In 1948, Costa Rica’s leader José Figueres abolished the country’s military and invested the funds in education, healthcare, and conservation, resulting in a higher literacy rate, longer life expectancy, and reversed deforestation.
The American worker is trapped in a “golden cage” of health insurance, which is used as a tool of control and wage suppression by corporations, and the only way to break free is to demand universal healthcare.
California has the economic power and moral responsibility to implement a universal healthcare system independent from the federal government, which can serve as a model for the rest of the country and ensure that healthcare is a human right.