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New PRI Single-Payer Poll Watch Tracks Growing Opposition to Medicare for All
Health care has dominated the early Democrat presidential debates, with progressive candidates battling “moderates” over the question of a public option versus a Medicare for All plan that would outlaw private insurance. As the public has focused more on what single-payer would mean for them, such as having to pay ...
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State-Led Medicare For All Would Import All Of Canada’s Problems
Medicare for All is struggling to gain traction at the national level. Some progressives are hoping that left-leaning states will instead be able to lead the way. This month, California Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna introduced the “State-Based Universal Health Care Act,” a bill that would let states take all the ...
Commentary
Colorado’s public option is bad news
Colorado officials just released their plan to overhaul the state’s health care system. The proposal would make a state-sponsored insurance plan available to Colorado residents shopping for health insurance, starting in January 2022. Proponents of this “state option” claim it will expand access to affordable coverage and encourage competition in ...
Health Care
Sally C. Pipes quoted in nationally syndicated Medicare for All op-ed
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wants “Medicare for All,” as does Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., her self-described “Democratic socialist” rival. Unlike Sanders, however, Warren claims she can finance her plan by raising taxes only on the superrich. . . . . .Democrats, of course, quickly employed their fallback position on rising ...
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Elizabeth Warren misleads Americans on harm and costs of ‘Medicare-for-all’
Last week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren promised to release her plan to pay for “Medicare-for-all.” Throughout her campaign, Warren has come under fire for refusing to say whether she would raise taxes on the middle class to fund her health care plan. Many of her fellow Democrats — including “Medicare-for-all” architect Bernie Sanders — ...
Commentary
Blame unaffordable insurance on Obamacare
The number of uninsured Americans rose in 2018 for the first time since the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, according to recent research from the Census Bureau. Obamacare’s defenders were quick to blame the change on meddling by the Trump administration. But the real culprit is the law’s faulty ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Mentioned in “Obamacare Reboots For Prescription Drugs Take Congress By Storm”
Everyone wants to live the American dream. But many of us also fear the American nightmare: An expensive medical problem that wipes out our financial security. Maybe it’s a trip to the emergency room, or a chronic illness that requires expensive prescription medicine. That shouldn’t destroy our lives. But to ...
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ObamaCare, not Trump, is adding to the number of uninsured Americans
On Sept. 10, the Census Bureau announced that the share of Americans without health insurance increased for the first time since 2010, the year the Affordable Care Act became law. Defenders of ObamaCare immediately blamed President Trump for the increase in the uninsured rate. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, never one to mince words, said ...
Commentary
Obamacare Drives Hospital Consolidation, Raising Prices For Patients
Hospital behemoth Sutter Health—a non-profit organization in Northern California that has gradually acquired 24 hospitals and 5,000 physicians—will soon go to court to defend itself against allegations that it has violated the state’s antitrust laws. The plaintiffs claim that Sutter illegally pushed competitors out of the market and raised prices for ...
Health Care
Bidencare Is Bad News
As his chief competitors for the Democratic nomination for president rush to embrace Medicare for All, Joe Biden is running in the other direction. The former vice president has proposed building on Obamacare with a “public option,” which would let individuals purchase coverage from a new, government-run insurance plan. Biden ...
New PRI Single-Payer Poll Watch Tracks Growing Opposition to Medicare for All
Health care has dominated the early Democrat presidential debates, with progressive candidates battling “moderates” over the question of a public option versus a Medicare for All plan that would outlaw private insurance. As the public has focused more on what single-payer would mean for them, such as having to pay ...
State-Led Medicare For All Would Import All Of Canada’s Problems
Medicare for All is struggling to gain traction at the national level. Some progressives are hoping that left-leaning states will instead be able to lead the way. This month, California Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna introduced the “State-Based Universal Health Care Act,” a bill that would let states take all the ...
Colorado’s public option is bad news
Colorado officials just released their plan to overhaul the state’s health care system. The proposal would make a state-sponsored insurance plan available to Colorado residents shopping for health insurance, starting in January 2022. Proponents of this “state option” claim it will expand access to affordable coverage and encourage competition in ...
Sally C. Pipes quoted in nationally syndicated Medicare for All op-ed
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wants “Medicare for All,” as does Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., her self-described “Democratic socialist” rival. Unlike Sanders, however, Warren claims she can finance her plan by raising taxes only on the superrich. . . . . .Democrats, of course, quickly employed their fallback position on rising ...
Elizabeth Warren misleads Americans on harm and costs of ‘Medicare-for-all’
Last week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren promised to release her plan to pay for “Medicare-for-all.” Throughout her campaign, Warren has come under fire for refusing to say whether she would raise taxes on the middle class to fund her health care plan. Many of her fellow Democrats — including “Medicare-for-all” architect Bernie Sanders — ...
Blame unaffordable insurance on Obamacare
The number of uninsured Americans rose in 2018 for the first time since the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, according to recent research from the Census Bureau. Obamacare’s defenders were quick to blame the change on meddling by the Trump administration. But the real culprit is the law’s faulty ...
Sally Pipes Mentioned in “Obamacare Reboots For Prescription Drugs Take Congress By Storm”
Everyone wants to live the American dream. But many of us also fear the American nightmare: An expensive medical problem that wipes out our financial security. Maybe it’s a trip to the emergency room, or a chronic illness that requires expensive prescription medicine. That shouldn’t destroy our lives. But to ...
ObamaCare, not Trump, is adding to the number of uninsured Americans
On Sept. 10, the Census Bureau announced that the share of Americans without health insurance increased for the first time since 2010, the year the Affordable Care Act became law. Defenders of ObamaCare immediately blamed President Trump for the increase in the uninsured rate. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, never one to mince words, said ...
Obamacare Drives Hospital Consolidation, Raising Prices For Patients
Hospital behemoth Sutter Health—a non-profit organization in Northern California that has gradually acquired 24 hospitals and 5,000 physicians—will soon go to court to defend itself against allegations that it has violated the state’s antitrust laws. The plaintiffs claim that Sutter illegally pushed competitors out of the market and raised prices for ...
Bidencare Is Bad News
As his chief competitors for the Democratic nomination for president rush to embrace Medicare for All, Joe Biden is running in the other direction. The former vice president has proposed building on Obamacare with a “public option,” which would let individuals purchase coverage from a new, government-run insurance plan. Biden ...
