I framtidsstaten Kalifornien saknar nära 25% av befolkningen på omkring 37 miljoner tillgång till sjukvård. Det har gjort det omöjligt för Kalifornien att konkurrera på lika villkor med länder i EU som givetvis kan erbjuda sina medborgare allmän sjukförsäkring.
Victoria Colliver skriver i San Francisco Chronicle om hur president Obamas sjukförsäkringsreform nu kommer att ge miljoner Kalifornienbor och deras barn tillgång till sjukvård: California stands to gain most from health bill
With a new UCLA study estimating that more than 8 million Californians, or nearly 25 percent of the population, lack health coverage, many health experts say California will be impacted more than other states by the reform legislation. “When this is fully implemented in 2014 or beyond, we will see some two-thirds or more (of the uninsured) getting coverage and, with that, better access to care and more affordable coverage,” said Marian Mulkey, senior program officer for the California HealthCare Foundation, an independent philanthropy group based in Oakland.
Det här är en historisk reform, även om den har stora brister. Det viktigaste är alltså att de allra flesta amerikaner, 95%, alla utom de allra fattigaste sim mest behöver hjälp, nu kommer att få tillgång till sjukvård.
Erik Åsard i SvD jämför reformen med pensionsreformen 1935 och medicare-reformen, det statliga sjukvårdsprogrammet för pensionärer, 1965. Men det finns också en koppling till Lyndon Johnsons medborgarrättslagstiftning 1964 och 1965 som gav alla amerikaner, inklusive afroamerikanerna, lika rättigheter. Det var dom reformerna som nu gav en afroamerikansk president chansen att driva igenom en reform som även ger de flesta om inte de allra fattigaste, amerikanerna, tillgång till sjukvård.
Frågan är nu hur många generationer till det kommer att ta innan alla amerikaner, även de fattigaste, får tillgång till sjukvård.
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