Alexander: America Needs Socialize Health Care

Stewart A. Alexander
2006 Candidate
California Lieutenant Governor
Peace and Freedom Party

Today 43 million American citizens are without health care, and over 45 percent of all American families are without affordable health care insurance. Now Stewart Alexander, with Peace and Freedom Party, is proposing socialize health care to protect the health of our society.

The United States has fallen behind many other countries to protect the health of our citizens, including Canada, England and most other European countries. As a nation our government is first concerned with protecting corporate profits and the interest of big business above the health of our citizens.

The Baby Boomers are prime targets for insurance companies, medical institutions and corporate America; capitalizing on the needs for millions of Americans to have available health care.

Stewart Alexander says, “Insurance companies and corporate America are soaking up vast profits at the expense of the public’s health, and most citizens have reached their limits. Many families are paying $5,000 to over $15,000 annually for limited coverage, or are risking no coverage, and that is unacceptable.”

As a starting point Alexander is willing to accept the proposal spelled out in California Senate Bill 840, which would establish a plan similar to the “Single-Payer” system that is used in Canada. Alexander says, “This would be a big step forward because it would cover everyone, including those most in need; however the bill doesn’t go far enough, and fails to keep all the non-medical profiteers out of the medical system. I look forward to the adoption of a European style system of health care for all, with nothing but the most nominal fees for any care.”

Alexander believes the basic elements of the California Assembly bill could serve as a model for a national health care program to ensure all citizens nationwide will have proper medical protection.

Alexander is approaching 55 and recently he was in automobile sales. The cost for him to cover his wife, Vicki Alexander age 51, and their 17 year old son, was over $6,000 annually. Alexander said, “I recently took a position in advertising and the company has no medical benefits. I received quotes and the cost ranged from $5,300 annually to over $11,000. This was the reality check.”

Stewart Alexander has a friend that recently retired after working over 30 years for Riverside County, California, and he is required to pay over half of his monthly retirement check to pay his monthly medical premium for his wife and himself.

Alexander says, “With the cost of health care, housing and gasoline, there is nothing left. Inflation is evaporating the payroll checks of the poor and middle class. We must provide affordable health care for all, control gasoline prices and provide affordable housing.”

The Peace and Freedom Party platform advocates free high quality health care for everyone, but the PFP State Central Committee has endorsed California SB840 as a meaning step toward this goal. While the party considers itself the advocate for “those without capital in a capitalist society,” Alexander points out that universal health care nationwide would be a big benefit for the national economy as well as all workers, because health care costs to employers would drop, and the extreme high cost of inferior worker compensation insurance would go down sharply.

Alexander also believes businesses could plan their benefit packages with the knowledge that health care would no longer be a rising and unpredictable part of their cost burden.

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