Rep. Jayapal: House Democrats Lift Medicare for All as Racial Justice Issue
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- Following the release of a Medicare for All support letter from prominent racial justice organizations.
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In the letter, the organizations - including the
"This letter is important because it highlights the tremendous burden felt by communities of color when it comes to accessing quality, affordable healthcare. It is an incredibly powerful reminder that any conversation on American healthcare is incomplete without a discussion of racial injustice. There are long-standing structural biases and challenges within our current healthcare systems that create barriers for people of color and prevent them from receiving the care they need - but Medicare for All can change all of that," said
The authors of this letter discussed the Medicare for All Act of 2019's unprecedented support from racial justice organizations and how Medicare for All would remove key structural and racial barriers in our healthcare system to ensure everyone, including communities of color, has guaranteed quality, affordable health care.
"Our current healthcare system is marred by racism, sexism, and classism. The immense health and healthcare disparities among poor folks and in Black, Latinx, and indigenous communities are a direct consequence of long-standing structural biases created by the profit-driven private insurance industry. We need a system where everyone is in, and nobody is out. And a single-payer Medicare-for-All system is the only way that we can do that. It's the only way we will realize health care as a human right, and stop big pharmaceutical and insurance companies from profiting off the pain of our families," said
"Communities of color need a comprehensive, high-quality health care system that rectifies long-standing structural biases and challenges," said
"Latinos face the highest rates of uninsurance in
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