| The Healthcare Crisis In Pennsylvania Is A Good | | | | Americans is either uninsured or under-insured, and |
| Representation Of The Crisis Across America, Today. | | | | studies suggest that being under-insured is almost as |
| The Following Article Summerizes The Points of A | | | | problematical as being uninsured. |
| Recent Forum Held In Lancaster, PA I am a nurse | | | | People faced with large co-pays and deductibles |
| who has practiced in the state of Pennsylvania for 23 | | | | avoid seeking medical attention until they absolutely |
| years, first as a Nurse Practitioner for 17 years, now | | | | have to. By then it is often too late to avoid a bad |
| as a staff nurse at one of Lancaster's local hospitals. | | | | outcome. |
| Progressives 4 Pennsylvania organized a Healthcare | | | | Think about that 8-year old who died of a brain |
| Forum to discuss the healthcare crisis in the state, 4 | | | | infection down in Baltimore recently because his |
| 4/07. The Governor of Pennsylvania was in | | | | family couldn't find a dentist who would do a $60 |
| attendance. | | | | medicaid tooth extraction. |
| The following is what the forum revealed to the 300 | | | | His mother did not have $60. |
| people who gathered: | | | | Think about people or who have insurance that |
| Over 48 million Americans are without health care | | | | barely covers anything, like so many situations people |
| insurance. That doesn't even address the problem | | | | face today. |
| with the under-served, and those without proper | | | | The insurance companies are bound by law to |
| access to the system. | | | | generate returns for their stockholders, not provide |
| A notable problem not addressed by anyone on the | | | | customers (patients) with high quality health care at |
| Healthcare Crisis panel at Franklin And Marshall 4/4/07 | | | | an affordable cost. And customers of health |
| is that there are over 1500 different insurance | | | | insurance, nevermind health care services themselves, |
| companies here in the US, all with different rules and | | | | have next to no leverage to influence the way |
| different paperwork. | | | | insurance companies serve them. |
| No wonder access to care is such a problem. | | | | All of my Canadian friends love the system they |
| The system needs to be overhauled. Governor | | | | have in their country. The AMA (American Medical |
| Rendell's plan, Prescription For Pennsylvania, allows | | | | Association) pays to disseminate propaganda leading |
| those who have created the problem to continue to | | | | Americans to believe otherwise. |
| get a paycheck, by rearranging the way everything is | | | | We need to directly ask Canadian Citizen's to |
| delivered. | | | | educate Americans about their Health Care Delivery |
| The Ceo's of the Insurance Companies continue to | | | | system. |
| get their billions of dollars and the Pharmaceutical | | | | We need to ask the Governor how much Pac money |
| Companies continue to profit from the sick and | | | | he got from the insurance companies to fund his run |
| suffering. | | | | for Governor. |
| The Governor doesn't seem to know anything about | | | | The forum was a great beginning for opening our |
| healthcare, anyway. That much is obvious: Like | | | | minds to this problem. As Chuck Pennacchio |
| putting everyone's medical records on the internet; | | | | suggested, author of the "Family and Business |
| Or like putting mercurochrome on everyone's wounds | | | | Healthcare Security Act," (a single-payor Statewide, |
| in the emergency room; Or like letting nurses take | | | | comprehendsive healthcare delivery system), an |
| over the health care system--talk about a war | | | | Independent Impact Study is a logical next step. |
| between the sexes!!More than one in three | | | | |