Petition

• Whereas: The escalating costs of health insurance and health care are creating unprecedented strains on our economy;
  
  Whereas: our businesses function in a global economy where healthcare is provided as infrastructure for the competition;
  
  Whereas: there are presently 45 million uninsured Americans;
  
  Whereas: healthcare costs are a leading cause of corporate and personal bankruptcies;
  
  Whereas: our spending on Medicare and Medicaid alone exceeds per capita spending for universal coverage in other developed countries;
  
  Whereas: the federal, state and local governments of the United States already spend 45% of all healthcare dollars;
  
  Whereas: healthcare costs continue to grow at a rate in excess of three times the Consumer Price Index, growth which cannot be sustained.
  
  We, the undersigned, do hereby petition the Congress of the United States to establish a system of Universal Healthcare for all Americans.
  
  Such a system would embody the following features:
  
  Care and coverage universally available for all
  
  Freedom to choose service provider
  
  Single-payer insurance similar to other developed nations.

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