Activists Burn Insurance Bills at AHIP Conf.
On March 11, members of Single Payer Action burned their health insurance bills, in protest, in front of the AHIP conference in Washington, DC. See the full video of the demonstration below.
On March 11, members of Single Payer Action burned their health insurance bills, in protest, in front of the AHIP conference in Washington, DC. See the full video of the demonstration below.
The facts:
1. Americans are paying more for health insurance and receiving fewer and fewer benefits
2. Health insurance companies continue to raise their premiums while decreasing and denying coverage
3. Healthcare insurance companies deny healthcare claims on a regular basis, and change their coding schemas frequently to avoid paying legitimate claims
4. Physicians are forced to pay huge administrative costs and employ large staffs to deal with health insurance companies
5. The severe shortage of primary care physicians—due in part to declining reimbursements and impossible administrative hassles from third-party payers — seriously threatens the quality of healthcare US citizens receive now and in the future.
6. Millions of Americans cannot afford or have no health insurance—50 million have no health insurance and 87 million have been without health insurance at some time in the past 2 years.
Only a single-payer approach to healthcare reform will END THE INHUMANITY OF OUR FAILED HEALTHCARE INSURANCE SYSTEM, WHERE PROFITS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN PATIENTS’ HEALTH.
Only a single-payer approach will end the current disgraceful practice of insurance companies refusing to pay for medical treatment, denying claims, and engaging in rampant price gouging that discourages patients from going to the doctor and has resulted in 50 million Americans without healthcare and 87 million Americans without health insurance at some point in the past 2 years.
HR 676, The United States National Health Insurance Act, would ensure that every American, regardless of income, employment status, or race, has access to quality, affordable health care services.
The United States National Health Insurance Act, H.R. 676. You can read about it here: http://www.healthcare-now.org/hr-676/
Ask your Representatives to co-sponsor HR676.
If you want to learn more, go to:
http://www.insurancecompanyrules.org/learn_more/the_roster/
Yes we CAN get this done! We here in California are with you. Come visit my site where I am trying to consolidate and link to all of the various organizations working for single payer. I’m also blogging there and we are on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?gid=19429248399
Twitter: Anonyms
Films from your friends in California: http://www.youtube.com/user/humantoo
GO SINGLE PAYER EAST COAST ACTIVISTS!