A watershed day for 'Medicare for all'
By Liz Watson, opinion contributor — 04/30/19 05:00 PM EDT
I recently spoke with a woman whose mother put off seeing a doctor until she became eligible for Medicare. When she finally did see a doctor, she learned that she had cancer, and it was too late for treatment. She died shortly after her diagnosis.
Her story is all too common. In the richest nation on earth, people are suffering and dying because they cannot afford quality health care. That is unacceptable. In 2018, Democrats campaigned on the declaration that health care is a human right. The American people responded by voting many of them into office.
Now the people we elected have the opportunity to deliver on the promise of quality, guaranteed health care for each and every American.
On Tuesday, the House Rules Committee held the first-ever hearing on the Medicare for All Act of 2019, H.R. 1384, introduced by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Was.). This hearing marked the start of a legislative process to achieve universal coverage and lower costs.
This legislation will take a giant leap forward in the provision of health care in this country. Health-care industry lobbyists want us to think guaranteeing everyone the care they need is too much to ask. They are wrong.
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