Medicare for All, Cures in our Lifetime

Dear friend,

You can learn a lot about our healthcare system by sleeping a few nights in your infant daughter's hospital room, as I did when our Cricket spent three days in a children's hospital ICU recently while suffering from a respiratory virus.

It was a scary, strained couple of days; she's fine now. But what I saw there cemented what I'd already come to believe: We need a health care system in which if you get sick you get seen, as well as one in which if you get seen, you don't go broke because of it.

I wrote about this over the weekend for NBC News' THINK opinion section. Click here to check it out.

We've only nibbled around the edges of the problem of truly affordable health care for decades while more and more Americans have had to choose between paying for a doctor's visit or paying the rent, or between buying medicine or buying food. That's appalling.

So, no more half-steps. Ponder your own child's precious health, and then let's resolve to do the right thing for our children and their children, too.

As always, I am honored to represent you in Washington, DC, where I remain committed to go big, be bold, and do good to ensure every American has the freedom to dream.

Through all of this, my staff and I will be here for you. Please visit my website or contact my East Bay office at (510) 370-3322 if we can be of service in any way. To stay connected, join me on Twitter @RepSwalwell, and Facebook.

Sincerely,

Eric Swalwell
Member of Congress