Jessica Corbett is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal on Thursday night responded to a new analysis exposing the failures of the for-profit U.S. healthcare system by renewing her call for Medicare for All.Jayapal and Sen. Bernie Sanders are the lead sponsors of the Medicare for All Act. When they reintroduced the bill last year, they highlighted research showing that it could save 68,000 lives and $650 billion per year. The Commonwealth Fund report—titled Mirror, Mirror 2024: A Portrait of the Failing U.S.
'The congresswoman continued:Medical debt and exorbitant costs regularly keep people from seeking necessary care, with a growing population of 'underinsured' Americans—those who have health insurance but still aren't getting the care they desperately need.This for-profit system leads to higher rates of death and disease and lower life expectancies—all while Americans spend more and more trying to get the care they need.
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