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December 10, 2018
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