The 5% Solution
| By Al Franken - Feb 27th, 2008 at 12:47 pm EST |
The AFSCME conference this weekend promoted the union's "5% Solution" for affordable health care. The goal is to have no Minnesota spend more than 5% of their income on health care - a figure that regularly reaches 25% now.
They also heard Al Franken, AFSCME-endorsed candidate for U.S. Senate, describe his ideas for health care reform.
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Franken described heartbreaking encounters with people across the state, from a diabetic woman in Fergus Falls who shares insulin with her son, who also has the disease but can't afford insurance, to a teenager facing renal failure because her family can't afford her medication.
"We are going to address this, because this is a shame," Franken declared.
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Single- payer, universal is the best solution, in my opinion, but....any port in a storm.
Healthcare costs have become such an problem that it can no longer be provided by an individual.
It is, in my opinion, the role of the government to protect us from those who would steal our money and then deny us coverage. Private insurance will never have the interests of the patient as a priority.
No one in this nation should ever be hungry, homeless or die for lack of healthcare. Every religion represented in our nation calls for caring for the less fortunate. To disreguard this duty is wrong and cannot be tolerated by any person of faith.
Peace to you,
marsha
It's a shame that in this country, you can work hard your entire life, but once a person suffers a major health issue, their standard of living goes way down. Not everyone has someone to take care of them. Maybe there should be some thought to "Universal Living Care".
That is, the $25,000 judgment against him for absolutely, positively refusing to pay workers compensation insurance.
According to public court documents, the State of New York Workers' Compensation Board filed a $25,000 judgment in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against Alan Franken Inc, for "Failure to Carry Workers' Comp Ins 6/29/2002-03/28/2005."
Public records from the state of New York, list Al Franken as "Chairman or Chief Executive Officer" of Alan Franken Inc.
The $25,000 judgment filed against Alan Franken Inc., was filed on May 29, 2007 - over four months after Franken announced he was running for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota.
Franken had time to resolve this matter before the judgement was filed, as on August 8, 2006, Alan Franken Inc was issued a "Final Notice" from the State of New York Workers' Compensation Board for "Failure to Carry Workers' Comp Ins 6/29/2002-03/28/2005." Public records indicate that no payment was made.