moves me and i plan on doing more, signing this petition is just the begining!
~sophia Sechirst
Age-23
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| David Swiderski | WI |
This is long overdue and a shame to our nation that a completely INELASTIC demand such as life and health is left to the market. True movement and bettering of the economy will occurr as people will be able to change jobs easier and healthier preventive maintanince will lower total health care cost. If there were a terrorist attack would the "for profit" be able to handle a medical emercency?
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| David Mobley | GA |
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| Leland Robinson | MD |
In my opinion, we need Medicare for everyone.
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| Lloyd Chapman | AZ |
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| joleen brasher | CA |
My husband and I have been self employed for over 12 years, recently our health care insurance premiums were raised to $1800.00 per month making it impossible for us to continue paying the premiums. We are both over 60 but too young for Medi-care, Prior to this increase we were forced to sell our home so that we could pay the premiums, however the latest increase was just too much. My husband has heart desease and I suffer from a degenerative medical condition as well, we simply do not know what we are going to do should one of us need health care before we are eligable for Medi-care.
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| James Hall | MO |
I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE ABOVE PETITION. THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN THIS COUNTRY IS DISASTERIOUS. THE PHARMACY COMPANIES AND INSURANCE INDUSTRY ARE GETTING RICHER AND RICHER. THERE CEO'S AND OTHER TOP OFFICIALS ARE GETTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SALARIES AND STOCK OPTIONS ETC AT THE EXPENSE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ME ONE OF THEM WITH PRESCRIPTION AND HEALTHCARE BILLS TOTALING YEARLY OVER $150,000.00 PER YEAR YES THAT IS RIGHT. I AM DISABLED AND DRAW SOCIAL SECURITY BUT THE OUT OF EXPENSES ARE KILLING ME. I AM INSURED BUT UNDERINSURED. TAKE NOTE JIM HALL
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| Henry Clarence | CA |
Non-profit Medicare for All is a no-brainer. And we it need now!
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| Carl Olson | WA |
This is past due. We should be ashamed as Americans to be so behind all other western democracies on this issue.
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| Margery Coffey | NE |
I'm a breast cancer survivor. The Health Care in this country is awful. It preys on the sick.
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| patricia Bird | TX |
we need to stop talking about healthcare for all and do something about it...if we could find the funds for this stupid war, we can find money to pay for every man, woman and child in this country to be covered...
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| Ronald Buckles | CO |
Insurance is a public commodity/service. For-profit insurance is an oxymoron. Insurance is a cost, an expense of doing business, of social living. It is not a factor in making profits. There should be no "private" insurers, another oxymoron. Insurance is a social responsibility, a governmental function, or at least a "not-for-profit" enterprise. I support single-payer healthcare. It works in Cananda and it works in Europe. Private insurance is, right now, a laissez-faire capitalist joke. Buyer beware applies - where it should not apply, for insurance of anything, especially healthcare.
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| Robert Knowles | TN |
Dennis Kucinich has been in favor of universal health care for years. Support Dennis Kucinich.
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| bob meadows | WV |
none of us in the united states should be able to rest comfortably, sleep, or attend our choice of worship service(church) as long as another american is suffering from lack of healthcare. we are our brothers keeper.
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| Darlene Matone | IN |
I have been paying my (Individual) health insurance company (Unicare) for 3 years now. Thankfully, I have a healthy family and we only need doctors visits for annual check ups. When we do go for our yearly checkups I get a bill in the mail stating that the services are not covered. I am soo frustrated that I don't even know where to start. HELP! Tell me what to do and I will do it. I have written my congressman and state reps and I get pretty much the same letter back that I should look for a better insurance plan and that probably my best bet would be to put my money into a medical savings account.
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| gwendolyn jackson | NV |
i truly beleive that we live in the richest country.and give the worse health benefit at high cost of the consumer and natives born right in the united states. I feel that every born citizen in the united states should have free health care or a cost to where it can be afforded.
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| Celeste Mergens | WA |
We are a blessed country, and a nation that I am proud to be a citizen of. Together we can make our health care system equal to the nation. We can stop feeding HMO and pharmaceutical piggy banks, stop listening to the fear tactics of those benefiting from our status quo and tend to the health of our great nation. The time has come. What a shame that it has taken us this long.
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| Emily Cardiel Beauprey | WA |
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| Myrtle Maitland | TN |
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| Melanie Phillips | CA |
My daughter's insurance has a $7500 deductible and she's already had 2 open heart surgeries before the age of 6 months. Even with the help of California Children's Services (which we didn't qualify for 07/08) we are still swimming in medical bills and recently got hit with a $1400 bill for the RSV vaccine...she needs another round again, which we will have to fight with the insurance company for. What happens when someone else in my family gets sick or need medical attention? We need to change the system NOW and get the medical care that we deserve and take care of all Americans. We can no longer let the health insurance companies decide who lives and who dies because of the profit margin.
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| Kristy Olson | MT |
Why have "We The People" waited so long to do something about this? Better late than never!!
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| abby williams | MS |
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| Wanda Bennett | KY |
I am self employed and have Anthem's cheapest plan, which is almost $400 mo. now, does NOT cover any meds, and has a high deductible ( $2500), $25 co pay at doc... ANYway, it just keeps going up and up and up, and is more than my mortgage now, and I am getting closer to NOT being able to keep it. I also will be stopping my allergy treatments because they are not covered and the vials are $140 . There are other meds I don't get or take like I should because there just is not enough money to go around as my health insurance bills go up.
I am just now 5o yrs, and no major health problems, only treatment for allergies. I don't smoke. I eat good foods., I get no discounts that I know of.
I would pay higher taxes and more for goods , like in Cananda, if we had a national health plan like theres. This is silly , for the U.S..to not do better. Yet, we can go trillions of dollars into debt for a war based on no existent "Weapons of mass distruction", gone into by a president who did NOT win the popular vote. ( but that is another issue !).
Thank you for your time. Please help and make a difference to the "common" men and women of this country.
wanda Bennett, Richmond KY
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| Megan Crowe | VA |
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| Sarah Lollie | MI |
Universal Health Care Rocks! No more sad stories.
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| Melissa Cmmings | MI |
I want to help in any way I can. Tell me what else I can do.
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| vernon gilstrap | OK |
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| Jessica Morton | OH |
I will be moving out of country if H.R. 676 is not upheld. I'm disappointed to tears with the United States for letting it's people suffer. I will not raise my daughter in a place that lets children die for either lack of money or lack of the correct insurance.
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| Stephen Phillips | MN |
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| Diana James | NY |
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| diana sorensen | MI |
We need a not for profit health care system in this country in the worst way, it is ridiculous to think that making a profit off of healthcare could end up anywhere but where it is now, an immoral, disgusting mess. It's literally killing us!
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| Linda Agustsdottir | OK |
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| Carl E. Mott III | FL |
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| Aaron Winegard | IN |
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| Amanda Winegard | IN |
I have always been so proud to be an American, but after seeing the way other countries treat their sick, by giving them treatment regardless of any other factor other than they were in need of medical attention, makes me sad and embaressed to be a part of a system that is allowing people to benefit from the deaths and losses of the sick.
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| Thomas Spampinato | TX |
I am very afraid of if I or anyone in my family gets sick it will ruin my financial and emotional self. I pay taxes and and worked very hard to keep myself out of bad debt. Thanks Micheal Moore and team for opening my eyes to reality once again.
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| Matthew Gaither | TX |
I am a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. I served 4 years honorably for my country. I love my country, and would gladly die for our freedoms. I must say that after reviewing our countries medical insurance procedures, I am utterly disgusted. I have not felt more despise and sickness towards a government than I do now. The very people who are elected to lead our great nation are not only allowing this to happen, they are accepting money to keep it happening. And to think these people are the chosen ones that raise their hand and swear allegiance to their people, to provide for them, and lead them. I have never felt the way I do now about our country. I feel as if our people are in a prison guarded by people who only make changes because it benefits their bank account. Please explain to me how a nation that praises itself for having a government for the people and by the people? Canada, Britain, France, and Cuba, yes Cuba, have free health insurance for their people? Why do we not have this? Please look me in the eye, in front of my family, my 6 year old and 1 year old daughter, and tell me the truth. Tell me it's because insurance companies pay more money to keep it their way. As an elected representative, I ask for your support. I ask that you ponder deep inside your heart and ask yourself if you are doing everything you can for your people. Ask yourself if you have the courage to stand up for us, and defeat the very tyrants that we call upon to help us in time of need, only to turn their backs on us. I ask you to take a stand, and I guarantee you, your people will support you. Please pass H.R. 676.
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| Sara Bakker | CA |
It should NOT be aboutmoney. Make it free for those at mid-income level and below! Persuade those at higher income levels to help also.
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| felipe CERVANTES | CA |
I will love to have my family go to the clinic and be healthy, if this program came about i will be trully living the American Dream.
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| Timothy Copland | NC |
THIS is the ONLY plan that will give us what we really need in this country. END the discraceful practice of paying for health insurance. We get our police and fire protection covered by our taxes. Why not our health care? It's the third leg of a "healty society" stool. Cover people's health care, and our society will flourish is ways it has not been able to since the industrial revolution.
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| jessica cervantes | CA |
We all need health care insurance. I am 17 and i have not gone to the clinic for a long time, only because we can not afford IT!!!!
jessica c (17)
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| Polly Sime | TX |
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| Michael Blevins | FL |
i haved never voted , but yet this year i will vote on this hr 676 , and you better belief i will pass this bit of information to anybody and every body i come into contact with.. this guy michael moore should vote for president ! he has my vote.
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| Michael Matthews | OK |
I support HR 676. I watched the movie SICKO and cannot believe how ruthless the US has been. I am going to be doing what I can to help make these changes for ALL. Thanks to Michael Moore!!!
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| Nikki Collins | OK |
I fully support HR 626 and pray that the US will wake up. I'm trying to do what I can as an individual.
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| robert goldstein | TN |
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| Holly Holt | NV |
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| Reddy M | WI |
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| Katrin Welding | OK |
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| Aura Velasco | NJ |
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| Maria Welding | OK |
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| Amy Sukits | MD |
After shedding tears over the stories I heard on Sicko I can't stop thinking about how 'wrong' our county is. I have never really cared about politics and laws and other legal matters but this health care problem just can not seem to let me forget it. How can we be so selfish? I support HR 676!
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| Josette Gates | WA |
I'd like to these insurnce company executives (doctors, everyonhe)held accountable in the court of law for all the lives they have ruined. Judge Judy- are you available????
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| David Reyna | TX |
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| Katreena Reyna | TX |
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| Linda Dodd | IL |
Terrorists are Health Care companies
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| Hillary Demetropoulos | NY |
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| B Bailie | CA |
Fight the fear--let's see some change in this country!
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| jody conkle | WA |
HAS THE PRESIDENT SEEN THIS MOVIE? We need universal healthcare in the United States...we need to pass this law!! Aren't we already killing too many innocent victims with the war? Why do they want to continue to kill more innocent victims by not giving them the health care coverage they need? Are we as Americans not losing enough already with the way the American economy is going? With healthcare premiums, deductibles and out of pocket expenses soo high it's no wonder people are losing sight of the once American dream. After watching this movie I was ashamed of the United States. It seems like the American Government would rather help out other struggling countries than help out their own country!!!
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| Ron Handy | AK |
I need help promoting HR 676 in Juneau, Alaska... Can you help? I feel alone on this here(I just started). Please do not ignore, reply.
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| Rob Scaramella | IL |
It makes me ill to think of all the people who cannot get the care then need. Michael Moore's, "SiCKO", explains it all. Make sure this bill gets passed, our country need it!
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| John Poremski | AL |
Hey America I have 7 kids do you really think I can afford high deductables ? I try to keep food and clothes and take my kids to sports and if one gets sick we will be living under a bridge .Too many games you gotta play with the insurance co.'s .I have had enough experience with all the insurance carriers and none are worth the paper they are written on believe me .Universal Health Care Now !
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| James Russnak | IL |
One Nation. With liberty and Justice for ALL...
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| kimberly Getz | MI |
Stop making profits from the ill
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| Kathryn Eastman | NY |
Dear Congressmen and Congresswomen: Now is the time to act for the common good. Vote with your heart. Sincerely, Kathryn Eastman
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| Susan Welsh | MA |
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| Apryl Mitchell | MI |
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| Gerianne Curtin | NY |
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| PEGGY SCOTT | WA |
Wathed 'Sicko' by Michael Moore. WOW. The USA is not a government of and by the people, it's run by CORPORATIONS.
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| Shawn Lindsay | MS |
I feel as though congress and the BIG people need to give up the high life and start living like us real AMERICANS!
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| Daniel Tatalovich | SC |
A crime against the American People is being commited. Our quality of life is suffering everyday because of the HMO's and our elected officals don't want us to be healthy. They want us to die and pay them everything we got on our way out.
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| Jennifer Paulsen | MN |
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| Edward Booth | FL |
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| Rachel Taylor | VA |
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| Michael Wilkinson | MI |
Pass H.R.676 NOW!
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| Amy Kinley | TN |
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| Cathy Stainbrook | KS |
It's so sad that our country has allowed insurance and drug companies to be the judge and jury in the decision of whether we live or die. Our lives in the United States has a price tag on them and if you can't come up with the money then too bad. You have just made more money for them (ins. co.'s)and in turn for the politicians who lobby for them. They are already covered 100% and don't ever have to worry about paying for their health or worry about being denied treatment. Our government has way too much control and we as the people need to take it back. We need our voices to be heard and to stop letting them kick us when we are down. We cannot allow them to make empty promises for election years. We need to make them stand up and be a decent human being that cares about other humans beings and not their pockets. Let's fight back and demand that every human being in our country get the same health coverage as they do, no strings attached. Take the price tag off our heads and out of the hands of the insurance companies. If it keeps going as is, we the people will be responsible for our neighbor that lays dying because they can't afford to live. Can we live with that on our conscience??
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| Arthur Fields, IV | NC |
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| Robert Poremski | IL |
I am 80 yrs old and this would not concern me if I didnt have children and grandchildren and great grandchildren. Not one of my kids can afford the HIGH$$$$ deductables on their insurance and none qualify for free or state help They only qualify to DIE and all my generations after them if we do not get Universal Health Care for all and my vote should count because I fought in 2 WARS enough is enough The Time is way over due to take care of our own not to mention all the Service families who dont get ANY help what so ever from the People they went to War to Protect this Once Great Crountry! Kucinich has my vote ! I have been a REP. all my life since this administration came into play I lost all faith in them and now I am a Proud DEM and ashamed that I ever was a REP !
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| Jason Winters | NC |
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| Gabriel Walker | NC |
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| susan ford | VA |
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| Jason Key | NC |
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| David Chaltraw | IN |
Any politician who does not support this measure should have their insurance revoked and their pay reduced to minimum wage. They'll come around.
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| Nykole Sanders | NC |
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| Sarah Smith | AL |
Vote for HR676, if you are truly for the people and not just the insurance and drug companies. My husband and myself are voters and we are watching to see who will do the right thing in this matter. NOONE in a country like ours should be denied healthcare when they are sick. It is wrong!How can anyone who receives healthcare at the expense of taxpayers, as ALL our politicians do, deny the same to the very people who put them in office. My husband and myself as well as our 4 grown children are voters and this matters alot to us! WE ARE WATCHING! I hope that we can continue to vote for you!
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| Kevin Denton | NC |
We need to start helping one another.
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| Craig Turner | IN |
There needs to be a change!! Your life shouldn't have a price.
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| Linda M | NY |
Lack of health care affects each and every one of us. People become ill, can't pay their bills, lose their homes, savings, cars, and even their domestic pets get killed in animal shelters. Life as you know it is gone. Not being covered and getting ill would be CATASTROPHIC for all of us. Most people die SICK, not healthy. It's time for health coverage for all. I want to be safe and secure in my old age--not worried and sick to death! Tell everyone you know.
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| Amy Haight | NH |
Isn't our government supposed to be "FOR the people"? We MUST put the responsibility for health care decision-making back where it belongs and take it away from those who make a profit only when others suffer. We MUST put a stop to the piracy of insurance and pharmaceutical companies getting rich by raping and pillaging our U.S. citizens through denying payments for necessary treatments and overcharging for drugs, even to the point of allowing sick people to die for lack of care. Our health care situation is not a tragedy: it is a travesty and a moral violation of the worst kind... sanctioned by a government which pledges to protect its citizens from harm.
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| Veronicva Miller | CA |
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| lydia franco | TX |
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| James Tacheira | CA |
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| BOB STICKLEY | MD |
IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!vdb
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| Hanna Varini | KY |
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| Jennifer Stickley | FL |
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| Rebecca Stager | AL |
There is great, great need for Universal, Single-Payer Health Care in America. It is shameful that a country billing itself as "the richest, most powerful country in the world" does not provide health care for millions of people needing it-- and that even those with present-day health insurance can find themselves in debt FOREVER if they have the great misfortune to need a prolonged hospital stay. They can also find themselves dead -- because the rules of insurance companies do not permit the care they need, WHEN they need it. "Profit first" leads to insane practices. "Care first" leads to peace, trust in your fellow man. Something more like sanity.
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| lisa haar | CA |
We need universal health care in the U.S. now! I can no longer afford my health insurance premium each month nor can I afford the $9,600.00 deductible per year. This year I reached the deductible amount and expected all health care cost to be covered at 100% after paying deductible. However, that didn't happen. What happened is that my medical insurance company (Nationwide) declined all medical claims made after I reached my deductible and to date, they have not paid one dime! unbelievalbe!
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| Ann Landkammer | MO |
Our members of cogress all have complete coverage,why do they deny the masses which forty nine million do not have any coverage? al
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| John Avery | CA |
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| LAURA LAMAN | TX |
To all officlas running for office only those who vote for HR676 will get my vote ! I am 45 yrs old female 1/2 white 1/2 Chickasaw I had insurance now I dont and everything for me is pre-exsisting condition .Please sign the HR676 bill so I dont die and become 301 people to die every day in the USA because they have no health insurance !I am also voting for Kucinich in the presidental election .
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| Dana Sherman | MN |
If all the other countries can make socialized medicine work why can't the US? I would love to move to France they seem to be a lot freer of a county than we are.
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| Rhonda Evans | MI |
Shame On You! I just about lost my grandchild who is 3 years old because her parents were on medicaid becuase they cant offord to pay for insurance. Shame On YOU! I have Contacted Mr. Mike Moore in regards to her case, and the law firm of Gefforey Fieger is now handeling my grandaughters case. My granduaghters name is HAVEN. Remember that. Her name means SAFE. Her mother otld her she would always be SAFE NO MATTER WHAT! And now I purpose a law called Havens -LAW! A law requiring all healthcare facilities and providers to provide quality and timley health care to All children. NO MATTER health care covergae, NO MATTER if there isnt health care covergae, No Matter parents ability to pay, NO MATTER WHAT.HAVENS-LAW = All Kids SAFE_NO MATTER WHAT!
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| Alyson Kohl | WA |
Are you aware that many people commit crimes in order to be incarcerated so that they can receive medical, dental, and mental health care? Instead of building more prisons maybe we should look at providing medical, dental, and mental health care for all.
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| Rebecca And Jim Sibio | PA |
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| Ashley Price | CA |
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| Anna Gonzales | MI |
Health care should be one of the basic necessities in life.....We have only one vessel help us keep it healthy.
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| Marie Weakland | OH |
Stress creates, confounds, and aggravates health problems. People cannot remain healthy, recover from illness, or simply function properly with inordinate amounts of stress in their lives. Daily events create plenty of stress in and of themselves; and, worrying about whether you can afford to ever be sick only compounds this problem. I feel socialized healthcare is not only the best way to make sure those in need receive medical attention; but, also, one of the best preventative measures we could enact as a country.
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| Sharon & James Humphrey | NY |
Please!!
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| Susan Runnings | NV |
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| Jim Tarro | RI |
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE NOW! I am a paramedic and a premed student at Rhode Island College. If our healthcare system does not change I will NOT practice medicine in the US because I refuse to ever tell a patient I cannot do something to help them because they do not have enough money. Change it now and help our world.
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| Andreas Hale | NV |
For such a "great" country, how great can you possibly be if you do not take care of your own.
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| chenelle jackson | NV |
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| Tenelle Brown | NV |
It is really unfortunate that a country that takes so much pride in its american citizens,has a government that neglects our healthcare system. This petition should be taken very seriously.
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| Tony Dolan Dolan | OH |
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| Sunny | NC |
My father is a civilian government employee, and my family was stationed overseas for some years. I lived in Germany for 16 years. Even though I had access to US treatment on military bases, my family went to German Doctors (except the time we went for care on the Canadian Military base). We paid very little (less than insurance co-pays), and weren't even German or Canadian citizens. We got our meds from German pharmacies, because they cost $5.00 there rather than $65.00. My father has lived there for 30 years, and has been in the German hospitals several times (he chooses to go there rather than the military hospitals). Did you know a colonoscopy there costs around $500.00, and here it costs $5,000.00? Europeans get better health care and prices because they demand it. We've fallen asleep at the wheel and haven't been watching our government. Remember, government works for you. Tell them what you want, or elect them out!
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| esther nason | NY |
Passage of HR 676 essential to cover the health needs of the millions who cannot afford health insurance, who have high prescription drug costs for diabetes care. The time to pass it is now!
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| PETER HAINEY | OR |
Unless we get EVERYONE covered with a Medicare -like system, there is going to be a major political shake-up in this country in 2008! What more nees to be said than "they (the bought politicians and the greedy corporations) are KILLING US" and they don't give a damn. We die younger, our children die more often at birth and in early life, our quality of life lags way behind other western nations, we lose our homes and property to pay health debt, and WE ALREADY PAY MORE THAN ANY OTHE NATION on a per-capita basis! We are being screwed, short & simple! We need representatives who will bring medicare to the masses. If we have to cut back on Bush & the republicans military budget, good! Time to clean house on this!
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| Lindsay Eigenauer | CA |
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| Amy Eigenauer | CA |
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| cettina | AL |
If people that are insured think you are out of this problem , think again. You have to thank God you don't get a serious illness or your screwed. Why do you think insurance companies don't want you if you have a slightest thing wrong with you? If your healthy, your approved to get insurance, if your sick, sorry. And your paying them to get richer when your healty. if you think this is right, you better think again. People have to work 2 jobs to get by and pay for everything, THIS IS NOT THE AMERICAN DREAM!!!!!!
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| Roy Arms | CA |
This is one of the most important decisions we as citizens can make for the future of our friends and familes. Please support HR-676.
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| Tracee Cosner | PA |
Government really needs to address and correct the Health Care issue of the US. Although I have health care, from the constant changing plans that my employer seems to go through, the coverage I end up supposing to have, I pay out of my pocket (rather A$$) because of the poor quality of health care insurance. I find it rather disgusting and would honestly move to another country due to it if I had the money to move!
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| Heather Ostrom | AZ |
This country needs a national health care systom. So, that ever American has health care. not just preconceived notions of health care like privite insurence carriers give you by denial of claims that are nessecary.
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| Lori Jackson | PA |
I cried when I watched the movie "Sicko". We should not have to travel to Cuba to get healthcare.
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| Ashley Creech | MI |
We need to pass this bill. I recently had to cancel my health insurance because of the high costs and the low benefits. After all that the government has done to America in the last few years, I believe it is time to do something that will benefit all Americans, instead of focusing on making the rich richer and the poor poorer. The bottom fell out of the economy already, people cannot afford the cost of healthcare. Let's make this happen, NOW!
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| Brett Jensen | UT |
America needs to set the example in the world of how to provide tax-payer supported healthcare for ALL of its citizens. If we have the money to wage this ridiculously expensive war, we have the money to make the best healthcare system in the world.
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| Sharon M Ruhland | MN |
Let's get this done! Market based healthcare is a total disgrace and disregard for the human person has stolen our freedoms. We must have universal healthcare now, and hold ourselves responsible for electing people who will value people above the almighty dollar!
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| Becky faris | IN |
i agree with 100% My savings was wipe out due to having 4 heart attacks and a cardiac arrest
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| Autumn Wiggins | IL |
I am lucky enough to have decent union benefits, however...I am more than happy to pay the extra tax to provide benefits for all...for the good of humanity!
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| connie cerrito | NJ |
It is a disgrace for America to have such a health care system. We are the richiest country in the world and still we have to pay for every little step we make, whether it's for healthcare, college,taxes for the government to have more war.
The government has brainwashed the American people to think other countries have it worse,but tthat is not the case. In Europe they love 10 times better than we do. If we don't change this , our future generation will be doomed.
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| Wendy Maitland | NY |
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| Richard A. Cosner Jr | PA |
Please get this passed as soon as possible. The health care in this country is unacceptable.
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| Steele Taylor | KS |
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| Kathleen Maitland | KS |
I think it's criminal to deny the sick and the poor health care just because they can't afford it, or are "unqualified". As a young adult in America, with no health insurance, I am frustrated by the government's lack of action, and empathy for it's citizens.
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| Alana Jackson | GA |
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| Verna Matson | IL |
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| Jason Rome | IL |
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| Nancy Degen | IL |
I want universal health care now! Shame on the politicians who have taken money to prevent us from having it!
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| Walter Jessup SR | NC |
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| Vicki Jessup | NC |
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| Walter Jessup | NC |
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| Ashley Rella | NC |
what else are we suppossed to do?
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| Abigail Simpson | MI |
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This is such a no-brainer. Imagine being able to grow old and have full health coverage and no worries? That's what people in other countries do. I have used NHS in Great Britain. It was wonderful. The "long wait" stories are a bunhc of nonsense. Come on, America, you deserve this peace of mind!!
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| Julia Shafer | IN |
I have never been so saddened to be an american. The government should be ashamed of itself for what it has done to the people who make America the wonderful country it used to be.
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| Ruth Jones | FL |
I wrote a long comment about my daughters aneurysm and no insurance, but the code didn't go through. what happened???? We most desperately need insurance for everyone. If you don't have it, you most likely will die. It's sure a sad situation. Thank god that this has been brought to so many peoples attention. I pray HR676 goes through. Thanks for "sicko" that made us understand, and award of what's going on.
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| Susan Morgan | IN |
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| Esther Confino | NY |
Any plan that includes private insurers or self-insured companies will reduce the very large pool and therefore the savings and efficiencies that can be achieved, so I urge passage of HR676, the only idea that understands the advantages of single payer.
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| Andre Oriol | NH |
My name is Andre Oriol and I would like to assist in spreading the word about HR 676 in NH. When I was 18 I got my first real job working for an insurance company. After I realized the company constantly changed their procedures to deny claims in order to create confusion among its employees, I decided to work for a hospital's billing department and become a patient advocate. For years I fought tooth and nail against the insurance companies to get wrongly denied claims paid. Eventually I began to see that the people in charge of the hospital clearly did not have the patients' best interest in mind either. At this point I did not care to fight against my superiors any longer and decided to start working with my hands. I did some landscaping for a year or so and then partnered up with someone to start a home improvement company. My wife and I are now both 29, healthty and self-employed. Because we are self-employed we are paying approximately $3,000 a year for heatlh insurance with a $10,000 in-network deductible, which pretty much means we are not covered. I recently decided to cancel our health insurance since it would be better to put that $250 a month in a savings account rather than donate it to a corporate monster. My wife and I will continue to inform the people of our community about the healthcare scam in this country and please let us know if there is anything else we can do to help.
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| jason strauss | FL |
i lost all feeling from my ribs down and was released from the hospital without a diagnoses because i didnt have health insurance
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| Jeffrey Hrusko | NJ |
Health care, as much as liberty, is an inalienable right of all people.
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| Jeffrey Hrusko | NJ |
Healthcare, as much as liberty, is an inalienable right of all people.
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| Lydia McKee | WI |
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| Lisa Bradley | MS |
I have seen first hand also what the healthcare system is about. i am a mother of five. the father is raising 4 and he was denied benefits from the state to help with our childrens healthcare. we work hard for the richer to make him richer by staying sick and still giving all we have to survive. if i wanted to SURVIVE i would be on "Survival"!(the show)Im moving to another country as soon as I can!WE THE PEOPLE should know better than to let this get bad for ourselves. If this is what this country is now based on then i want NO part.
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| Catherine Dorman | FL |
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| Tracy Santos | MD |
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| Rose Mary Dowler | KS |
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| Albert H Dowler JR | KS |
Please help others who are uninsured plus don't forget the seniors
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| Miles Stevens | AZ |
I work in the healthcare field (in an ER) and I see people who worry about paying for their medical expenses daily. We need a universal healthcare plan!
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| Twilla Love | TX |
I agree we need universal healthcare for all its a right not a luxury
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| Kaitlin Koykar | CA |
Free health care for all! Value life over money!
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| Martha Travaglini | NJ |
Mr. Moore, I cannot add anything to what I have seen in Sicko and all that you have written. Your film says it all and we need to get rid of the current health care system and put a cap on pharmaceutical corporations.
I admire you for doing this. Thank you!
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| Veronica de la Torre | CA |
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| Melissa Cicle | WI |
Hi, I am a 26 year old mother & wife. My husband is physically disabled, service connected. (80%) We have a 3 yr old son. With him only recieving a certain amount each month, and with living expenses, food, and general things like that we cant afford to buy insurance, and because he isnt 100% yet were not on his medical. We are in the prosses of applying for state medical and such for our son and I. (who knows if we'll even get it) We moved from WA to WI because we got married and they cut my insurance because we got over $430.00 a mo from his disability. I am in the process of reapplying for SSI because 2 states have said I can not work due to mental health issues. I have been denied because I was medicated at the time, even though they knew my insurance was being cut because I got married and would no longer be medicated. We cant afford insurance, and if we could I have pre exisiting health problems so I would not be accepted. If I were to try once again to work, then not only would I not be accepted by an insurance company but then I would not be eligible for state insurance. We would be worse off then we are now. With the government letting the cost of medications skyrocket, just one of my prescriptions is more then what we pay in rent for just a 2 week supply. Needless to say, I am no longer medicated. I am sure there are more worse of then my family that need care, and if our government wasnt so money hungery, if people were not so self centered and quit turning a blind eye, then maybe we could evolve as a country and take care of eachother. People may pay more then others in taxes and those others may not be sick, and they dont want to help others that dont pay in as much, well, we're all people from all walks of life and we all need diffrent things, we all need eachother. In the end what do you want to be remembered for?
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| Luigi Fischer Sr | PA |
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| Luigi Fischer II | PA |
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| david cicle | WI |
I will do whatever I can to help!!
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| Daryl Jones | OK |
I work in healthcare.. WE NEED HR 676
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| Julie Smith | OR |
I lost both of my breasts because of Kaiser. They paid me $37,500.00 to keep my mouth shut about it.I was hungry and just about homeless by this time so I took it. Then Kaiser filed a 1099 with the IRS so the IRS wanted tax money on the hush money. But then I explained to the IRS that I didn't work for Kaiser they just paid me hush money for taking my breasts. And thats not taxable!
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| Byeong Yul Lim | CA |
I am originally from South Korea and recently became a US citizen. When I was in S.K. I've never worried about medical bill. S.K government runs national health insurance so every one is insured. Yeah you have to pay small amount of insurance premium but it is nothing major. It's about $50 per month IF you have reasonable income. You can see any doctor you want. You don't have to go through PCP. (You all know that PCP in US is not to help you to get better but to stop you from seeing special physicians so that insurance companies can save money. right?) Anyway, it is VERY COMMON for people to have whole body MRI scan for regular yearly health checkup. I recently talked to my PCP about MRI scan. I am over 40 and worried that I might have cancer that I don't know yet. I asked him about the cost. He said over 10K!!!! It's just carzy. In S.K. you can get whole body MRI or CT scan for under $1000. (Yeah S.K. people still complain.) And most companies in S.K. covers this cost for their employees.
A lot of Koreans around me go to Korea when they need to see the doctor. They of course have to pay for the flight but still saves them a lot of money. I recently went through a job change and had to get cobra coverage for my family. I had to pay over $1000 per month!. Now I see my pay stuff and realized that I pay about $800 for tax every month. US goverment runs this huge country with only $800 from me and you every month. Then what do these evil for-profit health insurance companies do with over $1000 per month from me and you??? Have our politicians ever knew this? Imagine what kind of health service this government can give us if we pay $1000 more tax every month. Hello????!!!
These for-profit insurance companies are not saving sick people. THEY ARE MURDERING PEOPLE!!
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| Whitney Boe | CA |
I think that the phrase "promote the general welfare" in the U.S. constitution should guarantee every citizen the right to healthcare.
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| Kari Griffin | TN |
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| joy barnett | WA |
I live in Washington State and would like to help. I do not have any money to donate because I lost my job due to a work related injury and I am now having to purchase my own healthcare for 424.00 a month. I recieve 1100.00 a month from L&I. Kinda wack, huh. I am very good at organizing and have various other skills that I feel could benefit our common cause. Please let me help.
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| brian knorr | TX |
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| Juanita Nache | IL |
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| Rosie Bulliner | AZ |
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| Eric Cornelis | NJ |
I am eployed but make just enough to get by. My insurance is subpar. My deductable is $1200 so the only way I would be able to get any of the meager benefits from my insurance would be if I bankrupt myself in the process.
My fiancee was recently diagnosed with epilepsy. Her medicine costs $750 for just a couple months worth. Her prescription plan has a cap of $1000. Without her medicine her seizures would spiral out of control, not to mention the effect the sudden stop in her medicine would do to her.
Enough is enough.
The government provides 12 years of school for free, libraries for free, even a lawyer if you can't afford it. Why not healthcare?
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| Melissa Shepski | VA |
I was shocked after watching Sicko. All I can say is, as long as there is one person who dies from no insurance coverage, that is one too many. And no one should lose everything in retirement due to illness. Too much profit is made by too few and this makes it impossible for everyone to get the best for their health. It needs to be about health and quality of life, not the all mighty dollar! I think it is unfair that we are forced to see doctors who push their drugs of choice. I want to go holistic! If I want to use natural remedies, I should be allowed to, but my insurance won't cover it. There's no money in being treated naturally. I am tired of supporting the big drug companies and getting drugs that cause more illnesses than they help, and vaccines that contribute to autism and other diseases...And don't get me started on all the toxics being found in toys, plastic bottles, car seats, shampoo, conditioners and I'm sure this is only the tip of the ice berg. So many contributions that are going to led to our country's demise are surfacing right now, I think we as a nation need to change things before it is too late! But that's another movie.
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| Fred Timko | IN |
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| Andre Oriol | NH |
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| Corinne Hope Potvin-Oriol | NH |
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| Angela Borchelt | IN |
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| dawn aura | GA |
We want universal health care for ALL!
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| Jean Lubeckis | IN |
Other countries do it, why can't we? There is no reason, except for greed, that the United States cannot provide healthcare to everyone. I am self-employed and feel fortunate enough to be able to pay for health insurance but it is very difficult and becoming unmanageable since my premiums have quadrupled over the last 10 years. Because I deal with managed care in my business, I haven't gotten any raises! So, I am dependent on the same system for my income that costs me an enormous amount personally.
I feel fortunate to have insurance but have been forced to take on extra work and look for employment at Starbucks and Home Depot to insurance and they won't hire me because I am overeducated.
HELP!
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| Jean Hall | OK |
We need Socialized Medicine now. I am so sick of our Senators and Congressmen not tell us the truth and financally benifiting off of someone death because they are poor.
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| Kathy Stehle | OH |
It's time for a change AMERICA..............Lets help our own!
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| Laura Najera | TX |
This situation sadens me and I am praying for the best! I support this bill 110%. I'm passing this information on to my friends and family.
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| Elizabeth Mattingly | PA |
I think its outrageous that we pay so much out in welfare to people that are able to work and choose not to and there are people with medical problems that want to work and cant because they dont have insurance and cant afford to get medical help.
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| Jess Zaragoza | CA |
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| yvette reynoso | CA |
This movie has changed my views on so many things, I do not want to feel helpless and I want to do what I can. This issue affects so many people in my own family that I cannot help but feel personally responsible to helping this cause. What a glorious day it will be when SR-676 gets passed. My mother will be able to seek the care she needs for the tumor at the base of her skull.
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| Angelina Altamirano | CA |
I don't care paying more for taxes, I want everyone to have free health care! Let's prove we indeed are United!
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| Aaron O'Hearn | WY |
The tyranny and the destruction of the America we used to know has gone on long enough. Get Bush, his supporters away from our halls of power! Bring us people who are TRULY for the people! people should not be afraid of their governments, the governments should be afraid of their people. Put the real criminals in prison and hear the voice of the citizen!
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| elisabeth lindsey | WA |
Thank you for putting this together. This is beyond 'important' for our country and for our souls.
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| Adam Raven | IN |
I support a nonprofit universal health care program, that involves NO PRIVATIZATION AT ALL.
Yes, even the rich have to pay, and that means when taking for the funds, it includes anything of income, capital, or assets.
Thank you,
Adam Raven
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| Melissa Wade | OH |
I work in the health care field and I see people from other countries on welfare in this country. I am bipolor and the message that is sent by government is to guit work and go on welfare. This is just not right, I want to work, however require medication to live a normal life.
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| Dr. Steve Wexler | CA |
I am a very blessed man. I practice in a small town in California, and to date, I don't believe that I have EVER had to tun away an uninsured or underprivileged patient due to their inability to pay. This is probably due to the fact that I have enough earnings that I can afford to do this, but with insurance companies reducing their benefits monthly, my ability to help the uninsured may not be something I can do forever. If it would help, I would beg the Congress to help the hundreds of uninsured patients whom I have treated in my 14 years of practice by extending national health care coverage to all US persons. Hopefully this petition will be more helpful...
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| LaDedra Wilson-Albert | OH |
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| Paula Christensen | HI |
I strongly support this.
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| Enriqueta Vizuete | IL |
Its about time we are demading our voice to be heard. And I pray to God that this bill passes.
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| Jimmy D. Peagler | SC |
I watched the Movie Sicko by Michael Moore last night and to be perfectly honest, I felt embarrased. Embarassed for my Country. Embarrased for myself for not knowing, For years I relied upon others to do the right thing. Pass the laws that will improve the wellfare of all citizens of the US. not just the ones who can afford it.
Today, 11/13/2007 I registered to vote for the first time in my life. I am putting down the cool-aid that has been fed to me over the years.
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| Shelley Kaufman-Young | VA |
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| Barbara Lynch | NY |
Our taxpayer dollars are paying for all politicians, city, state and federal workers to have the health care we dream of having. Some of these taxpayers who are paying for this healthcare do not have insurance themselves. So until this universal healthcare is implemented, and if it is implemented, why not just include all Americans in the plan we are forced to pay for. Those who have insurance are essentially paying for two plans, their own and yours. I’m so disgusted with all these games I am at a point of not even wanting to vote. I will only vote for things that are worthy of my vote, and Universal Healthcare is one of them. We Need Universal Healthcare and please stop putting on a show full of empty promises and do something decent for a change.
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| Yolanda Trimble | AR |
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| David Pearson | WA |
We NEED universal Health Care.
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| Dorthy Hayden | IN |
Government has gotten so out of touch with the average American, if only they could spend a day in our shoes and see the suffering, or face the dilemma of food or Doctor visit cause by not having health insurance they would find a way to pay for it!
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| Jason Brown | OR |
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| Dorthy Hayden | IN |
Government has gotten so out of touch with the average American, if only they could spend a day in our shoes and see the suffering, or face the dilemma of food or Doctor visit cause by not having health insurance they would find a way to pay for it!
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| Sarah Taylor | IN |
As a graduating student whose education was largely financed from government loans and grants, I am left now to ask only why? Why provide me with the opportunities and skills necessary to recognize the ethical atrosceties perform daily by my government and yet not listen when we protest?
Through courage and wisdom, we will prevail.
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| Laura Deeley | NJ |
I am a 39 year old mother of two and am studying Health Services Administration and plan to go on to a Master's program in Public Health. I also have epilepsy. As of today I am unable to get my anti-seizure medication as my student health plan prescription benefits have capped out. I am apparently not eligible for Medicaid as my student loans, financial aid and child support income put me slightly over the poverty line. Hopefully I will be able to finish school and cope with seizures. This system needs to change!
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| Katie Beck | NC |
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| valarie hines | NC |
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| Janis Baja | FL |
The healthcare crisis in the United States, the wealthiest country in the world, is a NATIONAL DISGRACE!!!
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| Scott Kempton | MD |
How do we stop this madness? If poeple in France get things done out of fear, then we need to start doing the same. We elect these greedy people. Its time to get them out of office, or they start listening to the people who put them there.
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| Thomas Zukley | IN |
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| Kerrie Zukley | IN |
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| Kenya Matthews | TN |
I would like to vote for universal health insurance in the united states.
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| Annie Simoneau | VT |
I am so close to moving, if things don't change in the U.S. i'm off to Canada.
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| Larry Denham | IN |
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| Tracy Choyce | CO |
All health insurance should be allowed to everyone no matter what their health conditions are. Not everyone is healthly , they should be able to get it good or bad health they still health insurance also.
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| Vicky Oliver | IL |
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| William McKinney | KY |
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| Curby Key | NC |
I had refrained in the past in supporting what was called "Medicare" for everyone. My thinking on this was what retired people pay for medicare, supplemental policies, co-pays and the doughnut hole, it didn't seem much better than what is currently in place. What I read about HR676 is not that at all. Universal health care should be a right, not for politicians, drug companies, insurance companies, HMO's, hospitals or your neighbor to decide who is treated or not. I was once told if politicians had the same health care as the average citizen and paid the comparable price, we would have had universal health care decades ago. With universal health care (no insurance companies allowed) there would be no or little need for; medicaid, medicare, workers compensation or health insurance premiums. I could rant on the inequities of our current health care for a long time, but I guess I made my stand fairly clear, so here's the box for the next person.
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| Steffani Hogan | UT |
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| Nancy Woodruff | OR |
I am a regestered nurse and believe in health care for all.
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| Paule McKinney | KY |
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| John McGowan | NJ |
I watched the Mike Moore movie sicko. Shame on the politicians. I believe in God, and a life after. I do believe that eternity is much longer then a lifetime. Lets all rise above the political few who worsen our well being.
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| Kellie Cales | IN |
I am a single mother with no health insurance who has been paying taxes for 20 years with none of that money benefitting me or my son. It's time that EVERY American Citizen be covered no matter what, regardless of their class or income.
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