http://winograd4congress.com/images/stories/medicare.jpg Provide Medicare for All – Put People Before Profit... In the richest country in the world, everyone should have access to quality affordable health care.
Problem: An estimated 90-million Americans are either uninsured or under-insured, suffering with little or no medical care, forcing many into bankruptcy because they cannot pay their medical bills. Insurance companies routinely reject applicants with minor ailments or pre-conditions. Emergency rooms are jammed. It can take a month to get a doctor’s appointment. Despite spending more than twice as much as the rest of industrialized countries, the U.S. performs poorly in terms of life expectancy and infant mortality.
A Proposed Solution: Medicare for All – A Single-Payer System
We need Medicare for All – or a single-payer system that pays doctors, nurses, and other health care providers from a single fund. The administrator of the fund is the federal government, which ensures every American has access to quality affordable health care. Under a Medicare for All plan, you can go to a public clinic or a private doctor. It’s up to you.
Health Care for All is paid for by a tax on the employer, and, to a lesser extent, the employee. No one goes bankrupt paying their medical bills. Premiums are low and so are medical bills.
When elected Winograd will work to:
| - Ensure that states and cities are not pre-empted by federal legislation prohibiting their implementation of a single-payer system |
| - Lead the Progressive Caucus in fighting for quality affordable health care for all |
Here’s why Health Care for All works:| - No one gets turned away, regardless of preconditions or family history. |
| - Premiums and bills are low |
| - Administrative costs are minimal. |
According to a study by Harvard Medical School, insurance companies spend up to 30% of their budget on administrative costs, which are then passed on to the consumer in the form of higher medical bills. In contrast, Medicare spends only 3% on administration. Under a single-payer system, the federal government or individual states could purchase pharmaceuticals in bulk, thus lowering the cost of medicine. We have a system that works – Medicare. Let’s make it work for everyone!
Winograd vs. Harman
Harman voted for the bankruptcy bill which penalizes Americans who can’t pay their medical bills. Harman refuses to co-sponsor HR676 – Congressman John Conyers’ bill to establish Medicare for All.
Winograd will immediately co-sponsor Congressman Conyer’s bill HR676 to provide universal single-payer health care. In addition, she will work with governors of other states to form a single-payer consortium, whereby member states pool their resources and offer their own Health Care for All plan.
Medicare - Part D
Medicare, Part D, provides prescription drug benefits to millions of older Americans. Unfortunately, it was born in a Republican-controlled Congress that
gave more benefits to the drug and health insurance industries than to the people Part D was intended to serve.
Here's what is wrong with Part D:
*It prohibits the administration from using beneficiaries' collective purchasing power to negotiate lower prices.
*It prohibits Americans from importing cheaper drugs from Canada.
*It requires seniors to enroll in a plan by an arbitrarily-selected deadline or face premium increases for each month beyond the deadline -- an incentive that clearly benefits insurance companies.
*It permits plans to change drug formulas whenever they want, without penalty.
*It is costly for patients. In 2009 the bill requires beneficiaries to pay 100% of the first $295.00 -- 25% of the next $2,405.00 -- and 100% of the next $3,453.00 (doughnut hole).
*It is costly for states. Some states are losing money under the bill because of the formula used to calculate their share.
Social Action Movie Night - Mon., July 13, 7 - 9 pm, Sacred Grounds Cafe, 468 West 6th Street, San Pedro, 90731. Join Winograd for Congress as we watch and discuss Heist (Earl Katz, Donald Goldmacher, Producers), a film which tells the story of how Wall Street orchestrated the greatest theft in history. Also see segments of Money Talks (Holly Mosher, Producer), a look at how the big drug companies play with our health to make record profits. 
Join Martin and Mar Vista in urging the Governor not to fly jets in and out of Santa Monica airport because these jets create dangerous air and noise pollution. Insist our Governor use LAX, which has a buffer zone. 
My name is Marcy Winograd and WE are running for Congress.
We need Marcy Winograd in Congress NOW. She is the voice of the people and will fight for what America needs, not what corporations want. " 
Welcome to my official online campaign office. My name is Marcy Winograd, and I am running for the Congress in the 36th Congressional District.
