{"id":599,"date":"2009-05-25T20:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-26T00:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/?p=599"},"modified":"2009-05-25T20:04:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-26T00:04:00","slug":"why-is-single-payer-health-care-off-the-table-themorningcall-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/?p=599","title":{"rendered":"Why is single-payer health care off the table? — themorningcall.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why is single-payer health care off the table? — themorningcall.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“As an advocate for the Pennsylvania Council of Churches, I am charged to advocate on behalf of a single-payer system — a system I support personally, as well. The council has taken this position because it is the only system that meets all the criteria outlined in our health-care position statement: health care that is universal, continuous, affordable to individuals, families, and for society, and able to enhance health and well-being by promoting access to high-quality care. Despite polling data that consistently shows more than 50 percent support for a national plan or at least coverage for emergencies, we continue to see this option shunned.<\/p>\n

“Now, even the prospect of a public option is disappearing before our eyes. How many more people must die, suffer permanent damage because a system has failed them, lose their homes or be driven into bankruptcy before our elected officials will reject complicity in a system that lines the pockets of the few to the pain and detriment of the many? “<\/p>\n

[The Rev. Sandra L. Strauss is director of public advocacy for the Pennsylvania Council of Churches, with offices in Harrisburg.]<\/p>\n

And the PA Council of Churhes weighs in via an op-ed in the Allentown Morning Call.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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