Eastern Panhandle Single-Payer Action Network at PEIA Hearing
From Journal-News.net –
Members of the Eastern Panhandle Single-Payer Action Network (EPSPAN) provided information to public employees attending the recent PEIA hearing in Martinsburg. EPSPAN advocates “improved Medicare for all,” a publicly funded health care system that is privately delivered.
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Members of the Eastern Panhandle Single-Payer Action Network (EPSPAN) provide information to public employees attending the recent PEIA hearing in Martinsburg.
EPSPAN member Steven Cotterill, whose wife is a teacher and whose family has insurance purchased through PEIA, testified at the hearing. He waved the thick stack of bills generated by his daughter’s illness which required “out-of-network” treatment. He explained that if his daughter had become ill in his country of birth, England, she would have received excellent care with no out-of-pocket expenses.
EPSPAN is a chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program and Healthcare-Now! Recently, to highlight the amount of money local jurisdictions could save if improved Medicare for all were enacted, EPSPAN analyzed the healthcare-related items in the Jefferson County schools budget. The study revealed that the school system could have saved more than $2.5 million dollars in 2010 had the country adopted improved Medicare for all.