Bill Semple

Bill Semple
Bill Semple, LCSW, has worked in community mental health for many years and now bills insurance companies for a living. These and other experiences inspire his working to shift our reliance on for-profit insurers to a single, not-for-profit system. He is a member of Health Care for All Colorado and is working on developing a single payer citizens initiative for the State of Colorado, as the legislative process does not appear up to the task.
Number of posts: 1
Email address: bluehouse1800@yahoo.com

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    News, Politics

    Government of, by and for the people?

    by Bill Semple | 13, Add your Comment | Jan 29 10
    Government of, by and for the people?
    Massachusetts has the most expensive model of paying for health care that the world has to offer. It’s a model that preys on our genuine need for health care insurance to insure the short term profits of large corporations. If the current House or Senate bills were to pass they would move from covering 84% to 96% of us, while other industrialized countries cover 100%. We spend 17% of our GDP, or 2.5 trillion dollars a year, on health care, while they spend on average 8 to 9% of GDP; this is an excess of about a trillion dollars a year ...
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