Healthcare for All
Single-payer healthcare eliminates insurance company extraction and provides better care at lower cost.
Eliminate All Premiums
No more $12,000 annual family premiums. Healthcare is funded through progressive taxation of wealth and capital, not regressive premiums that burden workers.
Eliminate All Co-Pays and Deductibles
No more $5,000 deductibles. No more co-pays that delay necessary care. Full coverage with no out-of-pocket costs.
Full Coverage, No Networks
All medically necessary care is covered. No networks restricting choice of provider. No denials of coverage. No fighting with insurance companies.
Direct Government Provision
This is critically important. We provide direct government healthcare, not “government pays private insurance companies.” Democratic Obamacare subsidizes insurance companies while workers still face high costs and denials. We eliminate the insurance middlemen completely.
Medicare Negotiates Drug Prices
Medicare negotiates prices for all prescription drugs. When private pharmaceutical companies refuse to negotiate or price gouge, public generic production provides alternatives. Maximum cost caps prevent extraction.
Why This Costs Less
We eliminate insurance company extraction. Insurance companies extract billions in profits, executive compensation, marketing, and claim denial bureaucracy. Direct provision eliminates this waste.
We eliminate the administrative burden of dealing with multiple insurers. Healthcare providers spend enormous resources on billing, coding, and fighting claim denials. Single-payer dramatically reduces administrative overhead.
We create buying power for drug negotiation. Instead of hundreds of plans negotiating separately, Medicare negotiates for the entire population. This creates pricing power.
How This Is Funded
Progressive taxation of wealth and capital funds healthcare. Wealth over $10 million is taxed annually. Capital gains are taxed as ordinary income. Progressive corporate taxation targets monopolies and large corporations. This shifts burden from workers to those who can afford it.
When we eliminate $12,000 premiums and $5,000 deductibles, workers pay far less overall even if public taxes increase moderately. A worker currently paying $17,000 in premiums and out-of-pocket costs pays perhaps $5,000 in additional progressive taxes and receives better coverage with no restrictions.
The math works when extraction is eliminated.
Integration With Full Platform
Breaking corruption ensures healthcare spending goes to actual care, not consultant grift. Progressive taxation funds the system without burdening workers. Anti-monopoly enforcement prevents hospital systems and pharmaceutical companies from price gouging. Worker cooperatives in healthcare delivery (nurse-owned clinics, home health) provide better care while building worker wealth.
This is how healthcare works in every other developed country. We can do this.