Morton Mintz sat on our panel of "Ensuring Health for All", a forum for progressives in Pennsylvania organized 9/18/08. He is a critical media, freelance journalist at this point in his long and illustrious years (sixty) career.

He was a reporter for two newspapers San Luis, Star-Times and Globe Democrat from 1946-1958, and the Washingtom Post, 1958-1988.

Morton Mintz wrote the article, "Single Payer: Good for business "for the magazine The Nation, 15 November 2005.

Jerry Policoff created a PA Business Healthcare Report based, in part, in this and another piece Morton Mintz, as well as articles about Single Payer in the New York Times, a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, The Pittsburgh Business Journal of Milwaukee Business Journal Philadelphia.

Why is publicly funded, provide the best private health business in Pennsylvania?

* Higher quality comprehensive health care at lower cost

* Save 25% on administrative overhead for doctors, hospitals and patients

* Business makes budgeting and predictable and stable investment

* Ends nightmare negotiations with insurance companies

* Generates strong job growth, starting with the industries in the drug delivery

* Makes PA businesses more competitive in national and global economy

* Leverage the purchasing power of the Community to reduce prescription drug costs in half

* Compress property taxes, auto insurance and compensation worker

* Funded through an annual FairTax replaces an unfair premium / co-pay/deductible far exceeding inflation

Single payer, defined as publicly funded, privately delivered healthcare for all is a system that includes free choice of doctors and cuts taxes for employers. Employers no longer have to pay for medical care under the Workers' Compensation, which, in 2002, according to resources Morton Mintz, it takes more than 38 million.

The car insurance rates will drop for everyone, because companies would no longer be responsible for medical and hospital expenses of workers injured or sick.

Why Corporate America is not going to embrace this unique opportunity state health delivery?

Many small business owners understand the ramifications of continuing down the same reckless path of allowing insurance providers of Health to make U.S. health care delivery.

This is what some business owners in Pennsylvania have to say:

"This year, our premiums went up by 74%, which our agent thought was a mistake. We have a woman who is terminally ill with cancer and the insurance company said this had nothing to do with the increase. No company, large or small, can absorb that type or the increased costs.

"So what? Lower coverage? And how is living with you? "Scott Tyson, MD, Director General, south of Pittsburgh Pediatrics. PA (60 employees).

"We work with the system we have, but it is broken, and it appears that a single payer is the way forward. We work very hard to try and ensure that our employees because we believe it is our obligation. Each year sit and look at our health plan. We make decisions based on what we should cover, what not to cover, which should be deductible, how much should we charge employees when they go to the doctor's office. We make all those decisions. Our employees end up going along for the ride. It is not correct, but how is. It is my duty to try to protect our plan and get the best, cheapest plan I can for our employees so they can continue to provide health insurance for them. "Alan Jacobs, President, Isaac's Restaurant in South Central PA (700 employees).

"Our insurance rates have more than doubled in the past four years. We are paying more than 20% over our existing payroll only for health coverage, and when the budget is not known what wait. When you have had increases of 25%, they pretty much have to say that we expect an increase of 35% or higher.

"We are a non profit we can not afford to pay that and make money. Under single payer we'd save at least $ 50,000 could be used to hire more people. This past year we increased the deductible, and is painful for us to do that. If we pass a single payer, we will attract business. There is no manufacturer not want to locate to Pennsylvania because you can predict your expenses year after year. You would have stable costs.

"And everybody and nobody is outside. "Charlie Crystal, Owner and CEO of Mission Research, a software company in Lancaster, PA

"I think it is a moral obligation to provide health care for all employees. Six years ago I was paying $ 176 per month per employee on health benefits. The year past was an increase of $ 577. This year, up $ 627. I say next year will be another 20 or 30%, and will not stop. No moral sense. It makes political sense. And he has no business sense. "Mike Stout, President, Steel Vally Printers of Pittsburgh PA (17 employees).

Morton Mintz interviewed Deborah Richter, a physician of Vermont, who believes that publicly funded and private health delivery system can be enacted in each state. She believes that single payer should be conceived "as a public good, like roads, education, police and fire protection.

She believes that if single payer is viewed as an issue practice and not a moral issue, then the support of Universal Health Guarantee to gain momentum during the night.

Doing well by doing good.

This is the reality that single payer would bring all of us here in Pennsylvania.

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