About 1 out of 7 Americans lacks health insurance, or 44 million, and the number is rising about a million each year. Health care is the number one issue in many polls, and Americans are beginning to realize that the current health care crisis affects not only the uninsured, but the underinsured as well. Corporate health care is increasing costs while undermining patient care. We live in an era of unprecedented prosperity, yet the number of uninsured Americans continues to rise about a million a year. It is time for a renewed movement for universal health care.
Many political candidates say that they favor expanding health care coverage.
Health care reform proposals are a dime a dozen in the 2000 elections. Although universal health care may not be achieved all at once, the goal of the U2K Campaign is to hold candidates accountable for working on meaningful reforms that move America towards universal health care. When we talk to candidates about universal health care, we must ask for their support of health care that is universal, comprehensive, quality, affordable, and publicly accountable. We must ask if they support universal health care, and how they will work towards it if elected. .