Center for American Progress
John Podesta
Today, 45 million Americans lack health insurance. Millions more are struggling to pay premiums that are growing five times faster than wages, but are still seeing their benefits shrink. As a result, some Americans have access to the most sophisticated medical care in the world, while others are left to overcrowded emergency rooms, under-funded clinics, or no health care at all because they lack the insurance it takes to provide for the care they need. These injustices are inconsistent with Americans' respect for human dignity and commitment to opportunity for all. Unlocking our health care system's potential for everyone in America is the great moral challenge of our time.
John Podesta
Today, 45 million Americans lack health insurance. Millions more are struggling to pay premiums that are growing five times faster than wages, but are still seeing their benefits shrink. As a result, some Americans have access to the most sophisticated medical care in the world, while others are left to overcrowded emergency rooms, under-funded clinics, or no health care at all because they lack the insurance it takes to provide for the care they need. These injustices are inconsistent with Americans' respect for human dignity and commitment to opportunity for all. Unlocking our health care system's potential for everyone in America is the great moral challenge of our time.