I know we just got introduced recently, but I wrote a longer personal update for you about why I’m running to defeat Ron Johnson. I hope you’ll take a moment to read it...
Team,
I know we just got introduced recently, but I wrote a longer personal update for you about why I’m running to defeat Ron Johnson. I hope you’ll take a moment to read it:
As a radiologist specializing in breast imaging, I have seen many patients who have felt a lump and suspected they may have breast cancer but have delayed seeing a doctor often because of the price tag of health care. This is why we need a single-payer, Medicare for All system.
Preventable death and disease is particularly personal to me. My dad, Gene Lee Chapin, died suddenly at the age of 29 while playing with my sister and me. He died because he had untreated strep as a kid and developed rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.
My sister and I were 2 and 3, and my mom was 25 — and our world turned upside down. That loss has been a lifelong reminder of what health care access means and is part of what drove me to become a doctor.
Unfortunately, my family’s story is far from unique: Medical bills are so overwhelming in the U.S. that over a quarter of GoFundMe fundraisers are for medical costs. The New York Times reported that medical debt, totaling $140 billion, is the most common reason for debt collectors to come knocking.
Opponents of Medicare for All are putting insurance and pharmaceutical companies ahead of people. They disingenuously cite its cost as the reason for their opposition. This is nonsense. Numerous economic studies have shown that a single-payer system would decrease the overall cost of healthcare in our country, improve health outcomes for patients, and save taxpayers trillions over the next decade.
When I’m elected to the U.S. Senate, I’m prepared to fight for Medicare for All, because no family should have to choose between putting food on the table and being able to afford the medical care that they need to survive.
We need leaders who will fight for us, and for a health care system driven by a desire to heal people — not by the status quo or the bottom line.
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