Single Payer
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Another reason why single-payer would be bad for US
Britain Offers a Cautionary Tale for ‘Medicare for All’
King Charles III’s coronation wasn’t the only historic event Great Britain marked this year. The country’s revered National Health Service is celebrating this summer the 75th anniversary of its founding. It’s a birthday Americans should take note of. The NHS has been an inspiration to generations of American leftists, who ...
Health Care
Read new PRI survey
Americans Satisfied with their Current Health Coverage, Lean Against Single Payer, Finds New PRI Survey
SACRAMENTO – A new national survey commissioned by the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute, a California-based, free market think tank, finds that, for the second year in a row, an overwhelming majority of Americans are satisfied with their current health coverage. 90 percent of those surveyed said they were satisfied with ...
Commentary
The insane progressive push for ‘Medicare for All’
Fifteen senators and more than 100 House members recently introduced legislation that would launch a federal takeover of the US health-insurance system and install “Medicare for All.” “We live in a country where millions of people ration lifesaving medication or skip necessary trips to the doctor because of cost,” said Rep. ...
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The Medicare For All Dream Won’t Die. Neither Will The Problems With Single-Payer.
For the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, states have started removing people who are ineligible for Medicaid benefits from the program. Democrats have responded with hysteria. The Biden administration is pressing states to slow down and keep as many people as possible enrolled in the program. Democrats are ...
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Medicare for All Means Tax Increases and Long Waits for Everyone
This month, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., launched his latest bid to ban private health insurance and force all Americans into a government-run health plan. The Vermont socialist gets points for consistency. He’s introduced legislation that would establish “Medicare for All” in the last four sessions of Congress and has been ...
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Read Why Single Payer Health Care Is Bad For CA Patients
California’s ‘public option’ revival ends badly for patients
Once a rallying cry for pragmatic Democrats, the “public option” has fallen on hard times. Several recent attempts to create such a government-run insurance plan at the state level have proven unworkable, unpopular, or both. And despite the support of President Joe Biden, the prospects for a federal public option ...
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Read the latest on Sen Bernie's plan for Medicare for All
May We Never Know Dysfunction, Cruelty of Public Health Care
“The current health care system in the United States is totally broken,” Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said at a recent event on Capitol Hill. “It is totally dysfunctional, and it is extremely cruel.” His preferred fix remains Medicare for All — a sweeping government takeover of health insurance. His latest ...
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State Public Plans No Blueprint for Affordable Healthcare
A divided Congress has prevented “Medicare for All” from taking off. So progressive activists have turned their attention to the states. Several have launched “public options,” health plans chartered by the state to compete against private insurers. The results have not been impressive. People are not opting for public option ...
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Democrats want a fully socialized healthcare system
The Inflation Reduction Act Was Only The Beginning
As it turns out, the fears that the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was simply another step toward a fully socialized healthcare system were well founded. For evidence, less than a year after the IRA was signed into law U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Peter Welch (D-VT) and 23 Democrat colleagues ...
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Golden State Teeters on Edge of Healthcare Cliff
Democrats in the California Legislature are moving ahead with a new bid to impose single-payer health care in the Golden State. Last week, the Senate Health Committee green-lit SB 770 by a 7-2 margin. The measure holds Gov. Gavin Newsom to a set of deadlines for advancing his long-promised government takeover of ...
Another reason why single-payer would be bad for US
Britain Offers a Cautionary Tale for ‘Medicare for All’
King Charles III’s coronation wasn’t the only historic event Great Britain marked this year. The country’s revered National Health Service is celebrating this summer the 75th anniversary of its founding. It’s a birthday Americans should take note of. The NHS has been an inspiration to generations of American leftists, who ...
Read new PRI survey
Americans Satisfied with their Current Health Coverage, Lean Against Single Payer, Finds New PRI Survey
SACRAMENTO – A new national survey commissioned by the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute, a California-based, free market think tank, finds that, for the second year in a row, an overwhelming majority of Americans are satisfied with their current health coverage. 90 percent of those surveyed said they were satisfied with ...
The insane progressive push for ‘Medicare for All’
Fifteen senators and more than 100 House members recently introduced legislation that would launch a federal takeover of the US health-insurance system and install “Medicare for All.” “We live in a country where millions of people ration lifesaving medication or skip necessary trips to the doctor because of cost,” said Rep. ...
The Medicare For All Dream Won’t Die. Neither Will The Problems With Single-Payer.
For the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, states have started removing people who are ineligible for Medicaid benefits from the program. Democrats have responded with hysteria. The Biden administration is pressing states to slow down and keep as many people as possible enrolled in the program. Democrats are ...
Medicare for All Means Tax Increases and Long Waits for Everyone
This month, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., launched his latest bid to ban private health insurance and force all Americans into a government-run health plan. The Vermont socialist gets points for consistency. He’s introduced legislation that would establish “Medicare for All” in the last four sessions of Congress and has been ...
Read Why Single Payer Health Care Is Bad For CA Patients
California’s ‘public option’ revival ends badly for patients
Once a rallying cry for pragmatic Democrats, the “public option” has fallen on hard times. Several recent attempts to create such a government-run insurance plan at the state level have proven unworkable, unpopular, or both. And despite the support of President Joe Biden, the prospects for a federal public option ...
Read the latest on Sen Bernie's plan for Medicare for All
May We Never Know Dysfunction, Cruelty of Public Health Care
“The current health care system in the United States is totally broken,” Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said at a recent event on Capitol Hill. “It is totally dysfunctional, and it is extremely cruel.” His preferred fix remains Medicare for All — a sweeping government takeover of health insurance. His latest ...
State Public Plans No Blueprint for Affordable Healthcare
A divided Congress has prevented “Medicare for All” from taking off. So progressive activists have turned their attention to the states. Several have launched “public options,” health plans chartered by the state to compete against private insurers. The results have not been impressive. People are not opting for public option ...
Democrats want a fully socialized healthcare system
The Inflation Reduction Act Was Only The Beginning
As it turns out, the fears that the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was simply another step toward a fully socialized healthcare system were well founded. For evidence, less than a year after the IRA was signed into law U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Peter Welch (D-VT) and 23 Democrat colleagues ...
Golden State Teeters on Edge of Healthcare Cliff
Democrats in the California Legislature are moving ahead with a new bid to impose single-payer health care in the Golden State. Last week, the Senate Health Committee green-lit SB 770 by a 7-2 margin. The measure holds Gov. Gavin Newsom to a set of deadlines for advancing his long-promised government takeover of ...
