00:00One of the things that drove me was reading in the newspaper about parents who were holding bake sales
00:06or barbecues to pay for the treatment for their child with cancer.
00:12And this is just simply wrong.
00:14The business of doing random acts of kindness was really appealing to us in today's climate of conflict and hatred.
00:44I may not be able to pay for a mortgage because the credit report prohibits those things.
00:58So medical debt ruins lives by using up savings and by destroying credit.
01:05Medical debt on your credit report can also affect getting a job because employers can and some do look at your credit report.
01:20We were approached by many people as a result of that project saying they would like to donate to our work.
01:27And we decided to begin a second project.
01:30And the fact that I have a close friend who is a veteran with a high degree of medical debt pushed us in that direction.
01:48Single payer is a lifetime affordable healthcare system that includes everyone.
01:55Unlike our current system, it is not tied to employment, age or income.
02:02We know that people who do not have health insurance and even people who have large deductibles will put off healthcare until they go to an emergency room.
02:13And that is the most expensive care in the whole system.
02:17New York is in a position to lead the way in the country.
02:20We think single payer healthcare is the answer for this country.
02:25And we think New York is large enough and wealthy enough to enact the sample system.
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