40 million Americans have no insurance; another 30 million have no insurance at some point during the year. Many more have inadequate insurance. Countless numbers die everyday simply because they delay going to doctors and when they do are given inadequate treatments. Countless more lives are shortened for the same reasons.

And do not forget those that have given up their life savings and property.

Today the magnitude of this issue in terms of human suffering and death are unmatched in our history. The only close parallel was when we had the institution of slavery.

We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life,liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. - Declaration of Independence -Thomas Jefferson

In today's society the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are intrinsically linked to universal health care.

Inalienable rights - The fact that the rest of the industrial world and most of the other countries in the world have universal health care coupled with the basic tenants of all the major religions of the world promotes universal healthcare as being an inalienable right of men and women.

Life - Our fellow Americans without universal health care become sicker, have more prolonged illness, and die at alarmingly higher rates than those that have adequate health care available to them, more than 18,000 each year according to the Institute of Medicine.

Liberty - Our fellow Americans without universal health care are denied the simple liberty of pursuing their dreams and choice of occupations in life because they are forced to choose occupations simply on the basis of health incentives. Without the guarantees of universal health care they live in the constant fear of the guaranteed illness that will strike them down eventually and wipe out any and all savings of their lifetime.

Pursuit of happiness - Our fellow Americans without universal health care are unjustly compromised in their pursuit of happiness because of the inescapable knowledge that without universal health care their end of life destiny and legacy is to leave their loved ones with nothing but debt.

We hold this truth to be self evident that Americans without guaranteed quality universal health care are not afforded equal opportunities to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

The Declaration of Independence is the cornerstone of the Constitution of the United States.

Without universal health care in today's society we are violating the fundamental sacred tenants of our Declaration of Independence, the cornerstone of our Constitution.

If society falls short in upholding the basic tenets of our Declaration of Independence the Constitution must be amended so that the laws of the land always reflect the basic principals established in the Declaration of Independence:

The Constitutional Amendments number 13

Neither Slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist in the United States.

Slavery and involuntary servitude were instantly abolished throughout the United States of America at the exact instant the majority of Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States of America voted in favor of this Amendment.

Becoming ill is an involuntary act of men and women. Millions of Americans without universal health care at this moment are pledged to work, often for the remainder of their lives paying off their medical bills. In essence they are under involuntary servitude to the medical establishment.

We are presently in violation of this amendment.

The Constitutional Amendment number 9 Bill of Rights:

The enumeration in the constitution of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people

Health care is an inalienable right of modern man. If you have to pay for it as an individual it is no longer a right.

We are not only in violation of the basic tenets of the Declaration of Independence but we find ourselves in violation of Constitutional Amendments, included specifically in the Bill of Rights of the Constitution, Constitutional Amendments number 9 and number 13.

These amendments were added because of the previous violations of the Declaration of Independence and give proof to the argument that universal health care for all is an inalienable right of citizens in the U.S..

We have developed an industry, in our country that takes people’s property, their futures, their dignity, their dreams and even their lives in unprecedented numbers. We call this industry our health care system.

We hold these truths to be self evident that the continuing violation of our Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States and its Amendments is prolonging the suffering of and the premature deaths of untold millions of Americans.

UNITED STATES NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE ACT (HR 676)

This bill was developed by the best minds in medicine and economics around the world.

Universal Health Care for all Americans is now in Congress. Every citizen, and every organization needs to make their candidates accountable for voting this bill into law. There is no middle ground on this issue. If this was 1860 you would be voting for candidates that are either for the continuation of slavery or for abolishing it. That is the magnitude of this issue.

Now is the time to come to the aid of your nation. We must all vote in this election.

“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. They are written with a sunbeam in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself: and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.” - Alexander Hamilton 1775

For complete information on every aspect of Universal Health Care and Congressional Bill(HR 676) go to healthcare-now.org and Physicians for a National Health Program (pnhp.org).

Scott Thursby a member of Healthcare-NOW.org. Click here to contact Mr. Thursby and Healthcare-NOW.

Click here to read any of the articles in this special BlackCommentator.com series on Single-Payer Healthcare.

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