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Study
proves that single-payer health care is best for Pennsylvanians and for the
Commonwealth's economy
A
single-payer health care plan will save Pennsylvania families, businesses and
tax payers $17 billion annually while providing comprehensive health care to
all, according to an economic impact study released today.
Commissioned by Health Care
for All PA, a statewide non-profit organization, the study was conducted by
University of Massachusetts - Amherst professor of economics Gerald
Friedman, Ph.D.
It compares
the cost of the current for-profit health insurance model in Pennsylvania under
which provider choice is limited and health services are rationed by health
insurance companies to that of a consumer-driven health care system which gives
people freedom to choose their own doctors, hospitals and health care
providers.
The
legislation to create this single-payer system will be re-introduced in the
Pennsylania Senate (Senate Bill 400) on March 19 by Senator Jim
Ferlo. The name of this state-based, consumer-driven health care system
will be The Pennsylvania Health Care Plan.
Some
of the important advantages of The Pennsylvania Health Care Plan are:
Comprehensive
coverage for every resident of Pennsylvania, including dental, vision, mental
health and prescription drug services;
Eliminates the need
for hospitals to absorb the cost of care for the
uninsured;
Reduces
bureaucracy for private physicians resulting in reduced administrative costs and
improved
compensation for private physicians;
Reduces or
eliminates health insurance over-costs for small business, allowing for more job
creation,
greater reinvestment of profits, and reduced workers' compensation
costs;
Radically
reduces the total cost of health care to levels more consistent with costs in
the rest of the industrialized world.
Please
spread the word. Contact your friends and legislators. Help us with donations
for advertising and speaker transportation costs. Health care for all IS
possible in Pennsylvania, but only if we demand
it.
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