Fight for Healthcare for All

Healthcare is not an “entitlement.” Healthcare is a human right. Every single developed nation on Earth understands this — except the United States. That is not leadership. That is failure. The facts are indisputable: • The United States spends more per person on healthcare than any country in the world — nearly twice the average of other high-income nations — yet Americans die younger, experience far worse maternal mortality, and carry more medical debt than our peers. (Commonwealth Fund, OECD) • In 2024, over 100 million Americans are burdened with medical debt. (Kaiser Family Foundation) • One in five Americans delay or skip necessary medical care because they cannot afford it. (CDC, 2024 National Health Interview Survey) This is not freedom. This is not choice. This is financial punishment for getting sick. Cancer should not mean bankruptcy. Diabetes should not mean rationing insulin. Pregnancy should not be a life-threatening economic gamble. And yet in the United States — the richest country in the world — it is. Canada. Germany. The UK. France. Japan. Australia. The Netherlands. They all guarantee universal, affordable care. Some use single-payer systems. Some use public-private hybrids. Every one of them guarantees that illness does not destroy a person’s life. America is the only wealthy democracy where sickness routinely results in financial ruin. So ask yourselves this: Why is private equity allowed to buy hospitals and strip them for profit — while ordinary Americans can’t afford insulin? Why has GoFundMe become one of the largest healthcare financing systems in this country? Why are insurance CEOs rewarded with multi-million-dollar bonuses for denying care? Stop pretending this is complicated. It is not complicated. It is a choice. Americans are not asking for luxury. We are demanding basic dignity. I demand that Congress act — now: 1. Pass legislation that makes healthcare affordable for every American, not just those lucky enough to have employer-provided insurance. 2. End predatory pricing, abusive facility fees, and surprise billing scams once and for all. 3. Create a real, enforceable pathway to universal coverage — like every other developed nation already has. America invented Medicare. We know how to do this. What we lack is not knowledge — it is political courage. Stop letting lobbyists write healthcare policy. Stop forcing Americans into medical bankruptcy. Stop serving insurance conglomerates and pharmaceutical shareholders at the expense of human lives. Congress works for the people — not Cigna, not UnitedHealth, not Wall Street. You have the power to fix this. Do it.