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Just
Healthcare!
National
Campaign Kickoff |
Guarantee
Universal
Access to Quality Health Care
From the Labor Party's Call for Economic Justice
Health care is the most profitable industry in the
nation and it is the most shameless example of unbridled corporate greed in the U.S. In
the guise of cost-containment, it redistributes resources from sick people and their
caregivers to wealthy businessmen and shareholders.
Forty-two million Americans have no health
insurance. Eighty percent of the uninsured are working people and their dependents. And
tying health care coverage to the job encourages companies to use part-time and temporary
workers to evade providing benefits.
We spend more on health care than any other nation
in the world. But a poorly regulated, corporate-dominated health care system eliminates
choice, erodes care, and inflates administrative costs while boosting profits and CEO
compensation.
Health care is a critical social good that demands
collective interests prevail over private gain. We call for:
Universal entitlement for all residents to
comprehensive health care benefits including preventive, curative, rehabilitative and
long-term care. There must be freedom to choose one’s own doctors and health
professionals, and full information provided to enable all to make informed choices on
their medical treatment.
Single-payer health insurance, publicly
administered and funded, delivered by a non-profit system.
Full funding of public health programs performed
by the public sector to provide services to vulnerable populations, monitor population
disease trends, and to prevent and treat communicable diseases.
Funding for research that serves the public good,
not private gain. Academic health centers must have support for their research mission.
Unimpeded access to a full range of family
planning and reproductive services for men and women, including the right to continue or
terminate a pregnancy. We oppose any forms of coerced sterilization.
Strong representation and a decision-making role
for health care recipients and health care workers in public planning and oversight
bodies.
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