We’ve allowed a corporate health industry to dictate who gets care and who gets denied. Working families are drowning in medical debt. Rural hospitals are closing. Mental health services are underfunded. And still, Democrats hesitate to back bold policies like Medicare for All — worried it’s “too extreme” for the moderates.
What’s extreme is kids dying because insulin costs $300. What’s extreme is tying healthcare to employment in a country where jobs aren’t stable, and where many are forced to work sick just to keep their benefits.
We can’t promote the general welfare if people are too broke to get to the doctor.
Healthcare is a human right. It’s not radical. It’s what the rest of the world already understands. And it’s what our movement must demand — loudly, relentlessly, and unapologetically.
Because when my girls get sick, I don’t want to worry about networks or deductibles. I want to get them help — and I want that for every family, every person, everywhere. Period.
Next up: LGBTQIA rights — because justice isn’t justice if it excludes anyone.
In solidarity and fight,
Edil Mari De Los Reyes
Your friendly neighborhood progressive mom
