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MORNING MESSAGE

Lisa M. Peck, MD

I Am A Doctor With Breast Cancer, And I Support Medicare For All

I have been practicing Internal Medicine in Lake County, Illinois for over 25 years. Every day I meet patients who struggle to afford their health care. Sadly, stories of failing care aren’t the exceptions in this country: they’re often the rule. Our system is fundamentally broken, and only a fundamental solution can fix it. That’s why we need Medicare For All – now. After years of advocating for my patients, I find myself on their side of the table. Earlier this year, my mom was diagnosed with a very rare form of aggressive skin cancer, and I was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Every day, patients tell me high costs and insurance companies get in the way of getting the care they need. Patients refuse tests because their deductible is too high. Patients ask to switch their medications because they can no longer afford them under their new plan. It’s not right. No one should go bankrupt from cancer. No one should have to beg friends, family and strangers to pay for care. No parent should have to mourn a child because they couldn’t afford a vaccine. No one should die or lose a limb from having to ration insulin. Our current health care system is ineffective, inefficient, and cost-prohibitive for many, if not most Americans. The way it prioritizes profits over people’s lives is barbaric. Health care is a right, not a privilege. It’s time to offer it to every American. We don’t need anymore Band Aids on our health care system. We need real reform. We need Medicare For All.

Lisa M. Peck, MD is a steering committee member of the Illinois Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program and she offers these views as a private citizen.

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