CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF …
CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE US NATIONAL HEALTH CARE ACT (HR 676)
WHEREAS, every person in Saratoga Springs and in the United States deserves access to affordable, quality health care; AND
WHEREAS, the existence of thousands of public and private insurance providers and regulators has resulted in extraordinarily complex health care business procedures that consume almost one third of our nation’s expenditures for health care; AND
WHEREAS, the number of Americans without health insurance now exceeds 47 million; and millions with insurance have inadequate coverage that a major illness leads to financial ruin; and one half of all bankruptcies are a result of medical illness and bills; AND
WHEREAS, the City of Saratoga Springs annual health care costs for 2006 reached $4.3 million, 10% of our annual budget; 2007 costs reached $4.7 million, 11% of our annual budget and 2008 costs reached $5.1 million, 12% of our annual budget; AND
WHEREAS, proposals for “consumer directed health care” would worsen this situation by penalizing sick, discouraging prevention, and burdening many working families with huge medical bills; AND
WHEREAS, managed care and other market based reforms have failed to contain health care costs, which now threaten international competitiveness of U.S. manufactures; AND
WHEREAS, Harvard researchers estimated that more than $300 billion could be recovered by replacing private insurance companies with a single public payer, enough to cover the uninsured and to improve coverage for all those who now have only partial coverage; AND
WHEREAS, U.S. hospitals spend 24.3% of their budgets on billing and administration while hospitals under Canada’s single payer system spend only 12.9%; AND
WHEREAS, profit oriented firms divert billions of health care dollars to salaries and profits at the cost of American lives and national solvency; AND
WHEREAS, Congressional House Resolution 676, also known as the US National Health Insurance Act and Medicare for All, would cover every person in the United States for all necessary medical care including prescription drugs, hospital, surgical, outpatient services, primary and preventive care, emergency services, dental and vision care; AND
WHEREAS, 100 members of Congress including 10 from New York State, and Congressman Michael McNulty have already signed on in support of HR 676,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Saratoga Springs Mayor and Town Council endorse HR 676 and call on the Congress of the United States to pass this bill assuring affordable and effective health care for all residents of the United States, and be it further
RESOLVED, that certified copies be forwarded to Congressman Paul Tonko and U.S. Senators Gillibrand and Schumer.
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