[U.S. Healthcare System]
McCallion: “But we must also recognize that our country’s balkanized and disjointed healthcare system left us far less prepared for a pandemic than other countries…When COVID hit, the U.S. had fewer doctors and fewer hospital beds per capita than most other developed countries.”
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Medicare
COVID-19 Crisis Highlights Need for Overhaul of U.S. Healthcare System
Joe Biden: We are in “Battle for the Soul” of America
[Joe Biden]
Biden: “May history be able to say that the end of this chapter of American darkness began here tonight as love and hope and light joined in the battle for the soul of the nation.”
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Gillibrand To Congress: Provide COVID-19 Relief Funding for NY Hospitals
[COVID-19\New York Hospitals]
Se. Gillibrand: “New York’s hospitals have been on the frontlines of the coronavirus response and the financial strain is staggering. Our hospitals are in dire need of resources.”
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SANDERS AND DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE “HEALTH CARE EMERGENCY GUARANTEE ACT”
[Emergency Health Care Guarantee Act]
Sen. Sanders: “During this public health crisis, we must make sure that everyone in America is able to receive all of the medical care they need, regardless of their income, immigration status or insurance coverage.”
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SANDERS AND SENATE DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE BILL TO PROVIDE $2,000 PAYMENTS DURING COVID-19 CRISIS
[Economic Crisis Support Act]
Senator Sanders. “The one-time $1,200 check that many Americans recently received is not nearly enough to pay the rent, put food on the table and make ends meet.”
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SANDERS, JAYAPAL INTRODUCE EMERGENCY COVID-19 HEALTHCARE BILL
[Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act]
The Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act, authored by the two lawmakers, empowers Medicare to pay all of the costs of treatment for the uninsured, and cover all out-of-pocket costs for those with public or private insurance, for as long as this pandemic continues.
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COVID-19 MAKES IT CLEAR HEALTHCARE IS A RIGHT
[COVID-19\American Healthcare]
Rev. Jackson: “The U.S. spends about twice as much per capita for its patchwork health-care system than most industrialized countries. Why were we caught with such shortages of masks, ventilators or hospital beds?”
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