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November 30, 2020
Biden Progressive Agenda D.O.A.
Biden Progressive Agenda D.O.A. - not all Dems will go for single payer or his other proposals
YOU’LL BE SORRY - BidenCare has about as much chance of living up to its promises as Obamacare
States expect a Biden administration to boost ACA exchanges, Medicaid enrollment, and efforts to crack down on non-ACA compliant insurance. More detail here and here
People with long-term conditions know what the governmentization of healthcare means for them - RATIONING
Joys of Single Payer - overcrowded, understaffed hospitals in Laos must wait on the government for funding and help
Biden Progressive Agenda D.O.A.
Biden Progressive Agenda D.O.A. - not all Dems will go for single payer or his other proposals
YOU’LL BE SORRY - BidenCare has about as much chance of living up to its promises as Obamacare
States expect a Biden administration to boost ACA exchanges, Medicaid enrollment, and efforts to crack down on non-ACA compliant insurance. More detail here and here
People with long-term conditions know what the governmentization of healthcare means for them - RATIONING
Joys of Single Payer - overcrowded, understaffed hospitals in Laos must wait on the government for funding and help
November 23, 2020
Public Option Not Working So Great in Washington State
Wake up, Joe Biden: public option in Washington state has higher premiums in many cases, not lower as predicted
Centrist Democrats wrong to blame Medicare for All for election losses this year - “Medicare for All backers won in safe Democratic districts and Trump country alike this year”
Springfield, MA city council supports Medicare for All
Union official agitating for single payer in Pennsylvania
National Nurses United organizing new Medicare for All push (google “national nurses united” + DSA to see their socialist ties)
Italy’s national health service not coping well with the pandemic or its mobster infestation
Public Option Not Working So Great in Washington State
Wake up, Joe Biden: public option in Washington state has higher premiums in many cases, not lower as predicted
Centrist Democrats wrong to blame Medicare for All for election losses this year - “Medicare for All backers won in safe Democratic districts and Trump country alike this year”
- AOC: “Every single swing-seat House Democrat who endorsed #MedicareForAll won re-election or is on track to win re-election. Every. Single. One.” Politifact rates this ‘Mostly True’
Springfield, MA city council supports Medicare for All
Union official agitating for single payer in Pennsylvania
National Nurses United organizing new Medicare for All push (google “national nurses united” + DSA to see their socialist ties)
Italy’s national health service not coping well with the pandemic or its mobster infestation
November 16, 2020
House Progressives to Chart a Path Forward for Single Payer
House Progressives Team Up with Advocacy Group to Chart a Path Forward for Single Payer
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/526077-progressive-house-dems-to-host-healthcare-strategy-session
These people are serious: ‘We have to push the evil Democrats out of the way to get #SinglePayer, then we have to push on to universal housing, education, internet access, jobs with a living wage and more’
https://www.nationofchange.org/2020/11/16/the-imperative-to-achieve-national-improved-medicare-for-all/
“Hospitals charge up to $1,808 for every $100 of their costs” - such exorbitant costs deter people from seeking COVID treatment, but Medicare for All can fix all that. #UnicornsAndRainbows #TheLeftNeverQuits
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/11/16/study-detailing-scandalous-hospital-price-gouging-during-pandemic-proves-medicare
Sebelius: public option would be a low-cost alternative; sees how a President Biden could get it done without a Senate majority
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/11/933754505/can-biden-expand-obamacare-without-a-majority-in-the-senate
From the Archives - Every country that has tried government medicine has failed. In his book Compulsory Medical Care and the Welfare State, the late Dr. Melchior Palyi puts it well: ‘All modern dictators—communist, fascist, or disguised—have at least one thing in common… coercing people into governmentalized medicine.’
https://aapsonline.org/aaps-news-november-2020-the-great-reset/
Canadian provincial court rules patients have no constitutional right to pay privately for healthcare when wait times exceed benchmarks in the public system. Case likely headed to Supreme Court of Canada where 2005 pronouncement of a right to spend your own money on your own healthcare is vulnerable, given changes in the make-up of the Court
https://aapsonline.org/aaps-news-november-2020-the-great-reset/
House Progressives to Chart a Path Forward for Single Payer
House Progressives Team Up with Advocacy Group to Chart a Path Forward for Single Payer
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/526077-progressive-house-dems-to-host-healthcare-strategy-session
These people are serious: ‘We have to push the evil Democrats out of the way to get #SinglePayer, then we have to push on to universal housing, education, internet access, jobs with a living wage and more’
https://www.nationofchange.org/2020/11/16/the-imperative-to-achieve-national-improved-medicare-for-all/
“Hospitals charge up to $1,808 for every $100 of their costs” - such exorbitant costs deter people from seeking COVID treatment, but Medicare for All can fix all that. #UnicornsAndRainbows #TheLeftNeverQuits
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/11/16/study-detailing-scandalous-hospital-price-gouging-during-pandemic-proves-medicare
Sebelius: public option would be a low-cost alternative; sees how a President Biden could get it done without a Senate majority
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/11/933754505/can-biden-expand-obamacare-without-a-majority-in-the-senate
From the Archives - Every country that has tried government medicine has failed. In his book Compulsory Medical Care and the Welfare State, the late Dr. Melchior Palyi puts it well: ‘All modern dictators—communist, fascist, or disguised—have at least one thing in common… coercing people into governmentalized medicine.’
https://aapsonline.org/aaps-news-november-2020-the-great-reset/
Canadian provincial court rules patients have no constitutional right to pay privately for healthcare when wait times exceed benchmarks in the public system. Case likely headed to Supreme Court of Canada where 2005 pronouncement of a right to spend your own money on your own healthcare is vulnerable, given changes in the make-up of the Court
https://aapsonline.org/aaps-news-november-2020-the-great-reset/
November 9, 2020
House Medicare-for-All Forces Intact After Election
“'Every. Single. One.': Ocasio-Cortez Notes Every Democrat Who Backed Medicare for All Won Reelection in 2020”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/11/07/every-single-one-ocasio-cortez-notes-every-democrat-who-backed-medicare-all-won
Dems not changing course on healthcare despite stinging election losses
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/democrats-sticking-with-health-care-push-after-stinging-losses
Medicare for All and even a public option will be tough to pass given Republican and health industry opposition
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/07/joe-biden-policies-health-care-433626
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https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/even-if-biden-wins-divided-congress-stifles-chance-for-more-progressive-he/588291/
Biden’s more generous (read: expensive) Obamacare subsidies put a band-aid on a bad law that made insurance much more expensive (Sally Pipes)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/nov/3/bidens-750-billion-health-plan-fixes-nothing/
ICYMI: “CDC Report: Officials Knew Coronavirus Test Was Flawed But Released It Anyway”. Government is incompetent at best, malevolent at worst. Who you gonna call when #SinglePayer goes bad? #TheMachineStops
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/06/929078678/cdc-report-officials-knew-coronavirus-test-was-flawed-but-released-it-anyway
“Health Care Is Not a Right - The single-payer con” (Sally Pipes)
https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/health-care-is-not-a-right/
Poll: 72 percent of voters want government-run healthcare. Ruh-roh.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/11/06/centrist-house-democrats-attack-medicare-all-fox-news-poll-shows-72-voters-want
House Medicare-for-All Forces Intact After Election
“'Every. Single. One.': Ocasio-Cortez Notes Every Democrat Who Backed Medicare for All Won Reelection in 2020”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/11/07/every-single-one-ocasio-cortez-notes-every-democrat-who-backed-medicare-all-won
Dems not changing course on healthcare despite stinging election losses
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/democrats-sticking-with-health-care-push-after-stinging-losses
Medicare for All and even a public option will be tough to pass given Republican and health industry opposition
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/07/joe-biden-policies-health-care-433626
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https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/even-if-biden-wins-divided-congress-stifles-chance-for-more-progressive-he/588291/
Biden’s more generous (read: expensive) Obamacare subsidies put a band-aid on a bad law that made insurance much more expensive (Sally Pipes)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/nov/3/bidens-750-billion-health-plan-fixes-nothing/
ICYMI: “CDC Report: Officials Knew Coronavirus Test Was Flawed But Released It Anyway”. Government is incompetent at best, malevolent at worst. Who you gonna call when #SinglePayer goes bad? #TheMachineStops
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/06/929078678/cdc-report-officials-knew-coronavirus-test-was-flawed-but-released-it-anyway
“Health Care Is Not a Right - The single-payer con” (Sally Pipes)
https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/health-care-is-not-a-right/
Poll: 72 percent of voters want government-run healthcare. Ruh-roh.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/11/06/centrist-house-democrats-attack-medicare-all-fox-news-poll-shows-72-voters-want
November 2, 2020
Democrat Party, Post-Biden, Solidly Favors Single Payer
Joe Biden may just be a ‘transitional ‘ figure, but those coming after him in the Democrat Party are solidly lined up for #SinglePayer (Sally Pipes)
https://townhall.com/columnists/sallycpipes/2020/10/28/is-biden-a-trojan-horse-for-singlepayer-n2578892
If Biden wins, California will go pedal-to-the-metal on #SinglePayer and free healthcare for illegal aliens
https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/2020/11/02/californias-progressive-and-expensive-health-care-ambitions-rely-on-biden-win/6123177002/
No, you can’t keep your plan under Biden’s public option; providers would be reimbursed less and charge privately insured patients more, sending private insurance into a death spiral (Sally Pipes)
https://www.acton.org/public-option-will-destroy-choice
More #DeathByWaiting in Canada - woman dies waiting for a heart valve replacement; surgeon apologizes for #SinglePayer system skimping on hospital beds to save money
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/health-care-for-all-not-medicare-for-all-301162494.html
Her dad got liver cancer in Canada and waited for a scan. Then he waited months to see a specialist. Then he waited for pre-op tests and a surgery date. In the process, the family learns waiting like this is very common in Canada.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUUCdP7YePQ
Democrat Party, Post-Biden, Solidly Favors Single Payer
Joe Biden may just be a ‘transitional ‘ figure, but those coming after him in the Democrat Party are solidly lined up for #SinglePayer (Sally Pipes)
https://townhall.com/columnists/sallycpipes/2020/10/28/is-biden-a-trojan-horse-for-singlepayer-n2578892
If Biden wins, California will go pedal-to-the-metal on #SinglePayer and free healthcare for illegal aliens
https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/2020/11/02/californias-progressive-and-expensive-health-care-ambitions-rely-on-biden-win/6123177002/
No, you can’t keep your plan under Biden’s public option; providers would be reimbursed less and charge privately insured patients more, sending private insurance into a death spiral (Sally Pipes)
https://www.acton.org/public-option-will-destroy-choice
More #DeathByWaiting in Canada - woman dies waiting for a heart valve replacement; surgeon apologizes for #SinglePayer system skimping on hospital beds to save money
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/health-care-for-all-not-medicare-for-all-301162494.html
Her dad got liver cancer in Canada and waited for a scan. Then he waited months to see a specialist. Then he waited for pre-op tests and a surgery date. In the process, the family learns waiting like this is very common in Canada.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUUCdP7YePQ
- Think about it: if you have to stick to a global healthcare budget, there’s only so much care to go around. The system has no flexibility and no way to help people after it reaches capacity.