Single-Payer
Commentary
A Decade Of Obamacare Has Been Ten Years Too Many
Ten years ago, President Barack Obama signed his eponymous healthcare reform package into law. What does the nation have to show for a decade of Obamacare? Nothing worth celebrating. Nearly every major provision of the Affordable Care Act has proven a failure. And yet, the Democrats’ approach to this failure ...
California
Coronavirus State Of Emergency — Under Single-Payer, California Would Be In A Permanent State Of Emergency
For most of us, the coronavirus pandemic is an ordeal we’re slogging our way through. However, some are seizing the opportunity to appeal for support for the health care schemes that have failed other nations. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, for one, has gone as far as to claim that Medicare ...
Commentary
Coronavirus is not a good argument for ‘Medicare for all’
The novel coronavirus has emerged as the latest justification for “Medicare for all.” This week, Sen. Bernie Sanders said, “When I talk about healthcare being a human right … the coronavirus crisis makes that abundantly clear as to why it should be.” And last week, left-wing wunderkind Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said ...
Commentary
Biden and Sanders would both end private health insurance, despite what Biden claims
Self-described socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who says he will launch a political revolution if elected president in November, has made his radical “Medicare-for-all” proposal the centerpiece of his campaign. Former Vice President Joe Biden, who is challenging Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination, argues correctly that “Medicare-for-all” is unaffordable. Biden wants ...
California
The PRI All Stars Super Tuesday Wrap Up
The PRI All Stars discuss the big takeaways from Super Tuesday – including Joe Biden’s big comeback, which candidate would be easier for President Trump to defeat, and voter attitudes on single-payer health care and socialism. We also talk about the interesting California legislative races and preview the mega ballot ...
California
Celebrating the Return of the Primitive
Private automobiles are no longer allowed on Market Street in San Francisco, California. The result has been an increase in bike ridership. This is, of course, being hailed as progress. So why does it look like the city is resetting the clock to a previous century? When novelist Ayn Rand ...
Blog
Single-Payer Poll Watch Update: Sanders Rises, As Average Support Falls, Confusion Increases for Single-Payer Health Care
One would think that the rise of Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) to the top of the Democrat presidential nomination list equals growing enthusiasm for the Medicare for All plan he champions. But Sanders’ rise to frontrunner status isn’t doing much to boost the lukewarm attitudes voters give a single-payer health ...
Commentary
Bernie’s Math Problem
Anyone in earshot of a television set, or a smart phone, is undoubtedly aware that the undisputed front-runner in the Democratic Primary wants to spend more money – a lot of it. And, while these policies are economically flawed, Senator Sanders also has a fundamental math problem. Reviewing his website, there ...
Blog
What We’re Watching – February 21, 2020
Tim Anaya – How Would Single Payer Health Care Change California ICYMI – Check out this recent interview with PRI’s Sally Pipes on the “California Insider” program from the Epoch Times, where she discusses California’s single-payer commission, and makes her case for why Medicare-for-All would be a disaster in the ...
Commentary
Nevada unions don’t trust ‘Medicare for all’ to manage their healthcare
Nevada’s culinary union, an influential force in the state’s upcoming caucuses, just fired a shot across the bow of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign. In flyers, emails, and text messages, the union warned its members that Sanders’s “Medicare for all” plan would “end Culinary Healthcare.” The culinary union has good reason ...
A Decade Of Obamacare Has Been Ten Years Too Many
Ten years ago, President Barack Obama signed his eponymous healthcare reform package into law. What does the nation have to show for a decade of Obamacare? Nothing worth celebrating. Nearly every major provision of the Affordable Care Act has proven a failure. And yet, the Democrats’ approach to this failure ...
Coronavirus State Of Emergency — Under Single-Payer, California Would Be In A Permanent State Of Emergency
For most of us, the coronavirus pandemic is an ordeal we’re slogging our way through. However, some are seizing the opportunity to appeal for support for the health care schemes that have failed other nations. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, for one, has gone as far as to claim that Medicare ...
Coronavirus is not a good argument for ‘Medicare for all’
The novel coronavirus has emerged as the latest justification for “Medicare for all.” This week, Sen. Bernie Sanders said, “When I talk about healthcare being a human right … the coronavirus crisis makes that abundantly clear as to why it should be.” And last week, left-wing wunderkind Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said ...
Biden and Sanders would both end private health insurance, despite what Biden claims
Self-described socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who says he will launch a political revolution if elected president in November, has made his radical “Medicare-for-all” proposal the centerpiece of his campaign. Former Vice President Joe Biden, who is challenging Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination, argues correctly that “Medicare-for-all” is unaffordable. Biden wants ...
The PRI All Stars Super Tuesday Wrap Up
The PRI All Stars discuss the big takeaways from Super Tuesday – including Joe Biden’s big comeback, which candidate would be easier for President Trump to defeat, and voter attitudes on single-payer health care and socialism. We also talk about the interesting California legislative races and preview the mega ballot ...
Celebrating the Return of the Primitive
Private automobiles are no longer allowed on Market Street in San Francisco, California. The result has been an increase in bike ridership. This is, of course, being hailed as progress. So why does it look like the city is resetting the clock to a previous century? When novelist Ayn Rand ...
Single-Payer Poll Watch Update: Sanders Rises, As Average Support Falls, Confusion Increases for Single-Payer Health Care
One would think that the rise of Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) to the top of the Democrat presidential nomination list equals growing enthusiasm for the Medicare for All plan he champions. But Sanders’ rise to frontrunner status isn’t doing much to boost the lukewarm attitudes voters give a single-payer health ...
Bernie’s Math Problem
Anyone in earshot of a television set, or a smart phone, is undoubtedly aware that the undisputed front-runner in the Democratic Primary wants to spend more money – a lot of it. And, while these policies are economically flawed, Senator Sanders also has a fundamental math problem. Reviewing his website, there ...
What We’re Watching – February 21, 2020
Tim Anaya – How Would Single Payer Health Care Change California ICYMI – Check out this recent interview with PRI’s Sally Pipes on the “California Insider” program from the Epoch Times, where she discusses California’s single-payer commission, and makes her case for why Medicare-for-All would be a disaster in the ...
Nevada unions don’t trust ‘Medicare for all’ to manage their healthcare
Nevada’s culinary union, an influential force in the state’s upcoming caucuses, just fired a shot across the bow of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign. In flyers, emails, and text messages, the union warned its members that Sanders’s “Medicare for all” plan would “end Culinary Healthcare.” The culinary union has good reason ...
