I’ve introduced a simple three-and-a-half-page bill that opens up Medicare to anybody who wants it. If you want it and you pay for it, it’s yours. It’s that simple. It’s open to everybody under the age of sixty-five, whether or not you’re handicapped. And you pay the same amount as other people your age would pay.
And the reason to do this is because we need a public option. We need an option that doesn’t involve putting us at the tender mercies of insurance companies, particularly if there’s a mandate to do so. A lot of people feel that there is a fundamental conflict of interest between themselves and private insurance companies. The private insurance companies make money by denying you the care that you need to be healthy, and sometimes to stay alive. And a lot of people are just sick of it.
While I'm against mandatory health care, the LEAST the USG can do is provide a way to avoid propping up corporations that profit from our suffering. This act would do that by extending Medicare to anyone who wanted to pay for it. For all of the uninsured Americans out there (like me) please sign the petition here:
http://wewantmedicare.com/
Thanks!
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