For too many people, the costs of needed healthcare in our current system are unaffordable.

Comprehensive health insurance ought to be a right ensured by government to all.

Medicare for All (M4A) legislation would ensure that all Americans have their healthcare costs covered, free at the point of service. No premiums, no co-pays, no deductibles. Patients can choose their doctors and hospitals, which remain private.

If elected, I would immediately cosponsor the “Medicare Act of 2019” (HR1384).

Over ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN members of the US House of Representatives have cosponsored this M4A bill, currently including just one of Connecticuts five representatives: Jahana Hayes. FOURTEEN members of the US Senate have cosponsored Medicare for All legislation (S1129), including just one of Connecticut’s two Senators: Richard Blumenthal.

Any health insurance system in which people rely on private insurance for their needed medical care will always be inadequate, because it will NEVER ensure affordability for all. The first responsibility of a private insurance company is to its share holders. The first responsibility of public health insurance is to meet the needs of the public, and it can be held accountable by the public if it is not succeeding.

Medicare 4 All will be LESS EXPENSIVE than our current system according to at least TWENTY TWO different analyses. Instead of paying premiums and copays and deductibles, the lower total cost can be covered by progressive taxation, to ensure the cost is distributed fairly. https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/484301-22-studies-agree-medicare-for-all-saves-money

M4A legislation as written would pay for hospital stays, doctor visits, prescription drugs, medical devices, biological products, mental health and substance abuse treatment, laboratory and diagnostic services, reproductive maternity and newborn care, pediatric care, oral health, audiology, vision services, short-term rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices, emergency services and transportation, necessary transportation to receive health care services for individuals with disabilities and low-income individuals, and home-based and community-based long-term services. We ALL deserve the dignity of having these vitally needed services guaranteed to us.