Universal Healthcare is a Moral Imparative

Do not be fooled by politicians that want to continue with a FOR-PROFIT Healthcare System. The only reason to support such a system is because the politician themselves derives income in some form or fashion, whether it be election campaign support or another form of grift from the Healthcare Insurance Companies and other giant conglomerates that make up the Medical Industrial Complex. 

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When we talk about health care in America, we have to ask: who benefits from the system we have now? In a "for-profit" model, sickness is a lucrative business opportunity. There is no financial incentive for corporations to keep people healthy—because fewer illnesses mean fewer visits, fewer procedures, and ultimately, fewer profits. This system thrives when people are chronically ill, not when they're well.

Now contrast that with a single-payer, universal health care system—where the government covers everyone and has every reason to keep its population healthy. In this model, prevention becomes more valuable than treatment. If fewer people suffer from diabetes, heart disease, or preventable cancers, costs go down for everyone. That’s good policy that CARES for people, not just good business. So why don’t we already have this?

It's simple. Because the Medical Industrial Complex—insurance companies, Big Pharma, hospital conglomerates—spend billions lobbying politicians just like Mike Thompson to preserve the elite piggy banks. They fund campaigns, shape legislation, and flood the media with fearmongering to keep up the charade that they care about us when they really only care about their own bottom line. For 28 years, Mike Thompson has taken his piece from that system.

Universal Healthcare isn’t radical—it’s logical. Every other developed nation has it, and they all spend less per person while getting better outcomes. When voters hear scare tactics about "government-run health care," they should ask: who’s really scared? It’s not patients. It’s the corporations who profit from our pain and suffering. If we want a system that values human well-being over corporate stock prices, we must demand universal, single-payer health care. This isn’t even about politics. It’s about morality, efficiency, and common sense. It's about the one overarching paradigm that we need to restore: CARE. A healthy population shouldn’t be a threat to the economy—it should be the goal of a just one.

And when we examine who suffers most under the current system, women bear a disproportionate burden. From misdiagnosed hormone imbalances and neglected reproductive disorders to the sky-high costs of maternal care, women’s health is routinely undervalued or ignored. Pregnancy itself can become a financial crisis, with insurance denials, out-of-pocket costs, and insufficient support networks. But the problem goes deeper, into the very soil we live on.

In our agricultural regions—especially here in California—our air, water, and land are contaminated by PFAS, better known as “forever chemicals,” many of which are endocrine disruptors that mimic or block hormones in the human body. Women are particularly susceptible, especially during pregnancy, when these toxins can cause miscarriages, developmental delays, and lasting harm. Yet the same corporations polluting our land are the ones profiting from our sickness—and the same political system that enables them refuses to regulate them. This is no coincidence; it is a design flaw, one that puts profit over public health, and women’s bodies on the frontlines.

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The truth is, we live under a system designed by and for the men in power—one that prioritizes control over care, dominance over life. Healthy, vibrant women are essential to the continuation of humanity, yet our society treats this as an afterthought. This is one inevitable result of a power-centered patriarchy that has governed not just our health system, but our planet. To survive, we must reclaim a different way of being—an earth-centered matriarchy that places community, sustainability, and wellness at the center of our decisions. A matriarchal approach isn’t about flipping the hierarchy, it’s about replacing domination with cooperation, replacing exploitation with care. Universal Health Care is a foundational step toward that transformation.​

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Mike Thompson is against Universal Healthcare. He is propped up by the Medical Industrial Complex. Health Insurance Providers and Health Care Organizations contribute thousands and thousands of dollars to make sure their pocketed lawmakers vote a certain way in Congress, oppose Universal Health Care (even if they know it's the right thing to do), and never criticize the monster that they helped to create.

This monster all but guarantees that the uninsured, unprotected and underrepresented populations, like my neighbors here in Lake County, and in the rural Yolo County, and the Students in Santa Rosa and Sonoma, and the elderly Medicare and Social Security recipients all over this great district and the poor children in every one of our school districts and the small business owners paving their own way by the skin of their teeth...these are the people that are made to feel the brunt of our broken system. No one in this country should have to go without health care because they don't have the money. No one should have to go bankrupt because they got sick or were in an accident. That is unacceptable and yet it is a reality in America.​

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Mike Thompson would rather blame the patients in the health care system for the high costs:

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          "By streamlining health care, reducing fraud and abuse, ending unnecessary testing, discouraging over-

          utilization, investing in smart reforms, and emphasizing preventive health care, we can significantly bring down

          the cost of health care." - Mike Thompson​​

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This coming election, the future is on the ballot. Vote for me in the upcoming 2026 Primary and choose a representative who will go to Washington D.C. and fight for universal health care, environmental protection, women's rights, and a government that serves people, not profit. It’s time to break the corporate stranglehold on our health, our land, and our lives. Vote for change. Vote for the future. Vote like your life depends on it—because for millions of us, it truly does.