Kevin Drum
reports:
The nation's poverty rate declined for the first time this decade, but the number of Americans without health insurance rose to a record high of 47 million in 2006, according to Census figures released today.
....The addition of 2.2 million people to the roster of the uninsured was attributed largely to continuing declines in employer-sponsored insurance coverage.
Now take 4 minutes of your time to watch the single most important piece of video yet to emerge from the 2008 Presidential race
Watch it until the end.
As Elizabeth Edwards says:
Ask everyone of them, is your number zero? If it's not zero, find yourself another candidate.
There are two candidates in this race whose number is zero: John Edwards and Dennis Kucinich. If you're not currently supporting Edwards or Kucinich, find yourself another candidate.
Our nation is littered with utterly unnecessary deaths, disabilities, and family bankruptcies that could be avoided while gaining significant economic efficiencies at the same time.
The only reason we don't already have universal healthcare is the opposition of entrenched interests who benefit by the current nonsensical system. We need someone who will take on those interests and beat them.