HR 676- Proposed Universal Health Care Bill

Getting my hair cut recently I chipped in a few dollars to a fund for someone recently paralyzed. Some guy, a father of three, in the Hatboro area flipped off his bike and crushed several vertebrate in his neck. His insurance will either offer full or zero coverage for all subsequent treatment and the plethora of miscellaneous expenses that he will incur beyond medication needs. Given that he's not rich(with the astronomical cost of health care anyone in this situation would have to have tens of millions set aside to be considered 'rich' ) the expenses are exacerbating an already tragic event.

Unfortunately, we see this all too often. Communities are constantly "pulling together" to offer monetary support for those treated so harshly by the HMOs, such as in the case of 14 year old Brad Bamka of Bucks County. Money was raised after his insurance company said it would not cover ambulance trips back to the hospital for necessary continued care.
This can happen to anyone with insurance, no matter what type of insurance you have or how long you have been paying into your plan. Worse yet is the situation for the millions of Americans(such as myself) who do not have have insurance. The insurance companies exist to make money and nothing else. If you become sick you're a liability that they will do their best to rid themselves of.

What can we do:

We can support HR 676, a bill being proposed before congress that would provide universal health care for EVERYONE free of charge. Rather than the focus being on profits, as is the case with the current system, the system would be designed solely for the people. As citizens we have several options. We can write our state reps in congress as well as our senators, while raising awareness with everyone we know and love, since anyone we know could be adversely affected by the cruel and inhuman health care system that we now have. As citizens, we can make this one of the chief issues of the presidential campaign.

Remember we can always feel safe laughing or shrugging off someone else's complaints or protests until we are affected by the same things.But with this, we're all affected.

Points of ref:
general info:
"Single Payer and HR676-Debunking the Myths"

Find out if your local state rep and state senators support HR 676 as well as how to contact them