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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.

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!

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1:27 pm PDT, Jul 3, Sasha Ouellett, Nevada

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1:10 pm PDT, Jul 3, Cathy Pijanowski, Illinois

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8:54 am PDT, Jul 3, Susan Bonk, Wisconsin

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1:31 pm PDT, Jul 2, Jennie Halen, Sweden

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9:31 pm PDT, Jul 1, Name not displayed, Massachusetts

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2:52 pm PDT, Jul 1, Name not displayed, Maryland

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11:20 am PDT, Jul 1, Peter Kuhn, California

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8:35 pm PDT, Jun 30, Andrea Melancon, Louisiana
because i can only go to the doctor if it only an have to. every time i go and it might be once or twice all it does is set my back on my bills all i do is work to stay afloat!!!!!!!!!!!!

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3:32 pm PDT, Jun 30, Deb Moore, California

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5:59 pm PDT, Jun 29, Name not displayed, Illinois

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9:58 am PDT, Jun 29, Shawn Isom, New Jersey

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8:47 am PDT, Jun 29, Name not displayed, Oklahoma

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9:47 pm PDT, Jun 28, Jeanette Bell, Oregon

# 20,206:

10:42 am PDT, Jun 28, Cecile Mills, California
Many in my town have no health care. Lack of healthcare may affect my community through infectious diseases

# 20,205:

6:22 am PDT, Jun 28, Paul Aaron, North Carolina

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5:07 am PDT, Jun 28, Laura Archer, Tennessee
Higher quality and lower cost health care is important to me because staying healthy is vital to my family's wellbeing and others around us. The healthier we can keep our nation, the more productive we can be.

# 20,203:

6:08 am PDT, Jun 27, Shannon Miller, Maryland

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2:20 am PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, New Mexico
We have no health insurance. We were dropped and now cannot afford any!

# 20,201:

10:22 pm PDT, Jun 26, Robert Mitchell, Florida

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5:26 pm PDT, Jun 26, Name not displayed, New Hampshire

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12:58 pm PDT, Jun 26, Name not displayed, California

# 20,198:

12:47 pm PDT, Jun 26, Jessica Couture, Vermont
my mom is sick really sick she needs a doctor and can't aford it why is this right to push someone away just because they can't pay for the bill or say that the man that loves you abuses you to get help a lawer told my mom that was the only way they would help her.

# 20,197:

11:05 am PDT, Jun 26, Jud Posner, California
Our country should protect our citizens just like our citizens protect our country!

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10:58 am PDT, Jun 26, Rondal Spradling, Arizona

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9:41 pm PDT, Jun 25, Peter Slavin, Illinois

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2:46 pm PDT, Jun 25, Lora Campos, California
Because I believe our health is an investment, if we take care of our health we would be more productive as an individual and as a nation. We need to make health care affordable for everyone!

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12:47 pm PDT, Jun 25, Lynda Laws, Illinois

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9:18 am PDT, Jun 25, Elizabeth Hill, Virginia

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8:49 am PDT, Jun 25, Kay Smith, Alabama

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8:18 am PDT, Jun 25, Jessica Siegel, Virginia

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8:09 am PDT, Jun 25, Brittney Baumgart, Florida

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6:20 am PDT, Jun 25, Barb Mezz, New York

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5:51 am PDT, Jun 25, Aria Roose, North Carolina
So my family can HAVE healthcare. As it stands, we are about to lose it!

# 20,186:

5:01 am PDT, Jun 25, Dorothy Shaw, Georgia

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3:42 am PDT, Jun 25, Mary Gawlas, Missouri

# 20,184:

3:21 am PDT, Jun 25, Lynne Roberts, Ohio
Our health care coverage costs have easily doubled in recent years, however our coverage has actually gone down. Countries all over the world have successfully provided coverage for all--now it is time for the US to do the same.

# 20,183:

11:38 pm PDT, Jun 24, Kim Blackwelder, Kentucky

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7:28 pm PDT, Jun 24, Name not displayed, California

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6:57 pm PDT, Jun 24, Suzanne Fields, Texas

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6:46 pm PDT, Jun 24, Joanne Mcaloon, Pennsylvania

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6:42 pm PDT, Jun 24, Brandy Boccia, Maryland
I have a chronic illness that is shortening my lifespan. Now my 11 year old son has inherited it from me. With the high price of medical treatments, how do I decide which of us can receive treatment because I can't afford both? Isn't a healthy parent more able to take care of their child, to better provide for them? Yet of course a parent would choose to seek medical care for their child and let their own health deteriorate. There should not have to be a decision! Health Care in it's current state is killing us!

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12:28 pm PDT, Jun 24, Elaina Corrato, Pennsylvania
As my husband and I reach retirement age, it is important that we have access to quality health care. We both take several prescription drugs for medical conditions that will probably not improve as we age. Also, my mother in-law lives on a very limited income and is currently assisted with a low income prescription plan offered to retirees in our state. We hope that the benefit will continue.

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12:14 pm PDT, Jun 24, Jill Goodwin, Pennsylvania

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8:32 am PDT, Jun 24, Cathy Mestas, California

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8:30 am PDT, Jun 24, Rebecca Seel, Minnesota

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5:05 am PDT, Jun 24, Bernie Campbell, Florida

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3:13 am PDT, Jun 24, Toni Zadzilka, New York

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12:42 am PDT, Jun 24, Name not displayed, Arizona
In todays market peoples live should not be put in the care of third world countrys, as with every aspect in our lives our children and our seniors deserve the very best we can offer and it starts with people in the middle ages, we have to write our congress and our legislators.

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8:14 pm PDT, Jun 23, Daniel Zeiger, California

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6:53 pm PDT, Jun 23, Tom Cox, Maryland

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6:23 pm PDT, Jun 23, Lynne freeman,P Mf20042, California

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5:52 pm PDT, Jun 23, Name not displayed, West Virginia
I have no health insurance, neither does my husband. We would buy it if it were affordable and open to ALL.

# 20,167:

2:17 pm PDT, Jun 23, Daile O'Connor, New Jersey
Quality, affordable health care should be a RIGHT for all Americans -- not a privilege. Everyone should be able to enjoy the benefits of affordable health care. I'm sick of living in a country where I can't even go to the doctor when I'm sick because I simply can't afford the medical bills. We MUST work together to create an affordable health care system for ALL Americans!

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1:25 pm PDT, Jun 23, Kate Wright, New York

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12:06 pm PDT, Jun 23, Sabrina Walker, Nevada

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11:49 am PDT, Jun 23, Nicole Neglia, New York

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10:01 am PDT, Jun 23, Joel Graves, California

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9:42 am PDT, Jun 23, Paula Cassell, Washington D.C.
Quality, affordable healthcare must be available to all citizens of a country the world calls a super power!

# 20,161:

9:24 am PDT, Jun 23, Monica Gomez, Texas

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7:56 am PDT, Jun 23, Juanita Rice, Arkansas
I am on SS and that iis all I have

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7:53 am PDT, Jun 23, Dotty Hopkins, California

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7:28 am PDT, Jun 23, Terry Lane, Tennessee
Health care should not make me bankrupt.

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7:03 am PDT, Jun 23, Robert Glenn San Socie, Florida

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3:16 am PDT, Jun 23, Dianne Fisher, New York

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10:51 pm PDT, Jun 22, Deborah Ebersold, California

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10:35 pm PDT, Jun 22, Michelle Bond, Florida

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9:17 pm PDT, Jun 22, Lorin Martin, Kentucky

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9:15 pm PDT, Jun 22, Brenda Aguilar, Arizona
we all will be old one day , act now save someone the pain

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6:34 pm PDT, Jun 22, Tina Chappel, California

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