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Press Release10 Dec 2009As a follow-up to yesterday's Press Release (see below), Daniel will hold a press conference today at 3 pm in front of Central Vermont Medical Center (130 Fisher Rd, Berlin, VT 05602). Daniel will provide more detail and answer questions about his position on Senator Sanders' Single-Payer Amendment (2837) and on his urging that Senator Leahy support the Amendment. For more information and detailed rationale for Daniel's backing of health care insurance reform to a single-payer system, please see http://danielfreilich.com/health_care.php. For individual press interviews/meetings or additional information, please call or text 802-380-9510 or email daniel.freilich@gmail.com.
Press Release09 Dec 2009Dr. Daniel Freilich, a physician and naval officer based in Wilmington, and a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from Vermont, believes objective evidence-based analyses show the only moral and economic solution to our health care crisis is a transformation from the current market-based multi-payer health insurance system to a single-payer system (Medicare for All). On 02 Dec 2009, Senator Bernie Sanders submitted Senate Amendment 2837 to the Senate health care bill. The Amendment replaces most of the language (i.e., coverage and revenue titles) in the Senate health care bill with language from Senator Sanders' previous single-payer bill (Medicare for All) (S. 703). There are two co-sponsors, Senators Sherrod Brown (OH) and Roland Burris (IL). Medicare for All would be paid for through payroll and income taxes and administered by the States. We are not aware of a public statement by Senator Leahy about whether he will support Senator Sanders' Amendment. Daniel urges Vermonters to contact Senator Patrick Leahy and urge him to take a courageous stand and proactively support Senator Sanders' single-payer Amendment (Medicare for All (Senate 2837) to the health care bill. The Congressional switchboard telephone number is 202-224-3121. Specifically, Daniel urges Vermonters to request the following from Senator Leahy:
Transformation to a single-payer health insurance system would result in universal coverage, cost-effectiveness, improved quality, and enhancement of choice. Hundreds of billions of dollars would be saved due to decreased administrative costs, better leveraging of drug pricing, improved preventive care and quality, and elimination of ‘uninsured’ costs. All (currently) uninsured and sub-insured Americans would be covered, improving their economic status and career flexibility. Small and large businesses would be relieved of an overhead stranglehold on their competitiveness, resulting in a stimulus to our economy and job creation. Thus, a single-payer system is a win-win for everyone (except for insurance and pharmaceutical companies). Daniel believes the current bills' mandates would provide insurance companies a bonanza of millions of healthy young customers, potentially equating with $450 billion. The expansion of coverage via Medicaid and subsidies would not go into effect until 2013-14, so the bills would not help the ‘uninsured’ for years to come. Even after 2013-14, tens of millions of Americans would remain ‘uninsured’. Estimates are the recently proposed Public Options would cover few Americans (1-2%), resulting in minimal beneficial impact. The incorporation of Public Option variations to state multi-payer systems has not led to universal coverage that is cost-effective or sustainable. Senate leadership is considering deleting the Public Option in any case. The Senate is considering allowing some Americans to buy into Medicare at age 55 but that option will be unavailable to most. Most notably, enactment of the bills proposed to date would usurp potential for real reform and result in investment of additional hundreds of billions of dollars in a morally and economically unsustainable system. Daniel's positions on health care reform are generally in line with those of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) (http://pnhp.org/). For more information and detailed rationale for Daniel's backing of health care insurance reform to a single-payer system, please see http://danielfreilich.com/health_care.php. For individual press interviews/meetings or additional information, please call or text 802-380-9510 or email daniel.freilich@gmail.com.
Press Advisory30 Nov 2009Dr. Daniel Freilich will be talking at a University of Vermont Public Forum tomorrow, 01 Dec 2009, at 7 pm at the Dudley H. Davis Center (4th floor Livak Ballroom). The public and press are invited. Daniel, a physician and naval officer based in Wilmington, is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from Vermont (2010 election). Information about Daniel's candidacy, positions, and schedule is available on the campaign's website, http://danielfreilich.com/. For individual press interviews/meetings or additional information, please call or text 802-380-9510 or email daniel.freilich@gmail.com.
24 Nov 2009On Saturday, 21 Nov 2009, The Burlington Free Press reported on Dr. Daniel Freilich's position on the health care reform bills being considered by Congress—that the Vermont Congressional delegation should vote against the House and Senate bills brought forward to date because they institutionalize the current morally and economically bankrupt and unsustainable market-based health insurance system (http://danielfreilich.com/in_news.php). Dr. Daniel Freilich, a physician and naval officer based in Wilmington, is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from Vermont (2010 election). Daniel believes the bills' mandates would provide insurance companies a bonanza of millions of healthy young customers, potentially equating with $450 billion. The expansion of coverage via Medicaid and subsidies would not go into effect until 2013-14, so the bills would not help the ‘uninsured’ for years to come. Even after 2013-14, tens of millions of Americans would remain ‘uninsured’. Estimates are that the proposed Public Options would cover few Americans (who do not have other insurance) (1-2%), so they would also have minimal beneficial impact. The incorporation of Public Option variations to state multi-payer systems has not led to universal coverage that is cost-effective or sustainable. Enactment of the bills would usurp potential for real reform and result in investment of additional hundreds of billions of dollars in an unsustainable system. Daniel believes objective evidence-based analyses show that the only moral and economic solution to our health care crisis is a transformation from the current market-based multi-payer health insurance system to a consolidated payment system (single-payer Medicare for All). This would allow universal coverage, cost-effectiveness, enhancement of quality, and choice. Hundreds of billions of dollars would be saved due to decreased administrative costs, better leveraging of drug pricing, improved preventive care and quality, and elimination of ‘uninsured’ costs. All currently uninsured and sub-insured Americans would be covered, allowing improved economic and social mobility. Small and large businesses would be relieved of a stranglehold on their competitiveness that would stimulate our economy and job creation. Daniel's positions on health care reform are generally in line with those of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) (http://pnhp.org/). For more information, please review Daniel's health care reform positions on http://danielfreilich.com/health_care.php. For individual press interviews/meetings or additional information, please call or text 802-380-9510 or email daniel.freilich@gmail.com.
Press Advisory06 October 2009The newly established principal campaign committee for Daniel Freilich for U.S. Senate will host an open house and a press conference at The White House Inn, 178 Route 9 East, Wilmington, VT 05363, on 08 Oct 2009. The open house will be between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., during which time the public and press are invited to meet the candidate, informally discuss policy issues, and participate in old time grass root politics at the height of Vermont's foliage season. At noon, Dr. Freilich, a physician, Associate Professor, and a U.S. Navy Captain transitioning from Active Duty to Select Reserves, will formally announce his candidacy for the Democratic ticket for the U.S. Senate from Vermont in the 2010 election. After an announcement speech, Daniel will be available for a Q&A session from the press and public. Refreshments and snacks will be available. An invitation flyer can be found on the campaign's website, danielfreilichforUSsenate.com, which will be more fully activated on 08 Oct 2009. For more information, please call or text 802-380-9510 or email: Daniel will also be available for an informal follow-up press round-table conference at the Blue Moose Café (29 High St, Brattleboro, VT 05301) the next morning on 09 Oct 2009, from 9 to 11 a.m. Individual press interviews/meetings will also be arranged. |
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