Fort Wayne Journal Gazzette interviews Edith Kenna

What was the most interesting comment you heard at the meeting?

I heard several very interesting comments at the discussion. Almost all present were concerned about the accessibility and costs of health care. People generally were disturbed that people with pre-existing conditions were denied health care coverage because they were sick. Many people verbalized that health care was a right, not a privilege – that all people were deserving of access to care. Some of the most interesting comments I heard were how few people actually knew about HR676, a Medicare for All Plan that has been in the Congressional House Ways and Means Committee since 1993 without a hearing. Without reading the bill, it is easy to believe that resolving the health care problem can not be done.

Our opposition's main tactic is to bury the single payer movement and make sure no one hears about HR 676, or if they do, are persuaded it is a lost cause. That is why the work of groups such as Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health Plan is so important.

Have you written a letter to the editor yet? Other than contacting your Representative and Senators, it is the single most important thing that you can do to pass single payer.