Hello,
Every day, people here in Vermont and across the country are forced to choose between paying a medical bill or paying for essentials. Parents put food on the table before they refill their prescriptions, teenagers ration their insulin for the month, people drive to the hospital for fear of ambulance bills. I hear these stories every day as Vermont’s Congressman, and I want to be very clear: Every American has a right to affordable healthcare, and it’s due time we delivered.
Americans everywhere are facing tough decisions regarding health insurance, prescription drug costs and difficulty paying medical bills. Premiums continue to rise, surprise bills still catch people trying to keep their costs low, and too many are forced to risk their health by staying uninsured.
For the past 15 years, I’ve fought to deliver relief for communities being affected by this. Medicare for All, lower prescription drug costs, and providing resources to those disproportionately affected could mean finally getting your teeth cleaned every six months — or affording your insulin without worrying if you’ll have to take that money from your rent.
There are so many ways forward to ease the burden of the cost of care: we can remove barriers to the development of low cost generic drugs, let Medicare negotiate lower prices for prescriptions, , and pass Medicare for All. If we all come together to demand better from Congress, we can build the country we all deserve.
Thanks for sharing your story,
Peter
