HEALTHCARE FOR ALL Healthcare is a human right. It should be reliable, safe, and nurturing. When the pandemic struck, millions lost their healthcare because they lost their jobs. COVID-19 also made visible the existing deep racial disparities in health coverage, treatment, and prioritization. No one should be turned away because they cannot afford care. No one should be treated differently by doctors because of their race. The U.S. healthcare system continues to marginalize poor and working- class communities without addressing its shortcomings. A Regenerative Economy requires that society create a healthcare system that is holistic, nurturing, and job-creating.
Protect
28
No More Inequitable and Racialized Burdens: Immediately create a regionally-based healthcare system that addresses inequity and disparity, and removes the economic burdens and occupational and environmental health impacts on Asian and Pacific Islander, Black, Brown, Indigeneous, poor, and marginalized people, which include at-risk workers in extractive industries.
