“Endorse the Utah Cares Act. Tell us your story about how health care costs are affecting you and your family.” open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...

“1/3 of Utahns report delaying care because of its cost, and one-fourth of Utahns report incurring medical debt.-Typically each year sees about a 5% increase (in health insurance cost) but this year it is an 11.8% increase-People may be covered, but they're not shielded.” www.ksl.com/article/5143...

“Adults carrying medical debt were significantly more likely to experience housing instability such as trouble paying rent and mortgage, or evictions and foreclosures. .more than 100 million Americans have medical debt.” open.substack.com/pub/healthca...

Isn’t it time we removed health insurance business interests from the sacred space of the doctor/patient relationship? Read more at www.utahcares.health. Please DONATE to Utah Cares-let’s put the CARE back in healthcare.

Spread the word that both rural heal and child health will be improved and enduringly support by implementation of the Utah Cares Act (see www.utahcares.health)

www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm... The Utah Cares Act (learn more at www.utahcares.health) will permanently remove the threat of funding cuts to children’s health care.

In 2026 let’s stop tinkering with health care and instead take bold steps to provide better, simpler care financed fairly for all. Learn more at www.utahcares.health and take your first bold step-DONATE!

“In 2006, the average health plan cost 23% of the average salary. In 2026, the average plan is expected to exceed a staggering 32% of income.”https://open.substack.com/pub/healthcareuncovered/p/2026-a-tough-road-ahead-in-health?r=17gidd&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

Listen in to the latest podcast about what’s happening with the Utah Cares Act proposed to provide better health care financed fairly for all Utahns-https://open.spotify.com/episode/3iNnxixI8anhjJdfUne11Y?si=ppBv_RB7Rwm4CrHKMbAbiA&nd=1&dlsi=de771a3980d243ce and join the cause at www.utahcares.health

If you want health system reform, this year don’t vote for an incumbent. Tell candidates that you will only vote for those who have publicly endorsed the Utah Cares Act (or its equivalent in other states) or improved Medicare for all. More info at www.utahcares.health

It is time to end health care profiteering and make the healthcare system safe and affordable for patients. Learn more at www.utahcares.health AND DONATE to the cause of better care financed fairly for all.

“Rising out-of-pocket expenses might be the looming health crisis but the lack of media coverage is likely to change over the course of 2026 as horror stories trickle in from those who gambled on not getting sick over the next 12 months – and lost that wager.” open.substack.com/pub/healthca...

“The health insurance business model is the problem leading to insecurity in health financing, it can not be part of any solution.” open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...

Utah is failing to meet the needs of patients for on/gyn care. The Utah Cares Act will implement the health professions training and recruitment necessary for our population. Learn more at www.utahcares.health AND DONATE!

“As long as healthcare remains a commodity rather than a right, coverage will remain fragile, premiums will remain volatile, and millions will live one legislative deadline away from losing care.” www.laprogressive.com/healthcare/h...

RIP President Carter. Let’s make 2026 the year we take strides toward better, simpler health care financed fairly for all. Do your part. Host a screening of “Healing US”. If possible, I will attend the event in person. Or simply donate funds to support the cause. More info at www.utahcares.health

The Utah Cares Act will reduce health care costs for most employers, virtually eliminate patient’s out of pocket costs for care, and free workers from job lock due to the need for health benefits. Read more at www.utahcares.health AND DONATE to join the campaign.

“The increasing dependence of both parties on medical-industrial-complex money hollowed out any original intentions to help patients, leaving only the drive for dollars as the business model of American health-care delivery.” open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...

Cox said that although Utah brought “the best experts in the world together for the One Utah Collaborative, we still haven’t brought down the costs in Utah. I’m willing to try just about anything to make a difference there. www.deseret.com/lifestyle/20...

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Our healthcare system is expensive. . the average family pays $27,000 annually for their health insurance (up 6% from last year). The average employer health insurance cost is expected to surpass $17,000 per employee in 2026, a 9.5% jump from 2025. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

“I understood that in hospital culture, leadership said the right things about honesty and safety, but the reality did not match the words.” www.huffpost.com/entry/nursin...

“But rationing is a reality of every country’s health care system, including ours, which is obvious to anybody who has ever battled insurance companies for approvals of treatments or consultations—or simply waited many months to see a specialist.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

2026 is an election year. Utahns have been denied a chance to vote on better, simpler health care financed fairly for all. This year choose to build the single payer campaign. Learn more at www.utahcares.health

Merry Christmas. Better, simpler health care financed fairly for all is possible if we donate to and support single payer campaigns. Learn more and DONATE: www.utahcares.health

Wake up America! Better, simpler healthcare financed fairly for all can’t be gift wrapped, but will be a hard fought victory! Learn more at www.utahcares.health AND DONATE to the campaign!

US patients will likely be paying more out of pocket for needed care in 2026. Had enough? Then do something. The Utah Cares Act will recreate health care business by providing better, simpler care financed fairly for all. Learn more AND DONATE at www.utahcares.health

The Utah Cares Act will improve healthcare, simplify health decisions, while financing health care fairly for all. Learn more and DONATE to the cause at www.utahcares.health

Overhead, red tape, bureaucratic delays: have you had enough? Join the movement for better, simpler health care financed fairly for all. Learn more at www.utahcares.health and DONATE as a Christmas gift to yourself and your family.

Tired of the wallet biopsy? Join the movement for better, simpler health care financed fairly for all at www.utahcares.health AND DONATE as a Christmas gift to yourself and your family.

The business of US healthcare is killing American patients. Join the movement to provide better, simpler health care financed fairly for all. Learn more and DONATE at www.utahcares.health

In America you will find that the hospitals are not seeking to meet the needs of the local population with high quality, low cost care. “One cannot maximize profits and optimize care.”https://open.substack.com/pub/josephquinnjarvis961218/p/vertigo-and-trauma-care-follow-the?r=17gidd&utm_medium=ios

AI on health reform: “move to solutions wherein we all take care of each other – wherein we all get the care we need at a price each of us can afford. The market is not and cannot ever be crafted to accomplish that. Single payer would do precisely that.” www.healthjusticemonitor.org/will-the-mar...

How to persuade moderate voters to support health reform with the goal of providing better, simpler healthcare financed fairly for all? Here are my thoughts given in Minnesota some months ago. Learn more and DONATE at www.utahcares. youtu.be/S2dnlu7LATw

“What we need is single-payer universal health care, not more permutations of the current profit-based insurance system we have currently in the U.S.” www.sltrib.com/opinion/lett...

The Utah Cares Act would implement monopsony purchasing for pharmaceuticals and eliminate drug price gouging. We are building a legal defense fund for the Act-necessary to overcome barriers to ballot access. DONATE at www.utahcares.health

“Next year, the out-of-pocket maximum will soar to $21,200 and premiums will surge above $27,000 for family plans – meaning that most medical care can’t be shopped for (let alone covered) with an HSA.” open.substack.com/pub/healthca...

“(Health) insurance through a job is becoming increasingly unaffordable for employers and their employees.” www.sltrib.com/news/2025/12...

American health care costs are higher and rise faster than anywhere else on the planet. Stop putting yourself and your family at risk. The Utah Cares Act illustrates how health care can be transformed everywhere in the US. Read about it at www.utahcares.health and DONATE!!

“About six in ten adults say they are either “very” or “somewhat worried” about being able to afford the cost of health care services (62%) or unexpected medical bills (61%) for themselves and their families.” www.kff.org/health-costs...

Health insurance-red tape at a high price. The Utah Cares Act will overthrow the insurance bureaucracy and replace it with universally simplified financing saving billions per year. Read about it and donate to make it happen at www.utahcares.health.

It is well past time that we Americans stopped putting up with mediocre health system performance at a high cost. There is a better way. open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...

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Stop pretending that the rise in health care costs is sustainable. What we can’t afford is business as usual in American healthcare. The Utah Cares Act is the way forward. Read it and DONATE to the litigation fund needed to get it on the ballot at www.utahcares.health

When health care delivery is accountable to investors, profits matter more than patients. The Utah Cares Act (read it and supporting economic studies at www.utahcares.health) will orient health system accountability around the needs of patients. DONATE for better access and quality at a lower cost.

“This wide-ranging crisis for both consumers and businesses underlines the brokenness of the U.S. health care system: When neither patients nor investors are happy, does it work at all?”https://www.npr.org/2025/12/04/nx-s1-5629211/health-care-broken-costs-united-health-investors

350,000 premature excess deaths per year occur in the US because of either dysfunction in our health care financing or poor quality in health care delivery.  We could do so much better. open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...

Utah Cares study: Medicare for All will save $16 billion per year in Utah and pay physicians better while financing care without deductibles. But we are denied access to the 2026 ballot. DONATE so we can sue the state of Utah at www.utahcares.health

“Today most countries in Europe have universal health care systems. Germany’s national system dates back to 1883. America, meanwhile, is taking a step back from health care for all.”https://open.substack.com/pub/healthcareuncovered/p/ive-spent-40-years-reporting-on-americas?r=17gidd&utm_medium=ios