Universal Health Care
Did you know that a nation’s level of happiness is most assoicated with their level of health care? Universal health care may seem like a far off concept to Americans, but is a basic fact of life in every other industrialized country. It is time we had it here. As a nation we spend more than other countries and get less. We have groundbreaking medical technology and yet 47 million Americans are uninsured and many others go bankrupt because of health care costs. We have a health care crisis and an unhappy country.
My guest today Dr. Ellen R. Shaffer from Center for Policy Analysis (www.centerforpolicyanalysis.org) believes that we can build a change towards universal affordable quality health care and voters can support that change. As a woman I find it especially important that we all get the health care we need. Dr. Shaffer writes and lectures extensively on access to health care, women’s health and globalization. She served as senior health policy advisor to U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone from 1992 to 1995 and is on the executive board of the American Public Health Association.
Listen in today and learn what you need to know about universal health care and making it a reality, so you can make important choices for you, your family and our country ~