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Over 46 million Americans do not have any health insurance. Tens of millions more have inadequate or incomplete coverage. As the richest country in the world, Congressman Kucinich believes this is simply unacceptable.
Four out of five of the uninsured are in working families. Forty-six percent of all bankruptcies are tied to medical bills piling up due to an illness in the family. Three-quarters of those bankrupted by illness were insured when they first got sick.
Now, more than ever, it is clear that our current health care system does not work.
It is not because we do not pay enough. Rather, we’re not getting what we’re paying for. American taxpayers alone pay almost twice as much per capita in health care costs as taxpayers in countries that provide universal health care. In short, we are already paying for a universal standard of care, we are just not getting it.
That is why Congressman Kucinich has co-authored legislation, with Congressman John Conyers, HR 676, Medicare for All, to provide full health care coverage for every American. It would expand Medicare’s benefits and grant Medicare’s coverage to everyone in our country. This legislation would cover all medically necessary procedures, with no premiums, no co-payments and no deductibles.
Economists have estimated that a Medicare for All system could be paid for simply by reallocating money that is currently in the system. It would eliminate waste and capture dollars from current inefficiencies. In short, patients would get better care and pay less for it.
Congressman Kucinich believes health care should be about patients not profits.
Congressman Kucinich will continue to work on this legislation to ensure everyone can access health coverage, that medical care is of a universally high quality, and patients no longer face financial barriers to getting the care they need.
View a summary of HR 676
View the text of the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act
View an updated list of cosponsors for HR 676
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