Patti Mulke speaks

At the Rally Against Greed at City Hall, Patti Mulke speaks about her battles with healthcare insurance company that pays ONLY for the least treatment for her chronic kidney disease, so that she can no longer work or have enough energy to lead a productive, busy life.

The introduction is by Kjersten Forseth, the State Director of "Change that Works" in Colorado.

A majority of physicians (59%) and an even higher proportion of Americans (86%) support single-payer national health insurance or Medicare for All.
Every other industrialized country has some form of universal health care.
Medical bills contribute to more than half of all bankruptcies.
75% of those bankrupted had health insurance at the time they got sick or injured.
Taxes already pay for over 60 percent of US health spending.
Business pays less than 14% of our nations health costs.
Americans pay the highest health care taxes in the world.
The US could save enough on administrative costs (over $350 billion annually) with a single payer system to cover all the uninsured.

Kjersten Forseth, Change That Works
Kjersten.Forseth@changethatworks.net
303-865-7985 x120
http://www.seiu.org/changethatworks/colorado/
http://www.healthcareforallcolorado.org
http://CSaction.org

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