Jared Polis for Congress

Our health-care system is irrational, expensive, inequitable, inefficient and wasteful, and I strongly believe that quality, affordable health care is a fundamental human right and not a privilege. My priority is to help enact comprehensive health care reform for universal quality health care that improves both the efficiency of the healthcare system, American competitiveness, and most importantly improves the health of all Americans.

Our nation is held back by the inefficiency of our healthcare system, and together we can create a truly compassionate and efficient system that will boost our economy and improve our health.

Our Failed Health Care System Cannot be Fixed with Incremental Reform: Some Facts

• Only 60% of companies offer health insurance to their employees, down from 70% in 2000, while employees are paying higher co-pays and deductibles than ever before.
• Premiums have almost doubled since 2000.
• Medical costs are spiraling out of control and last year almost 11 million of the insured spent more than 25% of their income on health care. As a result, more than half of all personal bankruptcies are caused by medical expenses.
• Without reform, it is estimated that health care spending will double to about $4.1 trillion within the next decade.
• Medical costs are the leading cause of personal bankruptcy.

The problem, simply put, is we don’t get a bang for our buck – we pay more and get less. We pay six times more per person on administrative costs than similar nations and more than 25% of our health care labor force works in administration. We have fewer physicians, nurses and hospital beds per capita than the average industrialized nation. And prevention and public health programs – which are nearly always cheaper than treatment—represent only 4% of our spending and adults receive recommended care only half the time.

My program: Healthcare for All

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