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Pledge to Higher Quality, Lower Cost Health Care

Sponsored by: Consumers Union

Americans spend more on health care than people do elsewhere, but somehow we spend more for less.

Most of us have no clue about the actual cost of our medical care until the bills arrive, because hospitals and doctors don’t publish their charges. The cost of insurance goes up and up, with fewer services covered. Millions of Americans needlessly suffer or die from preventable medical errors and infections.

It doesn’t have to be this way. Costs can come down and quality can improve if we stop letting the insurance companies run the show, make billing clear and simple, and focus on prevention and managing chronic illness better.

You can make a difference by taking our pledge and joining our effort to make health care a top priority for our nation’s leaders, no matter who wins the election.

THE PLEDGE:
I want to join with other Americans to support action, answers and accountability. It is time to:

Give my family security that we will have quality care when we need it at a cost we can afford;
Make hospitals and doctors more transparent about the cost and quality of care they offer;
Elmininate unnecessary bureaucracy between patients and the care they need;
End long waits for care;
Examine all solutions that will ensure all Americans access to quality, affordable care, with input from real people like me.

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We signed the pledge for higher quality, lower cost health care!

# 3,850:

7:08 am PDT, May 13, William Pease, California

# 3,849:

7:07 am PDT, May 13, April Lane Seaborn, Ohio

# 3,848:

7:07 am PDT, May 13, Sharon Archambeau, Michigan
Because I work 7 days a week and cannot afford insurance or pay out of pocket to see a doctor. Do you think we need help? Anyone who has a brain out there?

# 3,847:

7:06 am PDT, May 13, Rebecca Slaughter, Texas
What will happen to our children if we do not make changes NOW!?

# 3,846:

7:03 am PDT, May 13, Matt Lovell, Indiana

# 3,845:

7:01 am PDT, May 13, Lauren Mutz, New York

# 3,844:

6:57 am PDT, May 13, Name not displayed, Georgia

# 3,843:

6:50 am PDT, May 13, Christine Carlson, California
As a registered nurse and public health nurse, I see people, including children, forgoing needed care regularly, getting far sicker than they would have, and costing our society far more than they would have. This includes mental health. All over the world there are examples of countries delivering far greater care while spending far less. The state of healthcare here is absolutely demoralizing. If you can deliver the kind of care we deserve, (and you can!), you will earn the respect you need to be elected.

# 3,842:

6:46 am PDT, May 13, Joan DeVagno, New York
WOMEN ARE NOT LISTENED TO WITH THEIR SYMPTOMS AND ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS NEED QUALITY HEALTH CARE THAT IS GOOD AND NOT EXPENSIVE. WE PAY HIGH TAXES AND GET NOTHING IN RETURN!!!! WAKE UP - OUR GOVERNMENT HELPS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND IS WASTING BILLIONS ON THE IRAQ WAR WHILE WE ARE LEFT WANTING OUR BASIC NECESSITIES!!!! SHAME ON OUR GOVERNMENT!!!!

# 3,841:

6:40 am PDT, May 13, Artie Martino, Rhode Island
In addition to health care in the US being overpriced it is no longer reliable. Profit has overruled logic to the point that the system resembles the mafia sterotype more than morality or science.

# 3,840:

6:39 am PDT, May 13, Josie Bray, New York

# 3,839:

6:08 am PDT, May 13, Mark Trifeletti, New York

# 3,838:

6:04 am PDT, May 13, HARMONY RAY, Florida

# 3,837:

5:54 am PDT, May 13, Name not displayed, Missouri

# 3,836:

5:40 am PDT, May 13, Name not displayed, Colorado
the only people i know who are happy with their healthcare are the ultra rich--ironically the ones who would be able to pay for a change in health if it were to occur.

# 3,835:

5:39 am PDT, May 13, Name not displayed, New York

# 3,834:

5:19 am PDT, May 13, Mike Albar, New Jersey

# 3,833:

5:17 am PDT, May 13, Name not displayed, Wisconsin
I can't afford health insurance, even through my work place. I suffer from things that medications (if I had access to them) could help me in so many positive ways. Unfortunately, every insurance plan has the pre-existing conditions clause, which makes it a waste of money for me to carry the insurance, and ups my costs for health care. In my case, it is a lose-lose situation.

# 3,832:

3:58 am PDT, May 13, Mary Beth Brown, Missouri

# 3,831:

3:17 am PDT, May 13, Name not displayed, Virginia

# 3,830:

3:02 am PDT, May 13, Don O'Brien, New York

# 3,829:

2:34 am PDT, May 13, Joy Williams, New York

# 3,828:

1:57 am PDT, May 13, Tom Baker, Arizona

# 3,827:

1:18 am PDT, May 13, Sven Beuckelaers, Belgium

# 3,826:

11:31 pm PDT, May 12, Name not displayed, New York
My husband & I are self-employed and our income has not always been consistent. We don't have medical coverage. We don't see an MD on a regular basis becasue we don't have health care. We've had to use the ER as our medical care a number of times. Other countries take care of their people better than our country does. Please help all Americans have qualtiy, affordable care. I urge you to spend more on PREVENTION & look into alternative and more natural ways of keeping this nation strong & healthy.

# 3,825:

11:20 pm PDT, May 12, Donna Joyce, Florida
It is the most important issue and we need low cost care

# 3,824:

11:20 pm PDT, May 12, Brent May, Arizona

# 3,823:

11:14 pm PDT, May 12, Annette Fretto, California

# 3,822:

11:09 pm PDT, May 12, Kara Randall, Wisconsin
I am single, self-employed and committed to my health. I need a system that is affordable and for use for things outside of my control.

# 3,821:

11:02 pm PDT, May 12, Diana Traver, Arizona

# 3,820:

10:44 pm PDT, May 12, Name not displayed, New Mexico

# 3,819:

10:42 pm PDT, May 12, Leah Sauder, California
no one can afford proper care the way the system is!! I'm from Canada where healthcare is paid for by taxes, not funding wars.

# 3,818:

9:48 pm PDT, May 12, Beverly Ratliff, Ohio
Adequate health care should not be dependent upon ones income. Above and beyond that, insurance companies rather than our physicians seem to determine the care we get, the length of hospital stay, etc. This needs to be changed!!

# 3,817:

9:36 pm PDT, May 12, Robert Shebesta, Texas

# 3,816:

9:15 pm PDT, May 12, Debra Dworaczyk, California

# 3,815:

9:06 pm PDT, May 12, Stephen Johnson, Georgia

# 3,814:

8:59 pm PDT, May 12, Benjamin Reiss, Florida

# 3,813:

8:44 pm PDT, May 12, John Stephen, Illinois
We have a life expectancy and infant mortality rate worse than all of those places with the "socialized medicine" we are taught to fear by the media and advertising from those with the most $$ to gain. It's time we put the focus on quality and accessible health care, where prevention of illness rather than preventing a vi$it to the doctor is most important.

# 3,812:

8:41 pm PDT, May 12, Name not displayed, California
Our health is the most important thing we own.

# 3,811:

8:39 pm PDT, May 12, Deborah Mccormick, Pennsylvania
WE NEED TO MAKE HEALTH CARE ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES NOW!

# 3,810:

8:31 pm PDT, May 12, Name not displayed, California

# 3,809:

7:58 pm PDT, May 12, Valerie R. Malinosky, Washington

# 3,808:

7:56 pm PDT, May 12, Allen Smith, Kentucky
If you make a vow to Robert Tilton we can do wonders about health care.

# 3,807:

7:53 pm PDT, May 12, Fred Dolgon, Maine

# 3,806:

7:50 pm PDT, May 12, Teresa Peters, California

# 3,805:

7:39 pm PDT, May 12, Bill Carter, Texas
If we believe in universal, free, mandatory, tax-supported, quality education, why not health care? Do we provide education for those who can't pay only on a charity, emergency basis? Do we care so much less about health care than about education? How much does education accomplish for those who can't pay for major illnesses like cancer?

# 3,804:

7:32 pm PDT, May 12, Krissy Froelich, Illinois

# 3,803:

7:17 pm PDT, May 12, Ed Carter, Colorado

# 3,802:

7:16 pm PDT, May 12, Cynthia Rosenthal, California

# 3,801:

7:10 pm PDT, May 12, Andrew Peterson, California
Living in America, there is no reason as far as I am concerned that we all should not have access to affordable, high quality health care.

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