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February 11, 2019
Democrat-controlled states poised to seek federal waivers to implement #SinglePayer and public option.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-top-trump-health-administrator-faces-test-from-newly-elected-democrats-11549803600
Pelosi tells insurers not to worry about Medicare-for-All; it’s not a priority
https://theintercept.com/2019/02/05/nancy-pelosi-medicare-for-all/
Unexpected budget shortfall may torpedo #SinglePayer in New Yorky
https://www.crainsnewyork.com/health-care/state-budget-gap-could-hurt-single-payers-chances
Poll results: most people in California don’t want #SinglePayer
https://www.ocregister.com/2019/02/06/single-payer-health-care-isnt-popular-in-california/
Universal coverage (not #SinglePayer) would cost over $17 billion a year in California; it would have to be financed by a raft of new taxes and premiums
https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/The-price-tag-for-universal-health-care-in-13602501.php
Presidential hopeful Cory Booker refuses to say how much Medicare-for-All would cost
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/cory-booker-democrats-medicare-for-all-single-payer/2019/02/04/id/901205/
Republicans eager for Medicare-for-All hearings so they can pull back the curtain on the cost and other problems
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/10/republicans-debate-medicare-for-all-1160681
A Democrat Medicare-for-All bill would impose global budgets on hospitals. Can you spell R-A-T-I-O-N-I-N-G?
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20190207/NEWS/190209939
“Don’t expect huge budget savings from ‘Medicare for All’” (the biggest ‘savings’ would come from Medicare-style reimbursements cuts for all transactions, which ain’t gonna happen)
https://www.aei.org/publication/dont-expect-huge-budget-savings-from-medicare-for-all/
Tweet from Redlands Tea Party 2/10/19 -
#MedicareForAll will at best be “Medicaid for All,” if we’re lucky. PLEASE ALSO REMEMBER, #MedicareForAll is brought to us by the same DemParty who brought us: --“If you like your plan, if you like your doctor, you can keep your plan, and you can keep your doctor.”
‘Potato Chips for All’ “would offer one flavor. The bag would be dull. And the chips would be stale. And cost $10 a bag.” #ScoreOneForTheFreeMarket
https://www.newsweek.com/medicare-all-nationalizing-potato-chips-1317012
Bernie, et al are “pretending to be European-style Social Democrats not socialists, as defined by DSA.” Destroying private businesses, as Medicare-for-All would do, is NOT ‘Scandinavian’. #BaitAndSwitch
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/428232-progressives-pulling-a-bait-and-switch-with-medicare-for-all
“'Medicare-for-all' means long waits for poor care, and Americans won't go for it once they learn these facts” (Sally Pipes)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/medicare-for-all-means-long-waits-for-poor-care-and-americans-wont-go-for-it-once-they-learn-these-facts
“Preview Of The Coming Medicare For All Debate” (Grace-Marie Turner)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/gracemarieturner/2019/02/07/preview-of-the-coming-medicare-for-all-debate/#7f96fda77a6a
The great temptation of #SinglePayer healthcare is to implement euthanasia as a way to control costs
https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/121480/euthanasia-future-socialized-medicine/
The ever-imaginative Right organizes opposition to Medicare-for-All with weekend ‘barnstorms’ nationwide. Oops, I got that backwards.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/02/08/galvanize-local-organizing-medicare-all-nurses-union-kick-nationwide-barnstorms
Democrat-controlled states poised to seek federal waivers to implement #SinglePayer and public option.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-top-trump-health-administrator-faces-test-from-newly-elected-democrats-11549803600
Pelosi tells insurers not to worry about Medicare-for-All; it’s not a priority
https://theintercept.com/2019/02/05/nancy-pelosi-medicare-for-all/
Unexpected budget shortfall may torpedo #SinglePayer in New Yorky
https://www.crainsnewyork.com/health-care/state-budget-gap-could-hurt-single-payers-chances
Poll results: most people in California don’t want #SinglePayer
https://www.ocregister.com/2019/02/06/single-payer-health-care-isnt-popular-in-california/
Universal coverage (not #SinglePayer) would cost over $17 billion a year in California; it would have to be financed by a raft of new taxes and premiums
https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/The-price-tag-for-universal-health-care-in-13602501.php
Presidential hopeful Cory Booker refuses to say how much Medicare-for-All would cost
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/cory-booker-democrats-medicare-for-all-single-payer/2019/02/04/id/901205/
Republicans eager for Medicare-for-All hearings so they can pull back the curtain on the cost and other problems
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/10/republicans-debate-medicare-for-all-1160681
A Democrat Medicare-for-All bill would impose global budgets on hospitals. Can you spell R-A-T-I-O-N-I-N-G?
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20190207/NEWS/190209939
“Don’t expect huge budget savings from ‘Medicare for All’” (the biggest ‘savings’ would come from Medicare-style reimbursements cuts for all transactions, which ain’t gonna happen)
https://www.aei.org/publication/dont-expect-huge-budget-savings-from-medicare-for-all/
Tweet from Redlands Tea Party 2/10/19 -
#MedicareForAll will at best be “Medicaid for All,” if we’re lucky. PLEASE ALSO REMEMBER, #MedicareForAll is brought to us by the same DemParty who brought us: --“If you like your plan, if you like your doctor, you can keep your plan, and you can keep your doctor.”
‘Potato Chips for All’ “would offer one flavor. The bag would be dull. And the chips would be stale. And cost $10 a bag.” #ScoreOneForTheFreeMarket
https://www.newsweek.com/medicare-all-nationalizing-potato-chips-1317012
Bernie, et al are “pretending to be European-style Social Democrats not socialists, as defined by DSA.” Destroying private businesses, as Medicare-for-All would do, is NOT ‘Scandinavian’. #BaitAndSwitch
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/428232-progressives-pulling-a-bait-and-switch-with-medicare-for-all
“'Medicare-for-all' means long waits for poor care, and Americans won't go for it once they learn these facts” (Sally Pipes)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/medicare-for-all-means-long-waits-for-poor-care-and-americans-wont-go-for-it-once-they-learn-these-facts
“Preview Of The Coming Medicare For All Debate” (Grace-Marie Turner)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/gracemarieturner/2019/02/07/preview-of-the-coming-medicare-for-all-debate/#7f96fda77a6a
The great temptation of #SinglePayer healthcare is to implement euthanasia as a way to control costs
https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/121480/euthanasia-future-socialized-medicine/
The ever-imaginative Right organizes opposition to Medicare-for-All with weekend ‘barnstorms’ nationwide. Oops, I got that backwards.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/02/08/galvanize-local-organizing-medicare-all-nurses-union-kick-nationwide-barnstorms
February 5, 2019
Dem 2020 candidates doing some fancy dancing on Medicare-for-All
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/01/30/689930022/several-democrats-eying-a-presidential-run-embrace-medicare-for-all
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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/2/5/18209945/medicare-for-all-bernie-sanders-kamala-harris-cory-booker-single-payer
Kamala Harris backtracks on Medicare-for-All; ‘open’ to lesser reforms that would keep private insurance
https://www.abqjournal.com/1275970/harris-and-the-implausibility-of-medicareforall.html
Kamala Harris #SinglePayer proposal would kill a million jobs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/01/29/killer-kamala-her-health-care-initiative-would-slash-over-a-million-jobs-n2540434
“Schultz calls Harris's call to get rid of health insurance industry ‘not American’”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/427420-schultz-calls-harriss-call-to-get-rid-of-health-insurance-industry-not
“Warren Dodges on Whether She Supports Eliminating Private Health Insurance”
https://freebeacon.com/issues/warren-dodges-on-whether-she-supports-eliminating-private-health-insurance/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=8f1ff36d34-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_19_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-8f1ff36d34-45628225
Dem Sherrod Brown gets chilly reception from Progs for ‘Medcare-at-55’
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/02/02/sherrod-brown-medicare-all-not-practical-progressives-ok-thank-you-next
“Some Democrats That Ran on Medicare for All Are Backing Away from It Now”
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/do-democrats-really-want-medicare-for-all.html
Dems asking for trouble when they embrace a position that most Americans reject (but there’s a path forward)
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2019/02/01/is-medicare-for-all-a-trap-for-democrats/
Democrat moves toward #SinglePayer could alienate the party’s college-educated supporters with employer insurance
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/2020-could-be-test-medicare-alls-popularity/581746/
Democrats aim to hold Medicare-for-All hearings in the spring and to pass a bill by the end of 2020
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-yarmuth-healthcare/u-s-lawmaker-yarmuth-says-democrats-to-begin-medicare-for-all-hearings-idUSKCN1PN2M2
Advice from an expert for building Medicare-for-All: cover everyone, control costs, etc.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/28/18192674/medicare-for-all-cost-jacob-hacker
Medicare-for-All is a ruse to pass a public option (Michael Cannon)
https://www.cato.org/blog/kamala-harris-admits-medicare-all-would-kill-private-health-insurance-so-would-public-option
Poll numbers: Americans don’t want to give up private insurance and would prefer a public option to Medicare-for-All
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/29/politics/medicare-for-all-polling/index.html
Medicare-for-All won’t work in the U.S. because Americans won’t pay the required taxes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/howard-schultz-is-right-about-medicare-for-all-11549060591
HHS Secretary Azar: Medicare-for-All is Medicare for none." It would undermine coverage for seniors and take away what employees have now.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/healthcare/medicare-for-all-is-medicare-for-none-hhs-secretary-alex-azar
#SinglePayer kills - low reimbursement rates cause providers to leave healthcare
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-real-cost-of-medicare-for-all
“nationalizing health care would require either enormously taxing patients or drastically underpaying providers—or as is likely, both.”
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/01/31/eliminating-health-insurance-would-make-our-health-care-worse/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CapitolBell%22&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTVRGaU9EY3hNelF5TXpkbCIsInQiOiJiTXlqS29cL3p5bkRya01RbXNJaTZnQ1wvSHhnWWNyVjdDeGNHWXRjVGpLTE9hc0pLTllxOXE3bjdqUXcrYWtYZ2x5Z2dGSW82WHN3U2QwczBXaTdYVnYySzZ1V2VKVVZrVnpRdmw3TlVPS1ZPR2hJdFNHcGtBMG84VXNYUk1ZY0pNIn0%3D
People erroneously think Medicare-for-All is voluntary and they can keep their private insurance. The reality is they will have no choice and no exit. (Robert Moffit)
https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article225309445.html?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTURjeFpXTTROV05rWkRNNCIsInQiOiJoU0JGbk9KWlFEVkFqenJkcHJDekJQdjQ2TDBoMFI3YklQR1RsbFM4aFZEcmhEVms1MHlxWHhVaGFzXC9teTl0ZWQzTzF5cWFVU3JxVjFVSGxSTkdpU0lCbkpZbFErZzkzaG9xWnpObjZkbGR5S0NXdjNCMHg4bENYelppUVg1dE0ifQ%3D%3D
Once the government is paying for everyone’s healthcare, expect it to dictate what you eat and use other invasive measures to cut costs. Such proposals are being made in the UK. (Sally Pipes)
https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/memorial/opinion/article/SALLY-C-PIPES-Under-Medicare-for-all-13582445.php
Dem 2020 candidates doing some fancy dancing on Medicare-for-All
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/01/30/689930022/several-democrats-eying-a-presidential-run-embrace-medicare-for-all
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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/2/5/18209945/medicare-for-all-bernie-sanders-kamala-harris-cory-booker-single-payer
Kamala Harris backtracks on Medicare-for-All; ‘open’ to lesser reforms that would keep private insurance
https://www.abqjournal.com/1275970/harris-and-the-implausibility-of-medicareforall.html
Kamala Harris #SinglePayer proposal would kill a million jobs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/01/29/killer-kamala-her-health-care-initiative-would-slash-over-a-million-jobs-n2540434
“Schultz calls Harris's call to get rid of health insurance industry ‘not American’”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/427420-schultz-calls-harriss-call-to-get-rid-of-health-insurance-industry-not
“Warren Dodges on Whether She Supports Eliminating Private Health Insurance”
https://freebeacon.com/issues/warren-dodges-on-whether-she-supports-eliminating-private-health-insurance/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=8f1ff36d34-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_19_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-8f1ff36d34-45628225
Dem Sherrod Brown gets chilly reception from Progs for ‘Medcare-at-55’
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/02/02/sherrod-brown-medicare-all-not-practical-progressives-ok-thank-you-next
“Some Democrats That Ran on Medicare for All Are Backing Away from It Now”
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/do-democrats-really-want-medicare-for-all.html
Dems asking for trouble when they embrace a position that most Americans reject (but there’s a path forward)
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2019/02/01/is-medicare-for-all-a-trap-for-democrats/
Democrat moves toward #SinglePayer could alienate the party’s college-educated supporters with employer insurance
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/2020-could-be-test-medicare-alls-popularity/581746/
Democrats aim to hold Medicare-for-All hearings in the spring and to pass a bill by the end of 2020
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-yarmuth-healthcare/u-s-lawmaker-yarmuth-says-democrats-to-begin-medicare-for-all-hearings-idUSKCN1PN2M2
Advice from an expert for building Medicare-for-All: cover everyone, control costs, etc.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/28/18192674/medicare-for-all-cost-jacob-hacker
Medicare-for-All is a ruse to pass a public option (Michael Cannon)
https://www.cato.org/blog/kamala-harris-admits-medicare-all-would-kill-private-health-insurance-so-would-public-option
Poll numbers: Americans don’t want to give up private insurance and would prefer a public option to Medicare-for-All
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/29/politics/medicare-for-all-polling/index.html
Medicare-for-All won’t work in the U.S. because Americans won’t pay the required taxes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/howard-schultz-is-right-about-medicare-for-all-11549060591
HHS Secretary Azar: Medicare-for-All is Medicare for none." It would undermine coverage for seniors and take away what employees have now.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/healthcare/medicare-for-all-is-medicare-for-none-hhs-secretary-alex-azar
#SinglePayer kills - low reimbursement rates cause providers to leave healthcare
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-real-cost-of-medicare-for-all
“nationalizing health care would require either enormously taxing patients or drastically underpaying providers—or as is likely, both.”
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/01/31/eliminating-health-insurance-would-make-our-health-care-worse/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CapitolBell%22&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTVRGaU9EY3hNelF5TXpkbCIsInQiOiJiTXlqS29cL3p5bkRya01RbXNJaTZnQ1wvSHhnWWNyVjdDeGNHWXRjVGpLTE9hc0pLTllxOXE3bjdqUXcrYWtYZ2x5Z2dGSW82WHN3U2QwczBXaTdYVnYySzZ1V2VKVVZrVnpRdmw3TlVPS1ZPR2hJdFNHcGtBMG84VXNYUk1ZY0pNIn0%3D
People erroneously think Medicare-for-All is voluntary and they can keep their private insurance. The reality is they will have no choice and no exit. (Robert Moffit)
https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article225309445.html?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTURjeFpXTTROV05rWkRNNCIsInQiOiJoU0JGbk9KWlFEVkFqenJkcHJDekJQdjQ2TDBoMFI3YklQR1RsbFM4aFZEcmhEVms1MHlxWHhVaGFzXC9teTl0ZWQzTzF5cWFVU3JxVjFVSGxSTkdpU0lCbkpZbFErZzkzaG9xWnpObjZkbGR5S0NXdjNCMHg4bENYelppUVg1dE0ifQ%3D%3D
Once the government is paying for everyone’s healthcare, expect it to dictate what you eat and use other invasive measures to cut costs. Such proposals are being made in the UK. (Sally Pipes)
https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/memorial/opinion/article/SALLY-C-PIPES-Under-Medicare-for-all-13582445.php
January 28, 2019
The number of insured is the wrong metric; Medicare-for-All would kill medical innovation which saves lives and produces better outcomes. (Betsy McCaughey)
https://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/Obamacare-critic-slams-Medicare-for-all-in-13556582.php
UK NHS #SinglePayer - killed medical innovation, cuts waits by denying care, untrained managers push doctors to discharge patients. But it remains the state religion; no crisis of faith here. We should be more like Europe, right?
https://aapsonline.org/aaps-news-february-2019-fail-first/
Healthcare industry group running digital ads against Medicare-for-All. Americans will have “less choice and control over their doctors, treatments and coverage”
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/426818-health-care-industry-group-launches-digital-ads-against-medicare-for-all
NYC Mayor de Blasio instructs all city workers to sign up residents for city-run health plans
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mayor-de-blasio-drafts-city-workers-to-push-health-care-programs-11548197071
Medicare-for-All debate will be at the top of 2020 campaign issues
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/23/medicare-all-is-very-popular-democrats-face-massive-fight-over-it/?utm_term=.3d0a7372bec7
Medicare-for-All splitting likely Dem 2020 presidential candidates, with some dismissing #SinglePayer talk as a ‘good speech’ and seeking incremental steps, instead
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/22/democrats-medicare-for-all-obamacare-1094146
Universal health coverage is a classic primary season issue; expect candidates to appeal to the base for the primaries and tack to the middle for the general.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/23/medicare-for-all-is-classic-primary-season-conundrum/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1bc15b8c8c62
Pelosi signals her willingness to consider #SinglePayer after earlier pushing bigger subsidies for Obamacare
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-on-healthcare-pelosi-vows-openness-to-universal-coverage-plans-trump-pledges-to-stop-surprise-medical-bills
Poll shows most Dems want their party to move back to the middle; one may infer #SinglePayer is leaving most Dems behind; it’s only the radical base that really wants it
https://www.minnpost.com/eric-black-ink/2019/01/gallup-poll-majority-of-democrats-want-more-moderate-party/
Support for Medicare-for-All vulnerable to messages that people will lose their current plan, their access to providers and treatments will be cut, and their taxes will go up
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/new-poll-exposes-how-weak-support-for-medicare-for-all-really-is
Healthcare is not a ‘right’ if others are forced to provide it. (60+)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/26/universal-health-care-right/
Lessons from history - government-run healthcare means the “enslavement of the medical profession” and top-tier medicine will remain available to the rich and elites.
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2019/01/26/most-americans-support-medicare-for-all-real-change-aoc-effect/
Dishonest #SinglePayer supporters can’t be upfront about what Medicare-for-All would really cost. (AFP)
https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/426661-if-single-payer-were-really-a-bargain-supporters-like-rep-john
Outcomes under government-run healthcare in Venezuela: half of all medical professional have fled the country; once-eradicated diseases (malaria, TB) are surging. Other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?
https://aapsonline.org/aaps-news-february-2019-fail-first/
The number of insured is the wrong metric; Medicare-for-All would kill medical innovation which saves lives and produces better outcomes. (Betsy McCaughey)
https://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/Obamacare-critic-slams-Medicare-for-all-in-13556582.php
UK NHS #SinglePayer - killed medical innovation, cuts waits by denying care, untrained managers push doctors to discharge patients. But it remains the state religion; no crisis of faith here. We should be more like Europe, right?
https://aapsonline.org/aaps-news-february-2019-fail-first/
Healthcare industry group running digital ads against Medicare-for-All. Americans will have “less choice and control over their doctors, treatments and coverage”
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/426818-health-care-industry-group-launches-digital-ads-against-medicare-for-all
NYC Mayor de Blasio instructs all city workers to sign up residents for city-run health plans
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mayor-de-blasio-drafts-city-workers-to-push-health-care-programs-11548197071
Medicare-for-All debate will be at the top of 2020 campaign issues
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/23/medicare-all-is-very-popular-democrats-face-massive-fight-over-it/?utm_term=.3d0a7372bec7
Medicare-for-All splitting likely Dem 2020 presidential candidates, with some dismissing #SinglePayer talk as a ‘good speech’ and seeking incremental steps, instead
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/22/democrats-medicare-for-all-obamacare-1094146
Universal health coverage is a classic primary season issue; expect candidates to appeal to the base for the primaries and tack to the middle for the general.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/23/medicare-for-all-is-classic-primary-season-conundrum/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1bc15b8c8c62
Pelosi signals her willingness to consider #SinglePayer after earlier pushing bigger subsidies for Obamacare
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-on-healthcare-pelosi-vows-openness-to-universal-coverage-plans-trump-pledges-to-stop-surprise-medical-bills
Poll shows most Dems want their party to move back to the middle; one may infer #SinglePayer is leaving most Dems behind; it’s only the radical base that really wants it
https://www.minnpost.com/eric-black-ink/2019/01/gallup-poll-majority-of-democrats-want-more-moderate-party/
Support for Medicare-for-All vulnerable to messages that people will lose their current plan, their access to providers and treatments will be cut, and their taxes will go up
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/new-poll-exposes-how-weak-support-for-medicare-for-all-really-is
Healthcare is not a ‘right’ if others are forced to provide it. (60+)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/26/universal-health-care-right/
Lessons from history - government-run healthcare means the “enslavement of the medical profession” and top-tier medicine will remain available to the rich and elites.
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2019/01/26/most-americans-support-medicare-for-all-real-change-aoc-effect/
Dishonest #SinglePayer supporters can’t be upfront about what Medicare-for-All would really cost. (AFP)
https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/426661-if-single-payer-were-really-a-bargain-supporters-like-rep-john
Outcomes under government-run healthcare in Venezuela: half of all medical professional have fled the country; once-eradicated diseases (malaria, TB) are surging. Other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?
https://aapsonline.org/aaps-news-february-2019-fail-first/
January 21, 2019
“'Medicare-for-All' Would Take Most of Your Paycheck”. 60% tax rates, anyone? None dare call it confiscation.
https://www.investors.com/politics/columnists/medicare-for-all-taxes-betsy-mccaughey/?fbclid=IwAR0wSZL3bpTfyRkDd-hnlOpkm94zZSObdS_LsOsqwSWd9rswkamj8xcQdck
No, Rand Paul did NOT go to Canada for ‘socialized medicine’. He went to a world-class private medical facility that happens to be in Canada.
https://fee.org/articles/media-fail-marvelously-in-mocking-rand-paul-for-surgery-in-canada-land-of-universal-health-care/
Women’s March had ‘lobby day’ to push #SinglePayer on Capitol Hill
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/425924-womens-march-progressive-orgs-to-lobby-for-medicare-for-all-on-capitol-hill
Canadian #SinglePayer makes people wait 20 weeks to see a specialist.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/while-democrats-push-government-healthcare-canadians-wait-nearly-5-months-for-treatment
Loose talk of healthcare being a ‘right’ and a ‘common good’ is just that, loose talk, and does not stand up to scrutiny
https://idahofreedom.org/is-healthcare-a-right-surely-not/
Medical waste was piling up, so UK NHS #SinglePayer fired the contractor. Now, waste is piling up faster. Sheer genius! Mountains of rotting infectious waste; fridges stuffed with heads, limbs, and torsos. #SinglePayerIsCrazy
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6576395/Shocking-new-pictures-HES-site-Newcastle-lay-bare-scale-NHS-body-parts-scandal.html
Overcrowded UK NHS #SinglePayer hospitals turning away ambulances
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6602297/NHS-crisis-Damning-figures-ambulance-diverts-doubled-19-20-beds-full.html
South Carolina #SinglePayer VA hospital gave wrong medicine to vet, he dies. Filgrastim, pegfilgtastim - what difference, at this point, does it make?
https://www.heraldsun.com/news/state/south-carolina/article223281650.html
Class action suit filed against Indiana #SinglePayer VA hospital for substandard podiatric care
http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/courts/20190115/class-action-suit-alleges-negligence-at-va-hospital
Trump administration document: government intervention is the problem, not the solution, in healthcare. More choice and competition would improve the situation.
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2018/12/03/reforming-americas-healthcare-system-through-choice-and-competition.html
“'Medicare-for-All' Would Take Most of Your Paycheck”. 60% tax rates, anyone? None dare call it confiscation.
https://www.investors.com/politics/columnists/medicare-for-all-taxes-betsy-mccaughey/?fbclid=IwAR0wSZL3bpTfyRkDd-hnlOpkm94zZSObdS_LsOsqwSWd9rswkamj8xcQdck
No, Rand Paul did NOT go to Canada for ‘socialized medicine’. He went to a world-class private medical facility that happens to be in Canada.
https://fee.org/articles/media-fail-marvelously-in-mocking-rand-paul-for-surgery-in-canada-land-of-universal-health-care/
Women’s March had ‘lobby day’ to push #SinglePayer on Capitol Hill
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/425924-womens-march-progressive-orgs-to-lobby-for-medicare-for-all-on-capitol-hill
Canadian #SinglePayer makes people wait 20 weeks to see a specialist.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/while-democrats-push-government-healthcare-canadians-wait-nearly-5-months-for-treatment
Loose talk of healthcare being a ‘right’ and a ‘common good’ is just that, loose talk, and does not stand up to scrutiny
https://idahofreedom.org/is-healthcare-a-right-surely-not/
Medical waste was piling up, so UK NHS #SinglePayer fired the contractor. Now, waste is piling up faster. Sheer genius! Mountains of rotting infectious waste; fridges stuffed with heads, limbs, and torsos. #SinglePayerIsCrazy
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6576395/Shocking-new-pictures-HES-site-Newcastle-lay-bare-scale-NHS-body-parts-scandal.html
Overcrowded UK NHS #SinglePayer hospitals turning away ambulances
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6602297/NHS-crisis-Damning-figures-ambulance-diverts-doubled-19-20-beds-full.html
South Carolina #SinglePayer VA hospital gave wrong medicine to vet, he dies. Filgrastim, pegfilgtastim - what difference, at this point, does it make?
https://www.heraldsun.com/news/state/south-carolina/article223281650.html
Class action suit filed against Indiana #SinglePayer VA hospital for substandard podiatric care
http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/courts/20190115/class-action-suit-alleges-negligence-at-va-hospital
Trump administration document: government intervention is the problem, not the solution, in healthcare. More choice and competition would improve the situation.
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2018/12/03/reforming-americas-healthcare-system-through-choice-and-competition.html
January 14, 2019
De Blasio healthcare plan: less than meets the eye, but still a budget-buster
https://nypost.com/2019/01/08/de-blasios-universal-health-care-is-one-big-con/
U.S. Chamber of Commerce to go all out to fight #SinglePayer – “it just doesn’t work”
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/424722-chamber-of-commerce-ceo-vows-to-use-all-of-its-resources-to-fight-single
Calling Dr. Death – Medicare for All death toll will rise due to increased wait times and more fatal medical errors
https://fee.org/articles/how-medicare-for-all-could-become-the-leading-cause-of-death-in-america/
“All other single-payer systems are struggling with runaway costs.” Medicare for All wouldn’t be any different. All the assumptions that it would drive down costs are just that, assumptions.
https://fee.org/articles/how-we-know-single-payer-wont-lower-health-care-costs/
“most of Medicare’s costs are hidden (tinyurl.com/ybp6zles). Robert Book calculated that over the years 2000 to 2005, Medicare’s administrative costs were an average 24.8% higher than the private sector’s (tinyurl.com/y76aklvs).”
https://aapsonline.org/aaps-news-january-2019-aca-is-unconstitutional/
Medicare for All “would bankrupt the nation, dramatically raise costs, and reduce quality of healthcare.” The government can’t run anything right, and it won’t be any better at healthcare.
https://noqreport.com/2019/01/11/briefly-medicare-disaster/
Support for Medicare for All collapses when people learn it’s the end of private insurance, would double the size of the federal government, and lead to waits, shortages, and rationing
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/medicare-for-all-democrats-midterm-elections/
House Budget Committee’s request to CBO was for ‘design considerations’ for #SinglePayer – NOT to score any particular bill for what it would cost. Promise the moon and keep hiding the ball = Success
https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-you-have-to-ask-how-much-socialized-medicine-costs-11547057059
Chronically ill kids are poorly served by government-healthcare – fewer choices, substandard care.
https://www.heritage.org/health-care-reform/commentary/what-does-government-run-health-care-mean-moms-sick-kids
Medicare for All would have winners and losers – more covered, but longer waits, displaced workers, etc. So stop yapping about ‘rights’ and start looking at the trade-offs.
https://www.statnews.com/2019/01/10/medicare-for-all-tradeoffs-health-care/
‘No cost-sharing’ in BernieCare and another #SinglePayer plan – just a come-on; look for cost-sharing to be added if debate gets that far
https://www.axios.com/medicare-for-all-out-of-pocket-costs-7aa80feb-ea06-4f35-a43a-9cfc719ab897.html
Medicare for All – outrageous costs and inferior care. How can you even think of expanding a program already headed for insolvency?
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/beware-medicare-for-all-is-fools-gold
Sally Pipes: “Medicare for All would rapidly devolve into Medicare for None” #MarryInHaste
https://newsok.com/article/5619920/opinion-the-rising-support-for-single-payer-health-care
Prager U video summarizes what’s wrong with government healthcare
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272425/prager-u-video-why-obamacare-doesnt-work-prager-university
VA working on proposal to shift billions into private care; holds promise of shorter waits, more choices, and fewer co-pays
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/12/us/politics/veterans-administration-health-care-privatization.html
De Blasio healthcare plan: less than meets the eye, but still a budget-buster
https://nypost.com/2019/01/08/de-blasios-universal-health-care-is-one-big-con/
U.S. Chamber of Commerce to go all out to fight #SinglePayer – “it just doesn’t work”
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/424722-chamber-of-commerce-ceo-vows-to-use-all-of-its-resources-to-fight-single
Calling Dr. Death – Medicare for All death toll will rise due to increased wait times and more fatal medical errors
https://fee.org/articles/how-medicare-for-all-could-become-the-leading-cause-of-death-in-america/
“All other single-payer systems are struggling with runaway costs.” Medicare for All wouldn’t be any different. All the assumptions that it would drive down costs are just that, assumptions.
https://fee.org/articles/how-we-know-single-payer-wont-lower-health-care-costs/
“most of Medicare’s costs are hidden (tinyurl.com/ybp6zles). Robert Book calculated that over the years 2000 to 2005, Medicare’s administrative costs were an average 24.8% higher than the private sector’s (tinyurl.com/y76aklvs).”
https://aapsonline.org/aaps-news-january-2019-aca-is-unconstitutional/
Medicare for All “would bankrupt the nation, dramatically raise costs, and reduce quality of healthcare.” The government can’t run anything right, and it won’t be any better at healthcare.
https://noqreport.com/2019/01/11/briefly-medicare-disaster/
Support for Medicare for All collapses when people learn it’s the end of private insurance, would double the size of the federal government, and lead to waits, shortages, and rationing
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/medicare-for-all-democrats-midterm-elections/
House Budget Committee’s request to CBO was for ‘design considerations’ for #SinglePayer – NOT to score any particular bill for what it would cost. Promise the moon and keep hiding the ball = Success
https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-you-have-to-ask-how-much-socialized-medicine-costs-11547057059
Chronically ill kids are poorly served by government-healthcare – fewer choices, substandard care.
https://www.heritage.org/health-care-reform/commentary/what-does-government-run-health-care-mean-moms-sick-kids
Medicare for All would have winners and losers – more covered, but longer waits, displaced workers, etc. So stop yapping about ‘rights’ and start looking at the trade-offs.
https://www.statnews.com/2019/01/10/medicare-for-all-tradeoffs-health-care/
‘No cost-sharing’ in BernieCare and another #SinglePayer plan – just a come-on; look for cost-sharing to be added if debate gets that far
https://www.axios.com/medicare-for-all-out-of-pocket-costs-7aa80feb-ea06-4f35-a43a-9cfc719ab897.html
Medicare for All – outrageous costs and inferior care. How can you even think of expanding a program already headed for insolvency?
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/beware-medicare-for-all-is-fools-gold
Sally Pipes: “Medicare for All would rapidly devolve into Medicare for None” #MarryInHaste
https://newsok.com/article/5619920/opinion-the-rising-support-for-single-payer-health-care
Prager U video summarizes what’s wrong with government healthcare
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272425/prager-u-video-why-obamacare-doesnt-work-prager-university
VA working on proposal to shift billions into private care; holds promise of shorter waits, more choices, and fewer co-pays
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/12/us/politics/veterans-administration-health-care-privatization.html
January 7, 2019
Pelosi approves House committee hearings on Medicare for All
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/democrats-plan-to-hold-hearings-on-medicare-for-all/2019/01/03/7051eccc-0f6c-11e9-84fc-d58c33d6c8c7_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ba0c24b14c30
#SinglePayer advocates say Texas court ruling that Obamacare is unconstitutional shows ACA will never be safe, so it’s time to push on to Medicare for All
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/422924-medicare-for-all-advocates-emboldened-by-obamacare-lawsuit?userid=29674
Dems using Medicare for All to shift the debate and salami-slice their way to more government intervention in healthcare
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/national/democrats-softpedal-medicare-for-all-20181227
Progressives’ recent actions show they can’t be trusted to deal seriously or honestly with the cost of #SinglePayer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/03/progressives-cant-be-trusted-with-medicare-for-all/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e8d2c7673f95
Howard Dean on Bernie Sanders and #SinglePayer – “I don’t think it’s fair for politicians to raise these kinds of expectations and pretend it’s going to cost everybody less because it’s not going to happen.”
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/12/bernie-sanders-twenty-things-you-didnt-know/
Medicare sends home 91-year-old woman who couldn’t eat, bathe, walk, or dress herself. And you want Medicare for All? Are you nuts?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/12/medicare_kills_people_and_democrats_want_force_everyone_on_it.html
British Medicare for All – ‘we’re so sorry we botched your boy’s operation and effectively castrated him’
https://www.foxnews.com/health/british-boy-2-castrated-after-surgeons-mistakenly-operate-on-wrong-testicle
National healthcare in Germany 1918-1945 – eugenics, forced abortion, sterilization, experimentation on human subjects and other warm and fuzzy Progressive ideas
https://fee.org/articles/national-health-care-medicine-in-germany-1918-1945/
VA abruptly reverses course, will no longer arbitrarily deny caregiver stipends. #GovernmentHealthcareIsCrazy
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/21/679123976/va-says-it-will-stop-arbitrarily-dropping-caregivers-from-program
Pelosi approves House committee hearings on Medicare for All
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/democrats-plan-to-hold-hearings-on-medicare-for-all/2019/01/03/7051eccc-0f6c-11e9-84fc-d58c33d6c8c7_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ba0c24b14c30
#SinglePayer advocates say Texas court ruling that Obamacare is unconstitutional shows ACA will never be safe, so it’s time to push on to Medicare for All
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/422924-medicare-for-all-advocates-emboldened-by-obamacare-lawsuit?userid=29674
Dems using Medicare for All to shift the debate and salami-slice their way to more government intervention in healthcare
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/national/democrats-softpedal-medicare-for-all-20181227
Progressives’ recent actions show they can’t be trusted to deal seriously or honestly with the cost of #SinglePayer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/03/progressives-cant-be-trusted-with-medicare-for-all/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e8d2c7673f95
Howard Dean on Bernie Sanders and #SinglePayer – “I don’t think it’s fair for politicians to raise these kinds of expectations and pretend it’s going to cost everybody less because it’s not going to happen.”
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/12/bernie-sanders-twenty-things-you-didnt-know/
Medicare sends home 91-year-old woman who couldn’t eat, bathe, walk, or dress herself. And you want Medicare for All? Are you nuts?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/12/medicare_kills_people_and_democrats_want_force_everyone_on_it.html
British Medicare for All – ‘we’re so sorry we botched your boy’s operation and effectively castrated him’
https://www.foxnews.com/health/british-boy-2-castrated-after-surgeons-mistakenly-operate-on-wrong-testicle
National healthcare in Germany 1918-1945 – eugenics, forced abortion, sterilization, experimentation on human subjects and other warm and fuzzy Progressive ideas
https://fee.org/articles/national-health-care-medicine-in-germany-1918-1945/
VA abruptly reverses course, will no longer arbitrarily deny caregiver stipends. #GovernmentHealthcareIsCrazy
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/21/679123976/va-says-it-will-stop-arbitrarily-dropping-caregivers-from-program
December 18, 2018
Schumer refuses to endorse #SinglePayer, but wants a ‘plan that can pass’ that moves towards universal access
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/12/17/not-kind-moral-leadership-we-need-critics-pounce-after-schumer-refuses-back-medicare
Obstacles to #SinglePayer in New York include a skeptical Governor, tax-shy Dems, unions with good existing coverage, ERISA lawsuits from employers, and the need for waivers from the Trump administration
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a3maej/this-brewing-healthcare-battle-is-a-preview-of-the-medicare-for-all-war
#SinglePayer would destroy the advantages of employer-sponsored insurance - leveraging $3 in private health-insurance spending for every $1 in forgone federal revenue, financing public coverage, etc.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/12/medicare-for-all-plan-risks-uprooting-current-system/
Under #SinglePayer, ‘we’re paying for your healthcare, so no extra cheese for you on that pizza.’ “What foods we eat, how much we exercise, how we commute, and virtually all other private decisions” will be fair game for the government.
https://www.richmond.com/opinion/their-opinion/guest-columnists/sally-c-pipes-column-under-medicare-for-all-government-may/article_504f4598-d8b2-5c32-baad-1a5a7d694570.html
Providers won’t sit still for pay cuts under #SinglePayer – they are ‘certain to respond by closing their doors, working fewer hours, or leaving altogether’ (not to mention lobby to make sure cuts will never happen)
https://www.ocregister.com/2018/12/13/what-you-dont-know-about-medicare-for-all-can-hurt-you/
UK NHS #SinglePayer paying out more money on maternity malpractice claims than it spends on delivering babies - "Mothers and babies are still needlessly dying, or suffering serious injury”
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1040803/NHS-health-childbirth-baby-doctors-nurses
VA home care-giver program mismanaged – long waits, inexplicable denials, missed info tech deadlines, etc. – in other words, #SinglePayer as usual
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/18/677346997/va-still-arbitrarily-cutting-caregivers-from-program-even-as-it-aims-to-expand
Schumer refuses to endorse #SinglePayer, but wants a ‘plan that can pass’ that moves towards universal access
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/12/17/not-kind-moral-leadership-we-need-critics-pounce-after-schumer-refuses-back-medicare
Obstacles to #SinglePayer in New York include a skeptical Governor, tax-shy Dems, unions with good existing coverage, ERISA lawsuits from employers, and the need for waivers from the Trump administration
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a3maej/this-brewing-healthcare-battle-is-a-preview-of-the-medicare-for-all-war
#SinglePayer would destroy the advantages of employer-sponsored insurance - leveraging $3 in private health-insurance spending for every $1 in forgone federal revenue, financing public coverage, etc.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/12/medicare-for-all-plan-risks-uprooting-current-system/
Under #SinglePayer, ‘we’re paying for your healthcare, so no extra cheese for you on that pizza.’ “What foods we eat, how much we exercise, how we commute, and virtually all other private decisions” will be fair game for the government.
https://www.richmond.com/opinion/their-opinion/guest-columnists/sally-c-pipes-column-under-medicare-for-all-government-may/article_504f4598-d8b2-5c32-baad-1a5a7d694570.html
Providers won’t sit still for pay cuts under #SinglePayer – they are ‘certain to respond by closing their doors, working fewer hours, or leaving altogether’ (not to mention lobby to make sure cuts will never happen)
https://www.ocregister.com/2018/12/13/what-you-dont-know-about-medicare-for-all-can-hurt-you/
UK NHS #SinglePayer paying out more money on maternity malpractice claims than it spends on delivering babies - "Mothers and babies are still needlessly dying, or suffering serious injury”
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1040803/NHS-health-childbirth-baby-doctors-nurses
VA home care-giver program mismanaged – long waits, inexplicable denials, missed info tech deadlines, etc. – in other words, #SinglePayer as usual
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/18/677346997/va-still-arbitrarily-cutting-caregivers-from-program-even-as-it-aims-to-expand
December 10, 2019
Directionally and philosophically wrong – a #SinglePayer takeover of healthcare would kill American liberty and free choice
https://www.lanereport.com/108533/2018/12/perspective-health-care-is-not-free/
Incoming House Dem committee chair – the votes just aren’t there for #SinglePayer
https://www.app.com/story/news/health/2018/12/04/medicare-all-rep-frank-pallone-says-votes-arent-there/2152560002/
Pro-Obamacare hospital and insurance lobbies now arrayed against Medicare-for-All
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/10/establishment-democrats-progressive-medicare-1052215
Unions will lose great existing coverage under NY #SinglePayer proposal
https://nypost.com/2018/12/02/look-who-is-getting-protected-from-single-payer-health-insurance/
Left-wing WaPo bashes Ocasio-You Know Who for claiming the Pentagon has $21 trillion lying around to fund #SinglePayer – 4 Pinocchios!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/04/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-trillion-mistake/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7c359c6010c3
Support for Medicare-for-All dwindles when people learn it would outlaw private insurance, require trillions in new taxes, reduce access to care, exacerbate doctor shortage, etc.
https://www.wmicentral.com/opinion/editorials/what-you-don-t-know-about-medicare-for-all-can/article_5dbb2968-2e30-5901-bd3a-e3f70a34d28d.html
Jargon and labels aside, most Americans do NOT want government-run healthcare
https://theglobepost.com/2018/12/04/medicare-for-all-support/
#SinglePayer – even more bureaucracy than we have now and we’re chasing our tail trying to fix the problems caused by previous government interventions with another government intervention
https://www.caledonianrecord.com/opinion/columns/the-truth-about-medicare-for-all/article_93253353-ae5f-53bc-a526-bf2cf7271af7.html
Canada has more private care than BernieCare would allow
http://www.campaignforliberty.org/worse-canada
Government spending on healthcare in the U.S. is already higher than in Canada and the UK
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/u-s-public-spending-on-healthcare-is-already-higher-than-most-socialist-countries
Thousands dying in Britain because stupid #SinglePayer system doesn’t have enough scanners.
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1050832/Cancer-survival-rate-scanners-Thousands-lives-needlessly
Life under UK NHS #SinglePayer – 12 hour waits in the ER, 53,000 doctor and nurse vacancies, 30,000 dead waiting for treatment, hospital killing fields. You know, the usual.
http://www.campaignforliberty.org/health-care-horror
Government hospitals in India wracked by scandal – patients being forced to pay bribes. #SinglePayer
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/tn-anti-corruption-agency-raids-government-hospitals-across-state-seize-cash-92976
Shocking video: cat starts eating semi-nude body of dead woman left on floor in government hospital in India. #SinglePayer
https://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/civic-issues/article/shocking-video-cat-eats-womans-corpse-at-government-hospital-coimbatore-staff-nowhere-to-be-found/317869
New billion-dollar Denver VA hospital: not nearly enough parking. #StupidGovernment #SinglePayer
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/contact7/veterans-say-parking-is-a-major-issue-at-new-va-hospital
U.S. Indian Health Service #SinglePayer profile – needless errors, needless deaths. “dangerously deficient”, “third world” (long)
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2018/12/05/south-dakota-health-care-ihs-hospital-native-american-trust-violated/1728819002/
Directionally and philosophically wrong – a #SinglePayer takeover of healthcare would kill American liberty and free choice
https://www.lanereport.com/108533/2018/12/perspective-health-care-is-not-free/
Incoming House Dem committee chair – the votes just aren’t there for #SinglePayer
https://www.app.com/story/news/health/2018/12/04/medicare-all-rep-frank-pallone-says-votes-arent-there/2152560002/
Pro-Obamacare hospital and insurance lobbies now arrayed against Medicare-for-All
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/10/establishment-democrats-progressive-medicare-1052215
Unions will lose great existing coverage under NY #SinglePayer proposal
https://nypost.com/2018/12/02/look-who-is-getting-protected-from-single-payer-health-insurance/
Left-wing WaPo bashes Ocasio-You Know Who for claiming the Pentagon has $21 trillion lying around to fund #SinglePayer – 4 Pinocchios!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/04/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-trillion-mistake/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7c359c6010c3
Support for Medicare-for-All dwindles when people learn it would outlaw private insurance, require trillions in new taxes, reduce access to care, exacerbate doctor shortage, etc.
https://www.wmicentral.com/opinion/editorials/what-you-don-t-know-about-medicare-for-all-can/article_5dbb2968-2e30-5901-bd3a-e3f70a34d28d.html
Jargon and labels aside, most Americans do NOT want government-run healthcare
https://theglobepost.com/2018/12/04/medicare-for-all-support/
#SinglePayer – even more bureaucracy than we have now and we’re chasing our tail trying to fix the problems caused by previous government interventions with another government intervention
https://www.caledonianrecord.com/opinion/columns/the-truth-about-medicare-for-all/article_93253353-ae5f-53bc-a526-bf2cf7271af7.html
Canada has more private care than BernieCare would allow
http://www.campaignforliberty.org/worse-canada
Government spending on healthcare in the U.S. is already higher than in Canada and the UK
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/u-s-public-spending-on-healthcare-is-already-higher-than-most-socialist-countries
Thousands dying in Britain because stupid #SinglePayer system doesn’t have enough scanners.
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1050832/Cancer-survival-rate-scanners-Thousands-lives-needlessly
Life under UK NHS #SinglePayer – 12 hour waits in the ER, 53,000 doctor and nurse vacancies, 30,000 dead waiting for treatment, hospital killing fields. You know, the usual.
http://www.campaignforliberty.org/health-care-horror
Government hospitals in India wracked by scandal – patients being forced to pay bribes. #SinglePayer
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/tn-anti-corruption-agency-raids-government-hospitals-across-state-seize-cash-92976
Shocking video: cat starts eating semi-nude body of dead woman left on floor in government hospital in India. #SinglePayer
https://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/civic-issues/article/shocking-video-cat-eats-womans-corpse-at-government-hospital-coimbatore-staff-nowhere-to-be-found/317869
New billion-dollar Denver VA hospital: not nearly enough parking. #StupidGovernment #SinglePayer
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/contact7/veterans-say-parking-is-a-major-issue-at-new-va-hospital
U.S. Indian Health Service #SinglePayer profile – needless errors, needless deaths. “dangerously deficient”, “third world” (long)
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2018/12/05/south-dakota-health-care-ihs-hospital-native-american-trust-violated/1728819002/
December 3, 2018
New York public sector unions push back on state #SinglePayer proposal – would cut unions’ insurance options and collective bargaining power. (Take THAT, radical nurses unions!)
https://freebeacon.com/politics/unions-fight-new-york-single-payer-health-care-plan/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=90c6b95ec0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_19_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-90c6b95ec0-45628225
Opposition to raising taxes, getting ‘how we’re going to pay for it’ right will override wishful thinking and delay NY #SinglePayer bill for months
https://wskg.org/news/some-democratic-supporters-of-single-payer-health-care-promise-they-wont-act-in-haste/
Support builds among House Dems to salami-slice toward #SinglePayer with Medicare buy-in
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/418812-dem-single-payer-fight-set-to-shift-to-battle-over-medicare-buy-in
The high expense of ‘free’ Medicare-for-All – unprecedented payroll taxes, bureaucrats in control, treatment delays and denials
https://www.heritage.org/health-care-reform/report/what-single-payer-health-care?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWVRVd05qVXdOVEJqT1RBMCIsInQiOiJqZWVTRkZ3WERpclRhdWZGWVAybGJKcWNiN0xKNVM2ZTFkcjBaMjRDd004NUx6Ukp4d2NJTGp2Kzc0OGRYRmE4M2UyckJ0TDRERU9kSVRcL21Rd1doclwvNU81RWUrYnpyNXJ4S0VRS05Iam1pZk9SUlluQzEyMFpPdFNkcVlVb2wxIn0%3D
Replacing employer plans with #SinglePayer would have many unforeseeable consequences, make workers pay more for other people’s healthcare
https://galen.org/assets/Replacing-Empl-Spons-Insur-112618.pdf?utm_source=Galen+Email+Alerts+%26+AHC&utm_campaign=1a97a831f2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_18_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_93ad194d45-1a97a831f2-171567693&mc_cid=1a97a831f2&mc_eid=4fec4aa80b
‘Medicare-for-All’ polls best, #SinglePayer worst in recent survey
https://morningconsult.com/2018/11/29/majority-of-voters-back-national-health-plan-unless-its-called-single-payer/
Poll results: only 1 in 20 thinks public healthcare for all should be Congress’ top healthcare priority next term
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-on-healthcare-potential-trouble-sign-for-obamacare-enrollment-also-just-5-percent-say-coverage-for-all-should-be-top-healthcare-priority-for-new-congress
Publicly-run healthcare has a bad track record in Massachusetts – swollen costs have crowded out other state spending, low reimbursement rates cause access problems. The public will not put up with the trade-offs in #SinglePayer very long
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/globelocal/2018/11/30/should-massachusetts-move-single-payer-health-care-system/KP5EtVxKECPWPD3Xvf1byN/story.html
LTE: #SinglePayer without deductibles or co-pays – “Say what? Even those of us on Medicare have to pay deductibles and co-pays. Are progressive Democrats nuts?”
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-medicare-for-all-healthcare-single-payer-20181201-story.html
‘Medicare-for-All would save money and increase access’ lie repeated to Bernie’s faithful at Vermont meeting. Sure, and I’m the tooth fairy. That’s what they said about Obamacare. They lied through their teeth.
https://www.wcax.com/content/news/Sanders-gathering-hears-Medicare-for-all-funding-plan-501651911.html
#SinglePayer would, among other things, hit the middle class once lower-income people stopped buying health insurance
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/20181128/commentary-medicare-for-all-would-create-misery-for-all
UK NHS #SinglePayer cuts hip and knee surgeries by 7,000, leaving many Brits in P-A-I-N
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/30/pensioners-left-pain-amid-nhs-cuts-hip-knee-operations/
NHS can’t function without 78,000 volunteers. Will you volunteer to bail out #SinglePayer when it hits the wall as it surely will?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6448083/Daily-Mail-launches-Christmas-campaign-calling-army-volunteers-transform-NHS.html
UK #SinglePayer regulator calls NHS unit ‘unsafe’ and inadequate after inquiry into dozens of baby deaths and injuries. This is what happens when you let government-run healthcare into your life
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/29/nhs-trust-at-centre-of-baby-deaths-inquiry-deemed-unsafe
New York public sector unions push back on state #SinglePayer proposal – would cut unions’ insurance options and collective bargaining power. (Take THAT, radical nurses unions!)
https://freebeacon.com/politics/unions-fight-new-york-single-payer-health-care-plan/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=90c6b95ec0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_19_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-90c6b95ec0-45628225
Opposition to raising taxes, getting ‘how we’re going to pay for it’ right will override wishful thinking and delay NY #SinglePayer bill for months
https://wskg.org/news/some-democratic-supporters-of-single-payer-health-care-promise-they-wont-act-in-haste/
Support builds among House Dems to salami-slice toward #SinglePayer with Medicare buy-in
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/418812-dem-single-payer-fight-set-to-shift-to-battle-over-medicare-buy-in
The high expense of ‘free’ Medicare-for-All – unprecedented payroll taxes, bureaucrats in control, treatment delays and denials
https://www.heritage.org/health-care-reform/report/what-single-payer-health-care?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWVRVd05qVXdOVEJqT1RBMCIsInQiOiJqZWVTRkZ3WERpclRhdWZGWVAybGJKcWNiN0xKNVM2ZTFkcjBaMjRDd004NUx6Ukp4d2NJTGp2Kzc0OGRYRmE4M2UyckJ0TDRERU9kSVRcL21Rd1doclwvNU81RWUrYnpyNXJ4S0VRS05Iam1pZk9SUlluQzEyMFpPdFNkcVlVb2wxIn0%3D
Replacing employer plans with #SinglePayer would have many unforeseeable consequences, make workers pay more for other people’s healthcare
https://galen.org/assets/Replacing-Empl-Spons-Insur-112618.pdf?utm_source=Galen+Email+Alerts+%26+AHC&utm_campaign=1a97a831f2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_18_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_93ad194d45-1a97a831f2-171567693&mc_cid=1a97a831f2&mc_eid=4fec4aa80b
‘Medicare-for-All’ polls best, #SinglePayer worst in recent survey
https://morningconsult.com/2018/11/29/majority-of-voters-back-national-health-plan-unless-its-called-single-payer/
Poll results: only 1 in 20 thinks public healthcare for all should be Congress’ top healthcare priority next term
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-on-healthcare-potential-trouble-sign-for-obamacare-enrollment-also-just-5-percent-say-coverage-for-all-should-be-top-healthcare-priority-for-new-congress
Publicly-run healthcare has a bad track record in Massachusetts – swollen costs have crowded out other state spending, low reimbursement rates cause access problems. The public will not put up with the trade-offs in #SinglePayer very long
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/globelocal/2018/11/30/should-massachusetts-move-single-payer-health-care-system/KP5EtVxKECPWPD3Xvf1byN/story.html
LTE: #SinglePayer without deductibles or co-pays – “Say what? Even those of us on Medicare have to pay deductibles and co-pays. Are progressive Democrats nuts?”
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-medicare-for-all-healthcare-single-payer-20181201-story.html
‘Medicare-for-All would save money and increase access’ lie repeated to Bernie’s faithful at Vermont meeting. Sure, and I’m the tooth fairy. That’s what they said about Obamacare. They lied through their teeth.
https://www.wcax.com/content/news/Sanders-gathering-hears-Medicare-for-all-funding-plan-501651911.html
#SinglePayer would, among other things, hit the middle class once lower-income people stopped buying health insurance
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/20181128/commentary-medicare-for-all-would-create-misery-for-all
UK NHS #SinglePayer cuts hip and knee surgeries by 7,000, leaving many Brits in P-A-I-N
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/30/pensioners-left-pain-amid-nhs-cuts-hip-knee-operations/
NHS can’t function without 78,000 volunteers. Will you volunteer to bail out #SinglePayer when it hits the wall as it surely will?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6448083/Daily-Mail-launches-Christmas-campaign-calling-army-volunteers-transform-NHS.html
UK #SinglePayer regulator calls NHS unit ‘unsafe’ and inadequate after inquiry into dozens of baby deaths and injuries. This is what happens when you let government-run healthcare into your life
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/29/nhs-trust-at-centre-of-baby-deaths-inquiry-deemed-unsafe
November 26, 2018
Elections revealed Medicare-for-All as a political poison pill; candidates supporting it lost in Texas, Maryland, Arizona, and elsewhere
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sallypipes/2018/11/26/medicare-for-all-lost-big-time-in-the-midterms/#2c1165b541f5
Most House Dems say Medicare-for-All hasn’t been fully fleshed out and isn’t ready for floor consideration
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/democrats-medicare-for-all-tread-lightly
Far-left Dem criticizes Ocasio-Cortez – country not ready to implement #SinglePayer and it can’t be done without raising taxes
https://ijr.com/wexton-country-not-ready-single-payer/
Democratic Socialist wunderkind Ocasio-Cortez steps in it again; wrongfully blames insurance companies for telling policyholders to start GoFundMe campaigns for expenses they won’t cover
https://ijr.com/ocasio-cortez-insurance-groups-gaffe/
Krugman ‘fesses up - #SinglePayer can’t be done; all supporters can hope for is incremental steps
https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/paul-krugman-explains-why-single-payer-health-care-entirely-achievable-us-and-how
Medicare-for-All – “Both the House and Senate proposals restrict the ability of doctors and patients to contract for medical care outside of the system.” Hillary Clinton, call your office (her plan made it a felony to go outside the collective)
https://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-heritage-medicare-for-all-grim-20181121-story.html
Millions of federal workers and their families would lose their popular Federal Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) under #SinglePayer
https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article221985135.html
Golden Corral operator: “Medicare for all means no job-based coverage, higher taxes, and limited access to care. We deserve better.... I refuse to stand by and let my employees be forced into paying more money for subpar medical care.”
https://www.jdnews.com/opinion/20181126/opinion-billy-sewell-why-medicare-for-all-is-wrong-prescription
Support for #SinglePayer evaporates when poll question includes fact it would eliminate employer plans
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/11/22/icymi-dnc-ceo-actually-had-an-honest-answer-for-how-her-party-would-pay-for-medicare-for-all-n2536390
Local UK #SinglePayer NHS units refusing to pay for thyroid drug despite national directive; thousands facing weight gain, diabetes, depression and heart problems because of “backdoor rationing”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/26/thyroid-patients-abandoned-gain-wait-nhs-bosses-refuse-pay-crucial/
Most UK #SinglePayer NHS doctors are worried their hospitals won’t be able to deliver safe patient care when expected winter crisis hits
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nhs-patients-safety-hospital-staff-doctors-poll-a8651131.html
Inflation shreds UK #SinglePayer NHS budget; billions needed for bailout
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/25/nhs-shortfall-treasury-injection-inflation-government-funding-pledge
One in five UK #SinglePayer NHS units hasn’t met a single wait time target for an entire year (emergency care, cancer treatment, routine surgery)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nhs-trusts-waiting-time-targets-hospital-funding-performance-a8643781.html
GAO: VA fails to report 90% of dangerous doctors and dentists to a national database. #SinglePayer
https://www.teapartypatriots.org/news/va-is-putting-veterans-and-families-at-risk/?mid=19928&id=T15OuHulZKxtwhqSTA
Kansas City VA hospital hep-C patients not getting monitoring or drugs per protocol; two vets are dead that we know of
https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/health-care/article221910725.html
Elections revealed Medicare-for-All as a political poison pill; candidates supporting it lost in Texas, Maryland, Arizona, and elsewhere
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sallypipes/2018/11/26/medicare-for-all-lost-big-time-in-the-midterms/#2c1165b541f5
Most House Dems say Medicare-for-All hasn’t been fully fleshed out and isn’t ready for floor consideration
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/democrats-medicare-for-all-tread-lightly
Far-left Dem criticizes Ocasio-Cortez – country not ready to implement #SinglePayer and it can’t be done without raising taxes
https://ijr.com/wexton-country-not-ready-single-payer/
Democratic Socialist wunderkind Ocasio-Cortez steps in it again; wrongfully blames insurance companies for telling policyholders to start GoFundMe campaigns for expenses they won’t cover
https://ijr.com/ocasio-cortez-insurance-groups-gaffe/
Krugman ‘fesses up - #SinglePayer can’t be done; all supporters can hope for is incremental steps
https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/paul-krugman-explains-why-single-payer-health-care-entirely-achievable-us-and-how
Medicare-for-All – “Both the House and Senate proposals restrict the ability of doctors and patients to contract for medical care outside of the system.” Hillary Clinton, call your office (her plan made it a felony to go outside the collective)
https://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-heritage-medicare-for-all-grim-20181121-story.html
Millions of federal workers and their families would lose their popular Federal Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) under #SinglePayer
https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article221985135.html
Golden Corral operator: “Medicare for all means no job-based coverage, higher taxes, and limited access to care. We deserve better.... I refuse to stand by and let my employees be forced into paying more money for subpar medical care.”
https://www.jdnews.com/opinion/20181126/opinion-billy-sewell-why-medicare-for-all-is-wrong-prescription
Support for #SinglePayer evaporates when poll question includes fact it would eliminate employer plans
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/11/22/icymi-dnc-ceo-actually-had-an-honest-answer-for-how-her-party-would-pay-for-medicare-for-all-n2536390
Local UK #SinglePayer NHS units refusing to pay for thyroid drug despite national directive; thousands facing weight gain, diabetes, depression and heart problems because of “backdoor rationing”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/26/thyroid-patients-abandoned-gain-wait-nhs-bosses-refuse-pay-crucial/
Most UK #SinglePayer NHS doctors are worried their hospitals won’t be able to deliver safe patient care when expected winter crisis hits
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nhs-patients-safety-hospital-staff-doctors-poll-a8651131.html
Inflation shreds UK #SinglePayer NHS budget; billions needed for bailout
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/25/nhs-shortfall-treasury-injection-inflation-government-funding-pledge
One in five UK #SinglePayer NHS units hasn’t met a single wait time target for an entire year (emergency care, cancer treatment, routine surgery)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nhs-trusts-waiting-time-targets-hospital-funding-performance-a8643781.html
GAO: VA fails to report 90% of dangerous doctors and dentists to a national database. #SinglePayer
https://www.teapartypatriots.org/news/va-is-putting-veterans-and-families-at-risk/?mid=19928&id=T15OuHulZKxtwhqSTA
Kansas City VA hospital hep-C patients not getting monitoring or drugs per protocol; two vets are dead that we know of
https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/health-care/article221910725.html
November 19, 2018
Medicare-for-All leaders strategizing, mobilizing grassroots and politicians for victory. #TheLeftNeverQuits
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/14/path-winning-people-power-medicare-all-leaders-strategize-roadmap-victory
Medicare-for-All Caucus in the House pushing for vote on #SinglePayer
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/416824-left-wants-a-vote-on-single-payer-bill-in-new-congress
DNC honcho has no idea how to pay for #SinglePayer
https://freebeacon.com/politics/dnc-ceo-i-dont-know-how-to-pay-for-single-payer-health-care/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=3a46048d0d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_19_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-3a46048d0d-45628225
Hopes run high for #SinglePayer in New York with all of state government now in Democratic hands
http://www.gothamgazette.com/state/8066-with-full-democratic-control-sponsors-of-new-york-single-payer-health-care-hopeful-about-2019
Don’t expect push for #SinglePayer in California in the first 2 years of Newsom’s term
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/15/california-governor-single-payer-healthcare-955627
Article extolling virtues of Canadian #SinglePayer ignores true administrative costs in U.S. and inhumanity of Canadian wait times that kill people
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/417208-single-payer-health-care-is-better-than-obamacare
LTE on #SinglePayer – “People with wealth will do what they do in England. BUY their way around the ‘wait lists’ with private care.”
https://www.laconiadailysun.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/democrats-want-to-bring-long-heath-care-wait-lists-to/article_a882515e-e9e7-11e8-b85a-fbb066fda2f3.html
“Single-payer systems have proved inferior to the U.S. in outcomes for almost all serious diseases, including cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke and heart disease.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-false-promise-of-medicare-for-all-1542066511
True costs of #SinglePayer - “government-run systems save money by freeloading off American innovation. American drug companies, funded by American customers, fund most of the world's research and development of pharmaceuticals.”
https://reason.com/archives/2018/11/14/the-case-against-single-payer-health-car
“Germany and France, like the United States, have private and employer-funded health insurance” but BernieCare would gleefully put private insurance companies out of business in the U.S.
https://www.city-journal.org/stossel/single-payer-health-care-fallacy
UK #SinglePayer – “7 in 10 Baby Deaths or Cases of Brain Damage at Birth Caused by Bad NHS Care”
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/13/7-in-10-baby-deaths-cases-brain-damage-birth-caused-bad-nhs-care/
UK NHS #SinglePayer let brain surgeon keep operating even though it knew there were problems; police investigating dozens of cases, NHS pays out millions
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-46206784
VA begins to roll out new EHRs, discovers its computers are incompatible with the software. #SinglePayerFollies
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20181114/NEWS/181119979
#SinglePayer VA nurse assistant steals wedding ring from 88-year-old military vet as he lay dying.
https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/investigations/wedding-rings-cash-medical-devices-among-hundreds-of-items-stolen-at-cleveland-va-hospital
Loophole lets VA #SinglePayer skate for malpractice of independent contractors who have VA IDs and wear VA doctor coats
https://www.abc4.com/news/national/veteran-calls-for-va-hospital-rule-change/1592302332
Medicare-for-All leaders strategizing, mobilizing grassroots and politicians for victory. #TheLeftNeverQuits
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/14/path-winning-people-power-medicare-all-leaders-strategize-roadmap-victory
Medicare-for-All Caucus in the House pushing for vote on #SinglePayer
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/416824-left-wants-a-vote-on-single-payer-bill-in-new-congress
DNC honcho has no idea how to pay for #SinglePayer
https://freebeacon.com/politics/dnc-ceo-i-dont-know-how-to-pay-for-single-payer-health-care/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=3a46048d0d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_19_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-3a46048d0d-45628225
Hopes run high for #SinglePayer in New York with all of state government now in Democratic hands
http://www.gothamgazette.com/state/8066-with-full-democratic-control-sponsors-of-new-york-single-payer-health-care-hopeful-about-2019
Don’t expect push for #SinglePayer in California in the first 2 years of Newsom’s term
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/15/california-governor-single-payer-healthcare-955627
Article extolling virtues of Canadian #SinglePayer ignores true administrative costs in U.S. and inhumanity of Canadian wait times that kill people
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/417208-single-payer-health-care-is-better-than-obamacare
LTE on #SinglePayer – “People with wealth will do what they do in England. BUY their way around the ‘wait lists’ with private care.”
https://www.laconiadailysun.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/democrats-want-to-bring-long-heath-care-wait-lists-to/article_a882515e-e9e7-11e8-b85a-fbb066fda2f3.html
“Single-payer systems have proved inferior to the U.S. in outcomes for almost all serious diseases, including cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke and heart disease.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-false-promise-of-medicare-for-all-1542066511
True costs of #SinglePayer - “government-run systems save money by freeloading off American innovation. American drug companies, funded by American customers, fund most of the world's research and development of pharmaceuticals.”
https://reason.com/archives/2018/11/14/the-case-against-single-payer-health-car
“Germany and France, like the United States, have private and employer-funded health insurance” but BernieCare would gleefully put private insurance companies out of business in the U.S.
https://www.city-journal.org/stossel/single-payer-health-care-fallacy
UK #SinglePayer – “7 in 10 Baby Deaths or Cases of Brain Damage at Birth Caused by Bad NHS Care”
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/13/7-in-10-baby-deaths-cases-brain-damage-birth-caused-bad-nhs-care/
UK NHS #SinglePayer let brain surgeon keep operating even though it knew there were problems; police investigating dozens of cases, NHS pays out millions
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-46206784
VA begins to roll out new EHRs, discovers its computers are incompatible with the software. #SinglePayerFollies
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20181114/NEWS/181119979
#SinglePayer VA nurse assistant steals wedding ring from 88-year-old military vet as he lay dying.
https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/investigations/wedding-rings-cash-medical-devices-among-hundreds-of-items-stolen-at-cleveland-va-hospital
Loophole lets VA #SinglePayer skate for malpractice of independent contractors who have VA IDs and wear VA doctor coats
https://www.abc4.com/news/national/veteran-calls-for-va-hospital-rule-change/1592302332
November 12, 2018
Memo to Conservatism, Inc. – time to wake up, the elections greased the skids for the next battle: Medicare-for-All. The fight over #SinglePayer is almost upon us. You are MIA.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-07/health-politics-turn-to-medicare-for-all-as-obamacare-is-safe
Nonbinding #SinglePayer referendum passes overwhelmingly in 6 Massachusetts districts; advocates to push it in statehouse
https://www.gazettenet.com/Question-4-s-success-emboldens-single-payer-advocates-21392464
Gavin Newsom - #SinglePayer in California will be a multiyear process
https://californiahealthline.org/news/california-dreamin-with-newsoms-win-single-payer-unlikely-to-follow-anytime-soon/
States toying with #SinglePayer find the cost is astronomical ($400B in California) and taxes would be sky-high (39% sales tax in Florida)
https://www.heritage.org/health-care-reform/commentary/some-state-officials-want-adopt-bernie-style-health-care-heres-what?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTW1GbVpURXpaR1UzTkdRMiIsInQiOiJRbTBoWlE5ZTVRc01aaU5qUVwvV2NwcldaSnZLVXc4VUdsS1B5V2ZDK2NOa2Q3QXJ1eXJpQmdWaExVR3BTQlk2c1wvR2RCYlkxOGhvMFpHMUtQbldBMEpcL3E5XC9tYXl2N1pQV0NNcjd1WG9wb3MrRnZYRldtRHZhN0Zsa0xBc2gySmcifQ%3D%3D
Referendum on universal home care fails in Maine
https://www.apnews.com/d3aa976953b040eaae714d8029d2b4c1
Poll indicates confusion over what ‘Medicare-for-All’ means; a sizeable percentage thinks it means a public option (optional public plan)
https://www.axios.com/medicare-for-all-poll-midterm-elections-e7b93daf-b261-42f7-85ca-8d1bcb2eb1f0.html?utm_source=Galen+Email+Alerts+%26+AHC&utm_campaign=ce5687f71a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_09_14_12_40__COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_93ad194d45-ce5687f71a-171567693&mc_cid=ce5687f71a&mc_eid=4fec4aa80b
Coalition forms in California (doctors, hospitals, insurers, businesses) to fight #SinglePayer -the bad news: the group will push other left-wing measures
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article217408905.html
One-size-fits-all government healthcare is the wrong answer; people should have more choices
https://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2018/11/09/heritage-govt-run-healthcare-isnt-a-solution
True costs of Canadian #SinglePayer - long wait times, declining number of doctors, fewer hospital beds, lack of availability of various diagnostic tools such as PET scans
https://mises.org/library/canadian-medicare-model-united-states?utm_source=Mises+Institute+Subscriptions&utm_campaign=4daa22bb98-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_9_21_2018_9_59_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8b52b2e1c0-4daa22bb98-228099157
#SinglePayer doesn’t just mean waiting for a doctor; it also means waiting for tests. Both are hazardous to your health.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46103014
UK NHS #SinglePayer on track to set new record for worst cancer treatment wait-time statistics ever
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/08/nhs-cancer-treatment-wait-statistics-2018-standards
The evil insurance companies deny spine surgery treatment for little girl. Oh wait, it was Scotland NHS #SinglePayer
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-dancers-parents-fury-nhs-13564819
The government program that ate Scotland – NHS #SinglePayer to be half of government spending, but not to worry, there are still plenty of options for raising taxes
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-46128066
Troubled Atlanta VA hospital replaces Medical Director, lies about it; just can’t shoot straight with vets, critic says
https://www.ajc.com/news/handling-director-retirement-points-troubled-atlanta-culture/25q8oe4EKqAhaP3t2ZB91J/
West Palm Beach VA #SinglePayer hospital a horror show - dirty rooms, food on the floor, used tissues under the bed, dried whatever all over; ‘I’ll never forget how filthy my room was,’ one vet says
https://cbs12.com/news/cbs12-news-investigates/filth-and-cross-contamination-concerns-at-west-palm-beach-va-medical-center
Look for the union label – VA #SinglePayer unions to bring more litigation to fight Trump administration moves to limit doing union work while on the job. Wake up! #SinglePayer is NOT about healthcare.
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20181109/NEWS/181109899
Memo to Conservatism, Inc. – time to wake up, the elections greased the skids for the next battle: Medicare-for-All. The fight over #SinglePayer is almost upon us. You are MIA.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-07/health-politics-turn-to-medicare-for-all-as-obamacare-is-safe
Nonbinding #SinglePayer referendum passes overwhelmingly in 6 Massachusetts districts; advocates to push it in statehouse
https://www.gazettenet.com/Question-4-s-success-emboldens-single-payer-advocates-21392464
Gavin Newsom - #SinglePayer in California will be a multiyear process
https://californiahealthline.org/news/california-dreamin-with-newsoms-win-single-payer-unlikely-to-follow-anytime-soon/
States toying with #SinglePayer find the cost is astronomical ($400B in California) and taxes would be sky-high (39% sales tax in Florida)
https://www.heritage.org/health-care-reform/commentary/some-state-officials-want-adopt-bernie-style-health-care-heres-what?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTW1GbVpURXpaR1UzTkdRMiIsInQiOiJRbTBoWlE5ZTVRc01aaU5qUVwvV2NwcldaSnZLVXc4VUdsS1B5V2ZDK2NOa2Q3QXJ1eXJpQmdWaExVR3BTQlk2c1wvR2RCYlkxOGhvMFpHMUtQbldBMEpcL3E5XC9tYXl2N1pQV0NNcjd1WG9wb3MrRnZYRldtRHZhN0Zsa0xBc2gySmcifQ%3D%3D
Referendum on universal home care fails in Maine
https://www.apnews.com/d3aa976953b040eaae714d8029d2b4c1
Poll indicates confusion over what ‘Medicare-for-All’ means; a sizeable percentage thinks it means a public option (optional public plan)
https://www.axios.com/medicare-for-all-poll-midterm-elections-e7b93daf-b261-42f7-85ca-8d1bcb2eb1f0.html?utm_source=Galen+Email+Alerts+%26+AHC&utm_campaign=ce5687f71a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_09_14_12_40__COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_93ad194d45-ce5687f71a-171567693&mc_cid=ce5687f71a&mc_eid=4fec4aa80b
Coalition forms in California (doctors, hospitals, insurers, businesses) to fight #SinglePayer -the bad news: the group will push other left-wing measures
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article217408905.html
One-size-fits-all government healthcare is the wrong answer; people should have more choices
https://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2018/11/09/heritage-govt-run-healthcare-isnt-a-solution
True costs of Canadian #SinglePayer - long wait times, declining number of doctors, fewer hospital beds, lack of availability of various diagnostic tools such as PET scans
https://mises.org/library/canadian-medicare-model-united-states?utm_source=Mises+Institute+Subscriptions&utm_campaign=4daa22bb98-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_9_21_2018_9_59_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8b52b2e1c0-4daa22bb98-228099157
#SinglePayer doesn’t just mean waiting for a doctor; it also means waiting for tests. Both are hazardous to your health.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46103014
UK NHS #SinglePayer on track to set new record for worst cancer treatment wait-time statistics ever
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/08/nhs-cancer-treatment-wait-statistics-2018-standards
The evil insurance companies deny spine surgery treatment for little girl. Oh wait, it was Scotland NHS #SinglePayer
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-dancers-parents-fury-nhs-13564819
The government program that ate Scotland – NHS #SinglePayer to be half of government spending, but not to worry, there are still plenty of options for raising taxes
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-46128066
Troubled Atlanta VA hospital replaces Medical Director, lies about it; just can’t shoot straight with vets, critic says
https://www.ajc.com/news/handling-director-retirement-points-troubled-atlanta-culture/25q8oe4EKqAhaP3t2ZB91J/
West Palm Beach VA #SinglePayer hospital a horror show - dirty rooms, food on the floor, used tissues under the bed, dried whatever all over; ‘I’ll never forget how filthy my room was,’ one vet says
https://cbs12.com/news/cbs12-news-investigates/filth-and-cross-contamination-concerns-at-west-palm-beach-va-medical-center
Look for the union label – VA #SinglePayer unions to bring more litigation to fight Trump administration moves to limit doing union work while on the job. Wake up! #SinglePayer is NOT about healthcare.
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20181109/NEWS/181109899
November 5, 2018
New Medicare for All PAC endorses Andrew Gillum, 7 other candidates supporting #SinglePayer
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/02/here-are-very-first-endorsements-medicare-all-pac
#SinglePayer would put politics and an unelected board – not you - in charge of access, quality, and what treatments are allowed, prohibited, or required
https://aapsonline.org/medicare-for-all-would-crash-the-system/
Doctor’s group spells out #SinglePayer realities – big bad insurance co.s likely to stay as managers; new taxes would hit everyone, not just the rich; covert euthanasia will be needed to balance the books; etc.
https://aapsonline.org/voters-beware-of-medicare-for-all-sabotage/
#SinglePayer is a government takeover of healthcare: no private insurance; providers will be slaves paid whatever the government says; special interests would steer politicians deciding what drugs are available
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/01/dr-kristin-held-one-paragraph-of-medicare-for-all-completes-government-takeover-of-medicine/
CMS chief: Medicare only appears to be cost-effective because it does little to detect fraud and abuse; Medicare incentivizes higher NOT lower drug prices; ‘more care for less money’ is the Obamacare pipe dream
https://www.theepochtimes.com/cms-chief-says-medicare-for-all-too-good-to-be-true_2707770.html
Here’s what #SinglePayer really means – higher taxes, reduced services, chronic doctor shortages, cancelled surgeries, long waits. And, no, it’s not ‘free’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YESSaytV534&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell%22&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWlRkaVlqWTRPREJtT1dVNSIsInQiOiJXTm9MRFlWQ2RJeTFcL1JtU09TMW9namxSTWVPcTRxcm5aYTZXelY0MkRKMjYyK3prQUI3enFLaE9yd0dPdEtWckMrK2lEQUhTZjBDUzdMQTVHYUtSTjMxcEpncUF1ZWwzQmQwckhpbVBJcWNIR1VaQTBBQUIyWDh3UmVubFhDNXIifQ%3D%3D
#SinglePayer price controls and bureaucracy will kill healthcare innovation and technology
https://www.nwitimes.com/opinion/columnists/guest-commentary/guest-commentary-single-payer-health-care-not-the-way/article_419d89d2-efba-5543-b8ea-173ff9db80cd.html
“Single Payer Only Increases Waste”
https://tulsabeacon.com/single-payer-only-increases-waste/
NHS UK #SinglePayer proposal for group doctor visits is “bizarre and insulting”; discussing your hemorrhoids in front of 15 other people – wow. But they’ll sign a confidentiality agreement. Feel better now?
https://townhall.com/columnists/justinhaskins/2018/10/30/liberals-cry-louder-for-singlepayer-while-englands-singlepayer-nightmare-worsens-n2533019
NHS #SinglePayer cancels man’s hernia surgery 6 times (video at the end)
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/97000-people-have-this-operation-each-year-heres-what-happens-when-it-goes-wrong_uk_5acc9258e4b0337ad1eb928a?guccounter=1&guce_referrer_us=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_cs=bMX1fRiGILODX46nT519FA
UK NHS #SinglePayer bosses go to jail for roles in awarding contracts to company one owned
http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Robot-News/nhs-bosses-jailed-for-14-years-for-defrauding-health-board-of-700000-using-u2-pseudonyms-
Moody’s: NHS #SinglePayer driving UK into debt; cost-cutting and higher taxes will be necessary
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nhs-is-driving-britain-into-debt-says-moody-s-m0rf7w7ck
Connecticut VA hospital gets agency’s highest quality rating despite cancelled surgeries and unsterile surgical tools. #SinglePayer
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/us/veterans-hospitals-rating-system-star.html
New Medicare for All PAC endorses Andrew Gillum, 7 other candidates supporting #SinglePayer
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/02/here-are-very-first-endorsements-medicare-all-pac
#SinglePayer would put politics and an unelected board – not you - in charge of access, quality, and what treatments are allowed, prohibited, or required
https://aapsonline.org/medicare-for-all-would-crash-the-system/
Doctor’s group spells out #SinglePayer realities – big bad insurance co.s likely to stay as managers; new taxes would hit everyone, not just the rich; covert euthanasia will be needed to balance the books; etc.
https://aapsonline.org/voters-beware-of-medicare-for-all-sabotage/
#SinglePayer is a government takeover of healthcare: no private insurance; providers will be slaves paid whatever the government says; special interests would steer politicians deciding what drugs are available
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/01/dr-kristin-held-one-paragraph-of-medicare-for-all-completes-government-takeover-of-medicine/
CMS chief: Medicare only appears to be cost-effective because it does little to detect fraud and abuse; Medicare incentivizes higher NOT lower drug prices; ‘more care for less money’ is the Obamacare pipe dream
https://www.theepochtimes.com/cms-chief-says-medicare-for-all-too-good-to-be-true_2707770.html
Here’s what #SinglePayer really means – higher taxes, reduced services, chronic doctor shortages, cancelled surgeries, long waits. And, no, it’s not ‘free’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YESSaytV534&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell%22&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWlRkaVlqWTRPREJtT1dVNSIsInQiOiJXTm9MRFlWQ2RJeTFcL1JtU09TMW9namxSTWVPcTRxcm5aYTZXelY0MkRKMjYyK3prQUI3enFLaE9yd0dPdEtWckMrK2lEQUhTZjBDUzdMQTVHYUtSTjMxcEpncUF1ZWwzQmQwckhpbVBJcWNIR1VaQTBBQUIyWDh3UmVubFhDNXIifQ%3D%3D
#SinglePayer price controls and bureaucracy will kill healthcare innovation and technology
https://www.nwitimes.com/opinion/columnists/guest-commentary/guest-commentary-single-payer-health-care-not-the-way/article_419d89d2-efba-5543-b8ea-173ff9db80cd.html
“Single Payer Only Increases Waste”
https://tulsabeacon.com/single-payer-only-increases-waste/
NHS UK #SinglePayer proposal for group doctor visits is “bizarre and insulting”; discussing your hemorrhoids in front of 15 other people – wow. But they’ll sign a confidentiality agreement. Feel better now?
https://townhall.com/columnists/justinhaskins/2018/10/30/liberals-cry-louder-for-singlepayer-while-englands-singlepayer-nightmare-worsens-n2533019
NHS #SinglePayer cancels man’s hernia surgery 6 times (video at the end)
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/97000-people-have-this-operation-each-year-heres-what-happens-when-it-goes-wrong_uk_5acc9258e4b0337ad1eb928a?guccounter=1&guce_referrer_us=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_cs=bMX1fRiGILODX46nT519FA
UK NHS #SinglePayer bosses go to jail for roles in awarding contracts to company one owned
http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Robot-News/nhs-bosses-jailed-for-14-years-for-defrauding-health-board-of-700000-using-u2-pseudonyms-
Moody’s: NHS #SinglePayer driving UK into debt; cost-cutting and higher taxes will be necessary
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nhs-is-driving-britain-into-debt-says-moody-s-m0rf7w7ck
Connecticut VA hospital gets agency’s highest quality rating despite cancelled surgeries and unsterile surgical tools. #SinglePayer
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/us/veterans-hospitals-rating-system-star.html