Forty-five thousand Americans die because they lack health insurance.
According to the latest figures from the OECD, the United States has both the highest overall poverty rate and the highest childhood poverty...
Today, there are nearly 44 million Americans, living below the poverty line, and that is the largest number on record.
Your point is not just that people are dying, or suffering, or losing limbs because they can't get to a doctor.
Socialism is probably a closer description.
We consistently rank at or near the bottom on measures of health.
Thank you for this opportunity to speak for those without a voice, who have died or will die as a result of our country's unwillingness to a...
We need something that provides everyone equal dignity, an egalitarian system in this country, which provides equal healthcare for everyone.
We have 50 million people who are uninsured--are not able to get to the doctor, or the hospital, or afford it.
We are No. 1 in child poverty among the industrialized countries.
Getting people employed, and consequently healthy, is what your constituents want from you now.