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Trump’s Surprising Healthcare Ally

President-elect Donald Trump and his British counterpart, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, don’t agree on much. But on health care, the two men seem to share a common vision — a smaller role for government. During the presidential campaign, Trump warned voters that Kamala Harris “wants everybody to be on government ...
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What’s up with US life expectancy?

U.S. life expectancy is, surprisingly enough, on the rise. According to a new study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Americans can expect to live 80.4 years in 2050, up from 78.3 years in 2022. But it’s rising even more in other countries. In 2050, the United States ...
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The False Promise of a Government Takeover of our Health Care System

My goal today is to expose the false promise of a fully government-run healthcare system — “Medicare for All,” as some progressives style it. Under this vision, private insurance would be illegal, and all Americans would be enrolled in a single, federally run insurance plan. That’s why some people call ...
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Learn more about Harris' single payer support

Will Harris offer health coverage to undocumented immigrants? Look no further than California

Actions speak louder than words. That adage is worth remembering as Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, try to minimize their records on granting public health coverage to those who are in the country illegally. Walz signed legislation in Minnesota that allowed such immigrants ...
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A British Lord’s Warning: Steer Clear of Single-Payer Healthcare

Two hundred and fifty years ago, a group of Americans sounded the alarm about the oppressive government policies being propagated by British lords. Today, the tables have turned. This month, Lord Ara Darzi presented the United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Health and Social Care with a devastating report on the state ...
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Read about the Trump and Harris health care plans

Trump Has a Plan for Healthcare

Harris, by contrast, has been mum on whether she continues to support a government takeover of the health insurance system as she did during her first run for the presidency. Instead, she has said that she wants to strengthen the Affordable Care Act and extend President Joe Biden’s ruinously expensive scheme ...
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Kamala Harris’ worst plan yet: bringing the NHS to America

Something, of course, must be done. Less than one in four people are satisfied with the NHS and its outdated centralised system of universal coverage, which routinely fails to provide adequate services. Some 7.6 million patients, including individuals suffering from cancer, are waiting to start treatment. About half have waited ...
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Learn why support for single-payer continues to fall

Kamala Harris aims to hide her long record of backing Medicare for All

Just 37% of likely voters support a government takeover of the country’s health insurance system and a concomitant ban on private health insurance, according to a survey conducted by Echelon Insights and sponsored by the Pacific Research Institute. And support for such a single-payer system has been eroding, dropping three ...
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Read the latest about VP Harris' healthcare platform

Harris commits to worst of Biden healthcare policies

One proposal Harris has explicitly backed would enshrine President Joe Biden’s enhanced Obamacare subsidies, which are slated to expire in 2025. “Republicans want to let those credits expire, increasing premiums,” the Democratic platform asserts. “Democrats will fight to make them permanent.” Read the full article at the Washington Examiner
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Harris’ and Walz’s Healthcare Vision a Socialist One

Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris joined President Joe Biden at the White House last Thursday for an event on healthcare policy. The two presented a unified vision for the future of America’s health sector. But the space between them on this issue, historically speaking, is difficult to ignore. As recently as ...
Commentary

Trump’s Surprising Healthcare Ally

President-elect Donald Trump and his British counterpart, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, don’t agree on much. But on health care, the two men seem to share a common vision — a smaller role for government. During the presidential campaign, Trump warned voters that Kamala Harris “wants everybody to be on government ...
Commentary

What’s up with US life expectancy?

U.S. life expectancy is, surprisingly enough, on the rise. According to a new study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Americans can expect to live 80.4 years in 2050, up from 78.3 years in 2022. But it’s rising even more in other countries. In 2050, the United States ...
Blog

The False Promise of a Government Takeover of our Health Care System

My goal today is to expose the false promise of a fully government-run healthcare system — “Medicare for All,” as some progressives style it. Under this vision, private insurance would be illegal, and all Americans would be enrolled in a single, federally run insurance plan. That’s why some people call ...
Commentary

Learn more about Harris' single payer support

Will Harris offer health coverage to undocumented immigrants? Look no further than California

Actions speak louder than words. That adage is worth remembering as Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, try to minimize their records on granting public health coverage to those who are in the country illegally. Walz signed legislation in Minnesota that allowed such immigrants ...
Commentary

A British Lord’s Warning: Steer Clear of Single-Payer Healthcare

Two hundred and fifty years ago, a group of Americans sounded the alarm about the oppressive government policies being propagated by British lords. Today, the tables have turned. This month, Lord Ara Darzi presented the United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Health and Social Care with a devastating report on the state ...
Commentary

Read about the Trump and Harris health care plans

Trump Has a Plan for Healthcare

Harris, by contrast, has been mum on whether she continues to support a government takeover of the health insurance system as she did during her first run for the presidency. Instead, she has said that she wants to strengthen the Affordable Care Act and extend President Joe Biden’s ruinously expensive scheme ...
Commentary

Kamala Harris’ worst plan yet: bringing the NHS to America

Something, of course, must be done. Less than one in four people are satisfied with the NHS and its outdated centralised system of universal coverage, which routinely fails to provide adequate services. Some 7.6 million patients, including individuals suffering from cancer, are waiting to start treatment. About half have waited ...
Commentary

Learn why support for single-payer continues to fall

Kamala Harris aims to hide her long record of backing Medicare for All

Just 37% of likely voters support a government takeover of the country’s health insurance system and a concomitant ban on private health insurance, according to a survey conducted by Echelon Insights and sponsored by the Pacific Research Institute. And support for such a single-payer system has been eroding, dropping three ...
Commentary

Read the latest about VP Harris' healthcare platform

Harris commits to worst of Biden healthcare policies

One proposal Harris has explicitly backed would enshrine President Joe Biden’s enhanced Obamacare subsidies, which are slated to expire in 2025. “Republicans want to let those credits expire, increasing premiums,” the Democratic platform asserts. “Democrats will fight to make them permanent.” Read the full article at the Washington Examiner
Commentary

Harris’ and Walz’s Healthcare Vision a Socialist One

Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris joined President Joe Biden at the White House last Thursday for an event on healthcare policy. The two presented a unified vision for the future of America’s health sector. But the space between them on this issue, historically speaking, is difficult to ignore. As recently as ...
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