Now that this nation is going to be faced with a full-blown attempt to get rid of the Affordable Care Act (with no idea of what will replace it), this is a perfect time for people to raise their voices in favor of the only health care finance system that will work, long term, for […]
John Sytsma
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Support single-payer insurance
The Affordable Care Act has been flawed from its very beginning, when it turned over its administration to private insurers. Since then, and more so now, the nation has witnessed a decline in its “affordability” as the immensely profitable health care industry complains that it can’t make enough profit on the policies assigned to it […]
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J. Sytsma: Raise the quality of health care
By now, most people must realize how expensive the health care system has become under the Affordable Care Act. Who is paying for all the subsidies to private health care corporations? Taxpayers are. Who is paying their millionaire CEOs, their lobbyists, lawyers, stockholders and for the TV ads? The taxpayers are. The Affordable Care Act […]
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J. Sytsma: Health care system unjust
Once again, a bill to study the benefits of a publicly funded, not-for-profit, universal health care system has been brought before the Legislature’s Insurance and Financial Services Committee. On March 25, 32 people from all walks of life urged the committee to approve that bill. Well known facts were again presented. According to Sen. Geoff […]
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J. Sytsma: Governor’s lack of foresight
It is truly shameful that Gov. Paul LePage vetoed legislation that could have extended health care insurance to thousands of Mainers. It is even more disappointing that Maine’s Republican lawmakers did not have the courage to override the veto. By failing to extend MaineCare benefits at federal expense to 70,000 of Maine’s poorer citizens, Maine’s […]
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J. Sytsma: A better health care plan
On Jan. 9, I and 43 others testified before the Insurance and Financial Services Committee at the State House at a hearing on LD 1345, a bill to promote a single-payer health care system for the state of Maine. Rep. Charlie Priest sponsored the bill and he and 41 others laid out all the cogent […]