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October 15, 2018
Trump: the fight against Medicare-for-All #SinglePayer is a fight we must win
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/10/10/donald-trump-democrats-open-borders-medicare-all-single-payer-column/1560533002/
Disingenuous Bernie Sanders tries to fire back against Trump #SinglePayer op-ed; promises Medicare-for-All will be “better” and expand benefits for seniors, but fails to mention how he proposes to pay the full $32.6 trillion cost
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/411020-sanders-writes-his-own-op-ed-to-hit-back-at-trump-piece-attacking-medicare
California Dem congressional candidate walks back support, says #SinglePayer Medicare-for-All is impractical
https://freebeacon.com/politics/cisneros-backs-away-from-support-for-single-payer-medicare-for-all-systems/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=a882a147f3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_10_12_12_45_COPY_107&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-a882a147f3-45628225
UK NHS #SinglePayer shows true colors, puts euthanasia song in TV ad; this is the problem with turning healthcare over to the government – it will do anything to save money
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6178593/NHS-criticised-TV-advertisement-features-song-euthanasia.html
Inhumane UK NHS #SinglePayer starves/dehydrates to death hundreds of patients each year, claiming it’s in the “best interest” of the patients. Sure. Tell it to the ones who desperately suck on sponges as they die of thirst. #CovertEuthanasia
https://tinyurl.com/ybe22dej
Over-capacity Toronto #SinglePayer ERs push patients needing surgery into hallways, 47 hours in one case
https://tinyurl.com/yabpyh29
Macron ups spending to prevent collapse of #SinglePayer hospital system in France; complaints rise as ERs get overcrowded and care in rural areas becomes spotty
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-health/macron-injects-cash-to-fix-frances-healthcare-system-idUSKCN1LY1L8
As UK NHS #SinglePayer crisis deepens, private care surges 53%. Latest NHS rationing move: making patients suffer uncontrolled intense pain for 6 months before getting hip surgery. #SinglePayerIsInhumane
https://tinyurl.com/y9l2wo3g
#SinglePayer VA provides deficient care, patient later kills himself. IG finds patient not held long enough, cites additional deficiencies in discharge planning, follow-up and outpatient pharmacy care
http://www.nbc15.com/content/news/Report-Madison-VA-hospital-care-deficient-before-suicide-490292301.html
Trump: the fight against Medicare-for-All #SinglePayer is a fight we must win
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/10/10/donald-trump-democrats-open-borders-medicare-all-single-payer-column/1560533002/
Disingenuous Bernie Sanders tries to fire back against Trump #SinglePayer op-ed; promises Medicare-for-All will be “better” and expand benefits for seniors, but fails to mention how he proposes to pay the full $32.6 trillion cost
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/411020-sanders-writes-his-own-op-ed-to-hit-back-at-trump-piece-attacking-medicare
California Dem congressional candidate walks back support, says #SinglePayer Medicare-for-All is impractical
https://freebeacon.com/politics/cisneros-backs-away-from-support-for-single-payer-medicare-for-all-systems/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=a882a147f3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_10_12_12_45_COPY_107&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-a882a147f3-45628225
UK NHS #SinglePayer shows true colors, puts euthanasia song in TV ad; this is the problem with turning healthcare over to the government – it will do anything to save money
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6178593/NHS-criticised-TV-advertisement-features-song-euthanasia.html
Inhumane UK NHS #SinglePayer starves/dehydrates to death hundreds of patients each year, claiming it’s in the “best interest” of the patients. Sure. Tell it to the ones who desperately suck on sponges as they die of thirst. #CovertEuthanasia
https://tinyurl.com/ybe22dej
Over-capacity Toronto #SinglePayer ERs push patients needing surgery into hallways, 47 hours in one case
https://tinyurl.com/yabpyh29
Macron ups spending to prevent collapse of #SinglePayer hospital system in France; complaints rise as ERs get overcrowded and care in rural areas becomes spotty
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-health/macron-injects-cash-to-fix-frances-healthcare-system-idUSKCN1LY1L8
As UK NHS #SinglePayer crisis deepens, private care surges 53%. Latest NHS rationing move: making patients suffer uncontrolled intense pain for 6 months before getting hip surgery. #SinglePayerIsInhumane
https://tinyurl.com/y9l2wo3g
#SinglePayer VA provides deficient care, patient later kills himself. IG finds patient not held long enough, cites additional deficiencies in discharge planning, follow-up and outpatient pharmacy care
http://www.nbc15.com/content/news/Report-Madison-VA-hospital-care-deficient-before-suicide-490292301.html
October 8, 2018
You can’t read the horror stories about the UK’s NHS week after week after week, and still support #SinglePayer – so don’t read them; just stick your head in the sand, instead.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sallypipes/2018/10/01/u-k-s-healthcare-horror-stories-ought-to-curb-dems-enthusiasm-for-single-payer/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
How would you like to have to discuss your nether regions in front of 14 other patients crowded into your doctor’s office? Soon to be a thing in UK’s cash-strapped NHS. #SinglePayerReality Moo! #CattleCare
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/05/gps-see-patients-groups-15/
Wisconsin can’t even afford BadgerCare, much less #SinglePayer
https://wsau.com/news/articles/2018/oct/03/vos-no-way-never-on-medicare-for-all/
Massive tax hikes would not cover the cost of #SinglePayer – ballooning deficits foreseeable
https://wjla.com/news/bottom-line/opinion-our-country-cannot-afford-single-payer-healthcare
HHS officials: single payer would eliminate the ability to make personal healthcare choices and harm seniors
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payer/verma-azar-take-aim-at-medicare-for-all-proposals
Surgeons can’t wash their hands at a premier Venezuelan hospital – there’s no water! #SinglePayer
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/271057/universal-health-care-system-fails-socialist-daniel-greenfield
Cuban doctors who are ‘exported’ see how poorly their government’s #SinglePayer system treats them
https://fee.org/articles/cuban-doctors-say-they-are-treated-like-slaves/
Latest quality rankings: the worst VA hospitals are still the worst. #SinglePayer
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/03/va-star-ratings-show-improvement-some-hospitals-decline-others/1508669002/
VA creates big mess trying to clear out outdated diagnostic imaging orders without consulting doctors; patient safety endangered as medically necessary tests get cancelled
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/01/va-hospitals-cancellations-diagnostic-exam-orders-draw-scrutiny/1424298002/
You can’t read the horror stories about the UK’s NHS week after week after week, and still support #SinglePayer – so don’t read them; just stick your head in the sand, instead.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sallypipes/2018/10/01/u-k-s-healthcare-horror-stories-ought-to-curb-dems-enthusiasm-for-single-payer/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
How would you like to have to discuss your nether regions in front of 14 other patients crowded into your doctor’s office? Soon to be a thing in UK’s cash-strapped NHS. #SinglePayerReality Moo! #CattleCare
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/05/gps-see-patients-groups-15/
Wisconsin can’t even afford BadgerCare, much less #SinglePayer
https://wsau.com/news/articles/2018/oct/03/vos-no-way-never-on-medicare-for-all/
Massive tax hikes would not cover the cost of #SinglePayer – ballooning deficits foreseeable
https://wjla.com/news/bottom-line/opinion-our-country-cannot-afford-single-payer-healthcare
HHS officials: single payer would eliminate the ability to make personal healthcare choices and harm seniors
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payer/verma-azar-take-aim-at-medicare-for-all-proposals
Surgeons can’t wash their hands at a premier Venezuelan hospital – there’s no water! #SinglePayer
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/271057/universal-health-care-system-fails-socialist-daniel-greenfield
Cuban doctors who are ‘exported’ see how poorly their government’s #SinglePayer system treats them
https://fee.org/articles/cuban-doctors-say-they-are-treated-like-slaves/
Latest quality rankings: the worst VA hospitals are still the worst. #SinglePayer
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/03/va-star-ratings-show-improvement-some-hospitals-decline-others/1508669002/
VA creates big mess trying to clear out outdated diagnostic imaging orders without consulting doctors; patient safety endangered as medically necessary tests get cancelled
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/01/va-hospitals-cancellations-diagnostic-exam-orders-draw-scrutiny/1424298002/
October 1, 2018
#SinglePayer Fanatics Itching to Betray Your Trust Again
#SinglePayer is being pushed by the same people who brought you the Obamacare train wreck, the people who lied to you and betrayed your trust. Don’t fall for it again.
http://alphanewsmn.com/democrats-claims-to-fix-healthcare-will-make-you-sick/
Can’t keep your doctor under #SinglePayer – the best care would go to the elite
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/alex-azar-bashes-medicare-for-all
Medicare-for-All utopia – half of hospitals would go broke, most Americans would pay more, and political influence would skew access. Some utopia.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/09/25/why-single-payer-would-make-health-care-worse-for-americans/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTXpjM05ETTJORFZqTmpFMiIsInQiOiIzc1VkRFB1U0FSVkhaZzRVN1JoQ3RoTnZCWnBaT3o4RmRiOEI0czhTdndIdEdLNThBM2tvMkpXT3c3TDZUeUk3K21BYzlKWE9SU0VwTWV1cjc3UzRVbDNYOXF5S2pDa1N5cFJ4R3V4VnBhVWhIaWp3bU5SS0o1NG5GWGk3UmhqbyJ9
#SinglePayer fanatics disingenuously hiding behind Medicare’s popularity when, in fact, Medicare-for-All would destroy Medicare and TRICARE for seniors and vets
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/editorials/article218810790.html
Yes, the price tag for #SinglePayer is completely unaffordable, but don’t forget the other arguments against it – healthcare will be rationed, a government takeover/monopoly is grotesque, etc.
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/richard-kocur/bernies-medicare-all-wrong-prescription-us-healthcare-system
#SinglePayer expects doctors to put up with serious pay cuts. Good luck with that.
https://durangoherald.com/articles/241613
How would you like to have to go 90 miles just to see the dentist? That’s what some Brits in NHS #SinglePayer system have to do.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-45660819
Three-fourth’s of UK NHS #SinglePayer family practitioners are close to retirement; catastrophe looms as not enough new doctors are ready to replace them
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/doctors-fear-nhs-catastrophe-as-early-retirement-depletes-surgeries-0knz7zpdc
UK NHS #SinglePayer bullies doctors and nurses who raise concerns about patient safety; whistleblowers starting to come forward
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-45651039
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https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/1572941/more-nhs-bullying-victims-coming-forward/
UK NHS #SinglePayer treating thousands fewer patients; waiting list is growing
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/sep/13/nhs-treatments-in-england-fall-by-675-a-day-despite-waiting-list
Atlanta VA hospital: ‘we make you wait too long, we have a severe staffing shortage, we can’t get mammograms done on time but, don’t worry, we are dedicated to providing the best quality care’
https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-news/atlanta-quality-drops-one-the-worst-the-nation/AO9UmFuyN5y3eIJnzpJCQK/
Billion-dollar Colorado VA hospital can’t provide dialysis through new-built-in system; bringing in portable machines for patients. #SinglePayer
https://www.9news.com/video/entertainment/television/programs/next-with-kyle-clark/a-key-piece-of-the-new-va-hospital-already-isnt-working/73-8248454
Erroneous pathology reports lead to 3 deaths at Arkansas VA hospital
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/sep/25/pathologist-inquiry-finds-3-deaths-at-v/
Rust and blood found on surgical instruments at New Hampshire VA hospital
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/09/05/va-add-medical-staff-after-rust-and-blood-found-surgical-instruments.html
#SinglePayer Fanatics Itching to Betray Your Trust Again
#SinglePayer is being pushed by the same people who brought you the Obamacare train wreck, the people who lied to you and betrayed your trust. Don’t fall for it again.
http://alphanewsmn.com/democrats-claims-to-fix-healthcare-will-make-you-sick/
Can’t keep your doctor under #SinglePayer – the best care would go to the elite
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/alex-azar-bashes-medicare-for-all
Medicare-for-All utopia – half of hospitals would go broke, most Americans would pay more, and political influence would skew access. Some utopia.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/09/25/why-single-payer-would-make-health-care-worse-for-americans/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTXpjM05ETTJORFZqTmpFMiIsInQiOiIzc1VkRFB1U0FSVkhaZzRVN1JoQ3RoTnZCWnBaT3o4RmRiOEI0czhTdndIdEdLNThBM2tvMkpXT3c3TDZUeUk3K21BYzlKWE9SU0VwTWV1cjc3UzRVbDNYOXF5S2pDa1N5cFJ4R3V4VnBhVWhIaWp3bU5SS0o1NG5GWGk3UmhqbyJ9
#SinglePayer fanatics disingenuously hiding behind Medicare’s popularity when, in fact, Medicare-for-All would destroy Medicare and TRICARE for seniors and vets
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/editorials/article218810790.html
Yes, the price tag for #SinglePayer is completely unaffordable, but don’t forget the other arguments against it – healthcare will be rationed, a government takeover/monopoly is grotesque, etc.
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/richard-kocur/bernies-medicare-all-wrong-prescription-us-healthcare-system
#SinglePayer expects doctors to put up with serious pay cuts. Good luck with that.
https://durangoherald.com/articles/241613
How would you like to have to go 90 miles just to see the dentist? That’s what some Brits in NHS #SinglePayer system have to do.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-45660819
Three-fourth’s of UK NHS #SinglePayer family practitioners are close to retirement; catastrophe looms as not enough new doctors are ready to replace them
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/doctors-fear-nhs-catastrophe-as-early-retirement-depletes-surgeries-0knz7zpdc
UK NHS #SinglePayer bullies doctors and nurses who raise concerns about patient safety; whistleblowers starting to come forward
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-45651039
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https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/1572941/more-nhs-bullying-victims-coming-forward/
UK NHS #SinglePayer treating thousands fewer patients; waiting list is growing
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/sep/13/nhs-treatments-in-england-fall-by-675-a-day-despite-waiting-list
Atlanta VA hospital: ‘we make you wait too long, we have a severe staffing shortage, we can’t get mammograms done on time but, don’t worry, we are dedicated to providing the best quality care’
https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-news/atlanta-quality-drops-one-the-worst-the-nation/AO9UmFuyN5y3eIJnzpJCQK/
Billion-dollar Colorado VA hospital can’t provide dialysis through new-built-in system; bringing in portable machines for patients. #SinglePayer
https://www.9news.com/video/entertainment/television/programs/next-with-kyle-clark/a-key-piece-of-the-new-va-hospital-already-isnt-working/73-8248454
Erroneous pathology reports lead to 3 deaths at Arkansas VA hospital
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/sep/25/pathologist-inquiry-finds-3-deaths-at-v/
Rust and blood found on surgical instruments at New Hampshire VA hospital
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/09/05/va-add-medical-staff-after-rust-and-blood-found-surgical-instruments.html