Health care: Know anything about this group?

[sandyd921]

Found a door knocker on my door a little while ago from a group called "Prescription for Change". I wasn't home when they left this. They seem to be advocating an option for a public plan along with preservation of private insurance companies' plans. They're connected with Consumers Union (Consumer Reports). Looks like they have some good resources behind them.

http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/about.html

I just tried to post to their blog, to a posting extolling the Health Care Summit at the White House (but not mentioning single payer anywhere). I got back a message saying that they needed to approve my message. Here's what I posted:

The only problem with the White House Forum and the recent Senate hearing was that single payer advocates were either not represented at all (the Senate hearing) or in a very limited way (White House forum). The only proposal that will result in everyone having comprehensive health care is single payer. John Conyer's HR 676 and the proposal of Physicians for a National Health Care Plan: http://www.pnhp.org/ are the way to go. As sparkie points out the only sure way to make this work is to cut out the middleman (i.e., the insurance companies) which serve no useful purpose other than to reap huge profits. In order to reap these profits they have to take in more than they pay out. The way that they do this is by denying claims and by eliminating those who would pose a greater risk, in other words people who are sick. The so-called health insurance companies are nothing more than a gigantic scam. In the US we pay more for our health care than anywhere in the world yet we have worse health outcomes than other wealthy nations and even some third world countries. With the middleman eliminated there is more than enough money for everyone in the US to receive comprehensive health care (including prescriptions, dental, vision, etc.). The most we would need to pay is a small payroll tax that would be less than many are now paying for health insurance premiums (on policies that often will not pay when the subscriber becomes ill). Plus, we could have the choice of any health care provider or hospital or health care facility. What is President Obama and the US Senate afraid of? Now is the time to advocate for single payer health care! Tell your family and friends, contact your senators and congressional representatives and write letters to the editor of your local newspapers.

(sparkie was another poster who mentioned HR 676)