Here are some facts and figures that show the cost of inaction on health reform:
Seven presidents have tried, and seven presidents have failed to pass health reform. If we do nothing now, our country's health care costs will continue to skyrocket. If reform had passed under President Clinton, we would be spending $500 billion less each year. If it had passed under President Nixon, we could be spending a trillion dollars less each year than we do now.
The health insurance lobby has spent millions trying to bully Congress into opposing reform, airing ads and releasing a report about the effects of reform that journalists and experts have called "deceptive" and "implausible."
We've had enough -- we're calling them out.
Help cut through the spin -- tell our representatives to say "no" to deceitful lobbyists and "yes" to reform.
We Can Afford Reform, We Can´t Afford the Status Quo
Jared Bernstein, Chief Economist for the Vice President and Executive Director of the Middle Class Task Force, debunks the myth that we can’t afford health insurance reform. To the contrary, not only has the President demanded that reform not add to the deficit in the short term, but reform is the only way to get skyrocketing health care costs under control that will be devastating not for families , businesses, and for government deficits in the long term under the status quo.
Health Care Reform: 450,000 Doctors Can't Be Wrong
"I spend 40 percent of my time away from my patients doing paperwork and getting prior authorizations," said Jim King, MD, a family physician in Selmer, Tenn. "We need to start taking the barriers that are between me and my patients away."
The U.S. has a catastrophically fragmented system that provides incentives for sick care instead of prevention. The system is in dire need of reform - reform to save lives, to save families and to save money for both patients and the American health care system.
It's time to put our health back where it belongs, out of greedy insurance companies' grasp and back into your and your doctor's hands. It's time to stand with more than 450,000 doctors who support health care reform.
