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 Healthcare Insurance Companies and other giant conglomerates that make up the Medical Industrial Complex. 

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When we talk about Healthcare 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, that's good government. So why don’t we already have this?

It's simple. Because the Medical Industrial Complex—insurance companies, Big Pharma, hospital conglomerates, lobbyists and others—spend billions buying politicians just like Mike Thompson to preserve their 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 nearly 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 far better outcomes. When voters are forced to hear scare tactics about "government-run health care," they should ask: who’s really scared? I'll tell you who's scared. It’s the corporations who profit from our pain and suffering. Their time is coming to an end. If we want a system that values human wellbeing over corporate stock prices, we must demand Universal, Single-Payer Healthcare. This isn’t even about politics. It’s about morality, efficiency, and common sense. It's about the one overarching matriarchal paradigm that we need to restore: CARE. A Just and Caring system wants the best for its citizens, and it starts with their health and wellbeing.

Here is something to consider further: When we examine who suffers most under the current system, we find that women, over half the population, bear a disproportionate burden. 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. Reproductive Rights becomes a political issue precisely because of the financial impact on the economy. By creating a Universal Healthcare System, we immediately remove the political vulnerability surrounding Women's Reproductive Rights because everything is covered. But this problem goes deeper, into the very soil on which we live.

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. PFAS chemicals affect men's reproductive systems, too. Yet the billionaires and corporations that are polluting our land are the same ones profiting from our sickness—and the establishment politicians that are their puppets enable them by refusing to regulate, refusing to do their jobs. This is no coincidence; it is an intentional design flaw, one that elevates profits in the battle over public health, and places women’s bodies on the frontline.

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The truth is, we live in a system designed by and for the men in power—a system 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 ruined not just our Healthcare system, but our entire 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 Healthcare is a foundational step toward that transformation.​

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It is no surprise that 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 "handled" lawmakers vote a certain way in Congress, oppose Universal Healthcare (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 healthcare 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 this country, the richest country in the world.​

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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. Cast your vote for John Tyler and choose a representative who will go to Washington D.C. and fight for Universal Healthcare, 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.