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In-person instructive talk: Faith-Based Case For Medicare For All

Author: Bill Murray Publication Date: 07/23/2017
Source: Live presentation ⇥
Submitted By: Bill Murray, billmurray2929@gmail.com, 919-918-3389

In-person instructive talk: Faith-Based Case For Medicare For All cover



July 23, 2017, Forum at UCCH

Led by Bill Murray, billmurray2929@gmail.com, 919-918-3389


Health Care for All NC = www.healthcareforallnc.org

To inquire, email Jonathan Kotch  pres@healthcareforallnc.org

  1. Facts about health care (HC) problems in US:

  • US pays the most and gets the least.  Pay for Mercedes Benz but get bicycle.
  • US is ranked about 50th among nations for HC outcomes
  • Many people left out.
  1. NC legislature refused to expand Medicaid:

  • Refused 90% federal funding, = 6 Billion since 2014
  • Lost 30,000 HC jobs,
  • Little HC for poorest in NC.
  • 3 rural hospitals closed
  1. Medicare for All = Universal HC guaranteed:

  • Morally right for everyone to get it.   HC is a right per UN declarations.
  • Christian theology:  Jesus was a walking universal health care system.
  • Matthew 8 = stories of healing
    • Leper
    • Roman officer = He never turned anybody down including Roman officer.
    • Peter’s Mother in law
    • Turned her home into a clinic.
    • ¼ th of gospels are stories of Jesus healing.
  • Jewish theology  – Jeremiah and other prophets healed.
  • Islamic theology – Mohammed often prayed for people’s health.
  • Same program for everyone – Medicare for all.
    • Everyone tries to make the program work well.  Vs now, Medicaid can be cut.
  • It works well in other countries.
  • Video of Rev. Dr. Barber on universal health care, June 4, 2017
  1. Why Medicare for All?

  • Moral and theological arguments (see above)
  • Why settle for being 50th nation and paying the most?
  • Why keep paying health insurance companies = waste and profits?  Insurance cos. have 20-39% administrative costs vs 2-3% for Medicare.
  • Why not negotiate prices down with pharmaceutical companies?
  1. Hope

  • Growing Realization that employers and insurance companies are not the answer.
  • Favorable example of other countries.
  • Movement is growing.
  • Most Democrats now favor universal HC – see NY Times article posted on www.healthcareforallnc.org, scroll down a bit.
  1. Actions to take:

  • Join Health Care for All NC = www.healthcareforallnc.org – Use “Join” button
  • Pressure congress and NC legislature
  • Advocate for HR bill 676 which is a blueprint for universal health care – For information, see links on www.healthcareforallnc.org
  • Hold educational programs at groups you know.
  1. Racism affects HC (Can be a separate Forum later)

  • Video of Rev. Dr. Barber on universal health care, June 4, 2017
  • or 3 minute video of Barber in Ohio

Includes so much good information by Rev. Barber including:

  • 1870 – 20 Freed Man hospitals closed because if black people get treatment, they live longer and they vote.  = refusal to expand Medicaid.
  • Extremists keep convincing poor whites to vote against HC for poor by convincing them of racist favoritism when money is given away to blacks.  = keep poor whites and blacks separated = “divide and conquer.”
  • Push back on Obama.  If Romney had passed Affordable Care Act, it would have been adopted by Republicans


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