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April 16, 2018
All Fascists on Deck! California bill would have state set prices for medical services as step towards #SinglePayer
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/11/17226574/california-health-care-pricing-regulation
Cost not the only roadblock to #SinglePayer – will need escalating penalties for opting out, placements for insurance company workers, etc. #TakeOffTheRoseColoredGlasses
http://www.governing.com/gov-institute/voices/col-single-payer-health-insurance-implementation-issues.html
First person born under UK #SinglePayer decries run-down state of service; the government has caused a great many problems
http://www.timesandstar.co.uk/news/national/article/First-person-born-on-NHS-heartbroken-over-state-of-services-ea97efe1-dffc-4b3e-847f-6219a6994d94-ds
UK #SinglePayer NHS spends millions on staff outsourcing; critics call it ‘back-door privatization’.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/jeremy-hunt-accused-enabling-back-12372183
Private hospitals help Britishers cope with dysfunctional #SinglePayer NHS and its long wait times
https://aapsonline.org/aaps-news-april-2018-safe-kickbacks/
Cancelled procedures due to supply problems at D.C. #SinglePayer VA hospital persist despite assurances problems had stopped
https://www.stripes.com/supply-issues-delay-procedures-at-dc-va-hospital-after-officials-claimed-they-stopped-1.521804
Kansas VA hospital settles $1.5 million in unpaid ambulance costs. #TheWondersOfSinglePayer
http://www.ksn.com/news/local/va-hospital-resolves-dispute-with-county-following-unpaid-ems-costs/1101354350
All Fascists on Deck! California bill would have state set prices for medical services as step towards #SinglePayer
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/11/17226574/california-health-care-pricing-regulation
Cost not the only roadblock to #SinglePayer – will need escalating penalties for opting out, placements for insurance company workers, etc. #TakeOffTheRoseColoredGlasses
http://www.governing.com/gov-institute/voices/col-single-payer-health-insurance-implementation-issues.html
First person born under UK #SinglePayer decries run-down state of service; the government has caused a great many problems
http://www.timesandstar.co.uk/news/national/article/First-person-born-on-NHS-heartbroken-over-state-of-services-ea97efe1-dffc-4b3e-847f-6219a6994d94-ds
UK #SinglePayer NHS spends millions on staff outsourcing; critics call it ‘back-door privatization’.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/jeremy-hunt-accused-enabling-back-12372183
Private hospitals help Britishers cope with dysfunctional #SinglePayer NHS and its long wait times
https://aapsonline.org/aaps-news-april-2018-safe-kickbacks/
Cancelled procedures due to supply problems at D.C. #SinglePayer VA hospital persist despite assurances problems had stopped
https://www.stripes.com/supply-issues-delay-procedures-at-dc-va-hospital-after-officials-claimed-they-stopped-1.521804
Kansas VA hospital settles $1.5 million in unpaid ambulance costs. #TheWondersOfSinglePayer
http://www.ksn.com/news/local/va-hospital-resolves-dispute-with-county-following-unpaid-ems-costs/1101354350
April 2, 2018
They admitted Obamacare was about redistribution and controlling the people. What is single payer really about, hmm?
VA #SinglePayer hospitals hired thousands without proper background checks
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/380670-va-employed-thousands-without-background-checks-inspector-genera
Radical #SinglePayer kingpin Keith Ellison – the government owes everyone a living and More Free Stuff!
http://freebeacon.com/issues/ellison-idea-universal-basic-income-has-merit/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=7a23bb1b13-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-7a23bb1b13-45628225
“If You Like Waiting Four Hours for an Ambulance, Then You'll Love Single-Payer”
http://www.gilmermirror.com/view/full_story/27555947/article-If-You-Like-Waiting-Four-Hours-for-an-Ambulance--Then-You-ll-Love-Single-Payer?instance=home_news_bullets
Angola – shortage of medicines in government-run healthcare contributing to horrific spike in malarial deaths
https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/world/africa/2018-03-07-rains-filth-and-medicine-shortages-turn-angola-into-malaria-hotbed/
India – overcrowded government hospital puts patients on floors, in hallways and staircases. Staff rude, extortionist. Pay up or the treatment gets worse!
https://swarajyamag.com/ideas/public-healthcare-facilities-are-below-par-in-west-bengal
Malaysia – government healthcare system lacks proper equipment; more than 90% of people who need a cancer treatment aren’t getting it.
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2018/03/29/putrajaya-not-doing-enough-for-cancer-patients-says-mp/
ICUs shutting down in Venezuela #SinglePayer because lack supplies to operate; 79% of healthcare facilities surveyed don’t even have running water!
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/28/americas/venezuela-hospitals-report/index.html
Politically connected advisor gets top VA job, ethics protocols evaded. #SinglePayerPoliticizesHealthcare
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/23/politics/va-shulkin-hospital/index.html
Another screw-up at the VA – Oklahoma facility pays millions to med school, can’t document facility received resident services in return
http://newsok.com/article/5588874/millions-in-improper-payments-were-sent-from-oklahoma-city-va-to-ous-medical-school-federal-report-finds
“Construction collapse at Muskogee VA hospital will cost $17.5 million to repair and was the result of poor planning, federal report finds”
http://newsok.com/article/5588662/construction-collapse-at-muskogee-va-hospital-will-cost-17.5-million-to-repair-and-was-the-result-of-poor-planning-federal-report-finds
Vet with hip problems gets 3-year crazy runaround at Georgia VA; assigned a different doctor every time – “She didn't even look at my hip”
http://www.wtoc.com/story/37850087/south-ga-veterans-upset-over-va-health-care
#SinglePayer group PNHP runs story claiming ‘no evidence’ Canadians come to the U.S. for healthcare. Au contraire, the head of a Canadian province came to the U.S. for heart surgery in 2010.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/cardiology/acutecoronarysyndrome/18279
How is the lyin' PNHP at all trustworthy about anything?
March 26, 2018
U.S. #SinglePayer Indian Health Service: 90 years of failure – staff shortages, low pay, rationing (‘no, you can’t have that mammogram’)
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/03/05/socialized-medicine-almost-century-failure-already/
“Everyone loves single-payer, until they get the price tag.” Unaffordable cost sank #SinglePayer in Vermont and stalled it in California.
https://ladailypost.com/content/shin-single-payer-not-answer
“Single-payer doesn't work unless you force all health care providers into the system.” Put a gun to their head! Pull the trigger if they won’t hop-to! #FreeYourInnerFascist
https://ladailypost.com/content/shin-single-payer-not-answer
#SinglePayer is not the only far-left idea the radical Keith Ellison has. Cap wages, punish McDonald’s, blah blah
http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/21008/medicare-for-all-maximum-wage-keith-ellison-Bernie-sanders-Donald-Trump
Zimbabwe’s government doctors on strike for weeks. #WhoYouGonnaCall
https://www.enca.com/africa/zim-government-threatens-stop-paying-striking-health-professionals
South Africa: government healthcare completely mismanaged; man with chest pains dies after being sent home with antibiotics
https://highwaymail.co.za/286974/mans-death-exposes-deteriorating-government-healthcare/
Kenya: pregnant woman neglected at government hospital; gives birth on the floor
http://www.businessghana.com/site/news/politics/161853/
India: government doctor caught red-handed taking a bribe
https://www.news18.com/news/india/government-doctor-in-madhya-pradesh-arrested-while-taking-bribe-to-change-autopsy-report-1679811.html
UK NHS #SinglePayer gets rid of wait time problem. Units no longer have to report wait times. #EasyButton
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/23/patient-groups-criticise-hunt-ditching-nhs-waiting-time-targets
UK #SinglePayer: 'Harrowing' failings in NHS mental health treatment laid bare by ombudsman report”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nhs-mental-health-services-failings-patient-dies-missed-appointment-david-west-health-ombudsman-a8265481.html
It’s time to dump VA #SinglePayer – treatment has been appalling
http://buffalonews.com/2018/03/16/editorial-abolish-veterans-hospitals/
Scathing report blasts VA #SinglePayer employees who didn’t even try to revive cardiac arrest patient
http://buffalonews.com/2018/03/14/two-va-staffers-left-hospital-after-failing-to-try-to-revive-patient/
Florida naval hospital leaves broken needle in woman’s spine, causing excruciating pain for 14 years
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article206612749.html
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Howard Green, MD @DermHAG
Replying to @ObamacreTrthSqd
The 40 million uninsured Americans and 100,000,000 underinsured Americans would argue with your logic. http://www.pnhp.org/news/2016/february/a-pnhp-response-to-recent-criticisms-of-single-payer-medicare-for-all …
Obamacare TruthSquad @ObamacreTrthSqd Mar 19
Welcome to #SinglePayer Monday! Line up for CattleCare - Moo!
OCTS: The people who die on waiting lists in single payer systems would argue with yours, if only they could. Why won’t the cheerleaders ever discuss the problems #SinglePayer will cause, instead of just blowing pixie dust all the time? Enough with the rose-colored glasses already.
U.S. #SinglePayer Indian Health Service: 90 years of failure – staff shortages, low pay, rationing (‘no, you can’t have that mammogram’)
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/03/05/socialized-medicine-almost-century-failure-already/
“Everyone loves single-payer, until they get the price tag.” Unaffordable cost sank #SinglePayer in Vermont and stalled it in California.
https://ladailypost.com/content/shin-single-payer-not-answer
“Single-payer doesn't work unless you force all health care providers into the system.” Put a gun to their head! Pull the trigger if they won’t hop-to! #FreeYourInnerFascist
https://ladailypost.com/content/shin-single-payer-not-answer
#SinglePayer is not the only far-left idea the radical Keith Ellison has. Cap wages, punish McDonald’s, blah blah
http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/21008/medicare-for-all-maximum-wage-keith-ellison-Bernie-sanders-Donald-Trump
Zimbabwe’s government doctors on strike for weeks. #WhoYouGonnaCall
https://www.enca.com/africa/zim-government-threatens-stop-paying-striking-health-professionals
South Africa: government healthcare completely mismanaged; man with chest pains dies after being sent home with antibiotics
https://highwaymail.co.za/286974/mans-death-exposes-deteriorating-government-healthcare/
Kenya: pregnant woman neglected at government hospital; gives birth on the floor
http://www.businessghana.com/site/news/politics/161853/
India: government doctor caught red-handed taking a bribe
https://www.news18.com/news/india/government-doctor-in-madhya-pradesh-arrested-while-taking-bribe-to-change-autopsy-report-1679811.html
UK NHS #SinglePayer gets rid of wait time problem. Units no longer have to report wait times. #EasyButton
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/23/patient-groups-criticise-hunt-ditching-nhs-waiting-time-targets
UK #SinglePayer: 'Harrowing' failings in NHS mental health treatment laid bare by ombudsman report”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nhs-mental-health-services-failings-patient-dies-missed-appointment-david-west-health-ombudsman-a8265481.html
It’s time to dump VA #SinglePayer – treatment has been appalling
http://buffalonews.com/2018/03/16/editorial-abolish-veterans-hospitals/
Scathing report blasts VA #SinglePayer employees who didn’t even try to revive cardiac arrest patient
http://buffalonews.com/2018/03/14/two-va-staffers-left-hospital-after-failing-to-try-to-revive-patient/
Florida naval hospital leaves broken needle in woman’s spine, causing excruciating pain for 14 years
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article206612749.html
Retweet
Howard Green, MD @DermHAG
Replying to @ObamacreTrthSqd
The 40 million uninsured Americans and 100,000,000 underinsured Americans would argue with your logic. http://www.pnhp.org/news/2016/february/a-pnhp-response-to-recent-criticisms-of-single-payer-medicare-for-all …
Obamacare TruthSquad @ObamacreTrthSqd Mar 19
Welcome to #SinglePayer Monday! Line up for CattleCare - Moo!
OCTS: The people who die on waiting lists in single payer systems would argue with yours, if only they could. Why won’t the cheerleaders ever discuss the problems #SinglePayer will cause, instead of just blowing pixie dust all the time? Enough with the rose-colored glasses already.
