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Kucinich: Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Health Care Act, A Key Step in the Long Fight for Medicare For All
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement after the Supreme Court issued its ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Supreme Court upheld the law which passed with the critical support of Congressman Kucinich.
Todays ruling demonstrates that health care is not the third rail in American politics. It demonstrates that reform is possible. It demonstrates that Medicare for All is inevitable.
The Affordable Care Act provided health care to those most vulnerable among us those of the lowest income by expanding Medicaid, a health insurance program for low-income Americans. It provided much-needed benefits.
In todays ruling, the Supreme Court held that states have the power to reject that expansion and maintain the status quo. That means that in states in which the governor decides not to prioritize providing health care to the poor, even though the federal government is paying for the vast majority of the expansion, the poor can be left out in the cold.
Today is an important day for millions of Americans who will not be denied benefits under the Affordable Care Act. But this is not the end of the conversation. Medicare for All is the solution America needs to stop the ever-rising costs of health care and provide full coverage for everyone. I supported the Affordable Health Care Act as a step in the right direction, but it is only the first step in a long journey.
States are not waiting for Congress to act. Vermont is moving forward on a single payer system, led by a push from small and medium-sized businesses who are getting crushed by health care costs. California has passed a Medicare for All system out of their legislature twice only to be vetoed by the Republican governor. Fourteen of the fifteen studies have showed that if a state went for a Medicare for All system, it would be cost neutral or save up to $19 billion per year while at the same time insuring everyone and improving the quality of care. Congress must help the states fulfill the will of their constituents, said Kucinich.
The Affordable Care Act has already resulted in 12.8 million Americans benefitting from $1.1 billion in rebates from insurance companies this summer. 54 million Americans in private plans have received free preventive services. 105 million Americans no longer have a lifetime limit on their coverage. Up to 17 million children with pre-existing conditions can no longer be denied coverage by insurers. 5.1 million seniors in the donut hole have saved $3.2 billion on their prescription drugs, an average of $635 per senior.
http://kucinich.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=301382
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement after the Supreme Court issued its ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Supreme Court upheld the law which passed with the critical support of Congressman Kucinich.
Todays ruling demonstrates that health care is not the third rail in American politics. It demonstrates that reform is possible. It demonstrates that Medicare for All is inevitable.
The Affordable Care Act provided health care to those most vulnerable among us those of the lowest income by expanding Medicaid, a health insurance program for low-income Americans. It provided much-needed benefits.
In todays ruling, the Supreme Court held that states have the power to reject that expansion and maintain the status quo. That means that in states in which the governor decides not to prioritize providing health care to the poor, even though the federal government is paying for the vast majority of the expansion, the poor can be left out in the cold.
Today is an important day for millions of Americans who will not be denied benefits under the Affordable Care Act. But this is not the end of the conversation. Medicare for All is the solution America needs to stop the ever-rising costs of health care and provide full coverage for everyone. I supported the Affordable Health Care Act as a step in the right direction, but it is only the first step in a long journey.
States are not waiting for Congress to act. Vermont is moving forward on a single payer system, led by a push from small and medium-sized businesses who are getting crushed by health care costs. California has passed a Medicare for All system out of their legislature twice only to be vetoed by the Republican governor. Fourteen of the fifteen studies have showed that if a state went for a Medicare for All system, it would be cost neutral or save up to $19 billion per year while at the same time insuring everyone and improving the quality of care. Congress must help the states fulfill the will of their constituents, said Kucinich.
The Affordable Care Act has already resulted in 12.8 million Americans benefitting from $1.1 billion in rebates from insurance companies this summer. 54 million Americans in private plans have received free preventive services. 105 million Americans no longer have a lifetime limit on their coverage. Up to 17 million children with pre-existing conditions can no longer be denied coverage by insurers. 5.1 million seniors in the donut hole have saved $3.2 billion on their prescription drugs, an average of $635 per senior.
http://kucinich.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=301382
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Kucinich: Supreme Court Upholds [ACA], A Key Step in the Long Fight for Medicare For All (Original Post)
ProSense
Jun 2012
OP
excellent perspective--let's fight for better, now that they can't take it away!
librechik
Jun 2012
#3
SunsetDreams
(8,571 posts)1. K&R!
Zorra
(27,670 posts)2. "It demonstrates that Medicare for All is inevitable."
Harmony Blue
(3,978 posts)4. That is how it started in Canada o.O
Saskatchewan was the first if I recall correctly.
librechik
(30,678 posts)3. excellent perspective--let's fight for better, now that they can't take it away!
ProSense
(116,464 posts)5. Yup! n/t
MineralMan
(146,359 posts)6. But wait...several DUers have said that this is a disaster,
and that it is a terrible decision that will prevent single payer from ever happening.
What about them? Clearly, according to them, Kucinich is a moron.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)7. DU rec...
If Dennis likes it then it must be good.
Sid
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)8. What Sid said!