https://padlet.com/mjhodge20/5s8n2l426a3s en-us 2017-04-18 16:43:35 UTC 2017-04-26 16:31:45 UTC hello@padlet.com mjhodge20 https://padlet.com/mjhodge20/5s8n2l426a3s/wish/167067975 http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/38659-why-the-us-should-have-universal-healthcare]]> 2017-04-19 16:32:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mjhodge20/5s8n2l426a3s/wish/167067975 mjhodge20 https://padlet.com/mjhodge20/5s8n2l426a3s/wish/167069697 Healthcare is an issue of basic human rights. It shouldn't be a political fight.]]> 2017-04-19 16:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mjhodge20/5s8n2l426a3s/wish/167069697 mjhodge20 https://padlet.com/mjhodge20/5s8n2l426a3s/wish/167073809 "Our police forces, fire departments, libraries, and even our military are all socialist institutions. Few people would argue for the idea of a private fire department that refuses to rescue people from their home because the fire itself is a "pre-existing condition." So why would we ever frame the issue of healthcare differently, when it's exactly the same thing?"

]]> 2017-04-19 16:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mjhodge20/5s8n2l426a3s/wish/167073809 mjhodge20 https://padlet.com/mjhodge20/5s8n2l426a3s/wish/167075015  "Of the 25 wealthiest nations in the world, the United States is the only one that doesn't have healthcare. The majority of these countries use singl payer. Even countries like the Netherlands -- with its "managed chaos" form of healthcare are still universal."]]> 2017-04-19 16:56:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mjhodge20/5s8n2l426a3s/wish/167075015 mjhodge20 https://padlet.com/mjhodge20/5s8n2l426a3s/wish/167315728 "The United States has the highest health expenditure per capita of any country. With all that money being spent, you'd figure that we're all super-healthy -- but not really."]]> 2017-04-20 16:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mjhodge20/5s8n2l426a3s/wish/167315728 mjhodge20 https://padlet.com/mjhodge20/5s8n2l426a3s/wish/167316491 "In the latest survey by the organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,  which assessed 13 developed nations including Norway, Australia, and the U.K., the USA had the lowest life expectancy, the highest rate of infant mortality, and scarily high rates of heart disease and amputation as a result of diabetes. Of all the developed countries in the world, the United States possesses the dubious distinction of having both the most expensive healthcare system in the world -- and the least effective.]]> 2017-04-20 16:27:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mjhodge20/5s8n2l426a3s/wish/167316491 mjhodge20 https://padlet.com/mjhodge20/5s8n2l426a3s/wish/167321447 "Canada, which has a single-payer system, pays almost the same amount in tax funded dollars: 70.7%. In other words, the United States already pays the same amount of money that could fund universal healthcare -- we just aren't getting any the benefits. Although Canada's system certainly has flaws, Canadians still overwhelmingly approve of universal healthcare as a whole, with 94% calling it a source of collective pride."]]> 2017-04-20 16:42:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mjhodge20/5s8n2l426a3s/wish/167321447 mjhodge20 https://padlet.com/mjhodge20/5s8n2l426a3s/wish/167325101 "But healthcare shouldn't be about profit. It deserves the same priority in our society that we give to the police, the military, and the fire department, because healthcare isn't like buying a flat screen TV: people don't want healthcare services for their enjoyment, they need them, and a person should not be thrown into bankruptcy because on one unlucky day an icicle dropped onto them from a rooftop."]]> 2017-04-20 16:52:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mjhodge20/5s8n2l426a3s/wish/167325101