hey carl
it's me dad by the time you're watching
this
you will have grown up to be strong and
courageous
but i don't know how much longer i'll be
around for you
i was diagnosed with als today
which is a deadly debilitating disease
after i was diagnosed the president
passed a tax bill that put my health
care at risk
so i went to washington d.c
my next guest made headlines when he
confronted a republican senator on an
airplane
you can be an american hero i wanted
to help create a better country for you
to live in
democracy is beautiful
all that matters to me is to make you
proud
because i'm already so proud of you
hello america my name is audi barkin
and i am speaking to you through this
computer voice because i have been
paralyzed by a mysterious illness called
als
like so many of you i have experienced
the ways our health care system is
fundamentally broken
enormous costs denied claims
dehumanizing treatment when we are most
in need
since my shocking diagnosis i have
traveled the country meeting countless
patients like me
demanding more of our representatives
and our democracy
today we are witnessing the tragic
consequences of our failing health care
system
in the midst of a pandemic nearly 100
million americans
do not have sufficient health insurance
and even good insurance does not cover
essential needs like long-term care
our loved ones are dying in unsafe
nursing homes
our nurses are overwhelmed and
unprotected and our essential workers
are treated as dispensable
we live in the richest country in
history and yet we do not guarantee this
most basic human right
everyone living in america should get
the health care they need regardless of
their employment status or ability to
pay
even during this terrible crisis donald
trump
and republican politicians are trying to
take away millions of people's health
insurance
with the existential threat of another
four years of this president
we all have a profound obligation to act
not only to vote
but to make sure that our friends family
and neighbors vote as well
we must elect joe biden each of us must
be a hero for our communities
for our country and then with a
compassionate
and intelligent president we must act
together and put on his desk a bill that
guarantees us all the health care we
deserve
text vote to 30330 to learn how to vote
safely
because our lives depend on it
