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I'm privileged to link to a true Progressive hero Senator Edward M. Kennedy and his article in the Boston Globe.
We have the greatest doctors and medical innovations in the world, but more and more Americans are on the outside looking in to a world of progress and discovery that is denied to them because they cannot afford quality healthcare.
That's wrong - and it's about to change.
UPDATE: Senator Kennedy proposed a public option, not a single payer system. My mistake.
First, we will give Americans better choices for health insurance. An important foundation of our legislation is the following principle: If you like the coverage you have now, you keep it. But if you don't have health insurance or don't like the insurance you have, our bill will give you new, more affordable options.
No one is going to force you to switch coverage or give up your choice of doctor.
Our proposal establishes new gateways to better health across America. You can contact the gateways online, by phone, or in person to figure out what policy works for you. Through the gateway, we will facilitate choice by allowing consumers to compare the costs and benefits of different health insurance policies. We'll negotiate with insurance companies to keep premiums and copays low and help you with your premiums if you can't afford them. We'll make it illegal for insurers to deny coverage because of a preexisting condition or to impose other restrictions that keep you from getting the care you need. We're also hearing that some Americans want the choice of enrolling in a health insurance program backed by the government for the public good, not private profit - so that option will be available too.
This is epic! Senator Kennedy makes a single payer public option a strong part of his plan. But not the only part of his plan.
It's really a put up or shut up moment for conservative ideology. If the government is so woefully inefficient then the private sector should have no problem competing with it. This is a fantastic plan it's exactly what President Obama spoke about during his campaign. It's the plan we need, and one I was beginning to think we weren't going to get. Is this the big present for Progressives that a Congressional majority and White House gets us? Or will moderate Dems like Ben Nelson and Max Baucus block this?
I hope I'm not pushing the fair use rules, but here's how the great Lion of the Senate finished his article.
Change is never easy, but the status quo is no longer acceptable to any except those who profit from the current broken healthcare system.
We cannot afford to wait - or to fail. And we will do neither.
And when successful reform takes hold, the American people will wonder what has taken us so long.
The whole article is [Boston Globe available online]
If you'd like to call and thank Senator Kennedy here are his numbers.
Washington Office
317 Russell Senate Building
Washington D.C. 20510
p (202) 224-4543
f (202) 224-2417
Massachusetts Office
2400 JFK Building
Boston, MA 02203
p (617) 565-3170
p (877) 472-9014
f (617) 565-3183
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