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The Democratic Push for Single-Payer Could Hand Trump a Second Term
The National Review ^ | September 13, 2017 | David French

Posted on 09/17/2017 9:25:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Americans are not prepared to take big chunks out of their paychecks for socialized medicine, and they’re not keen to move far left.

Today is single-payer day. Bernie Sanders is introducing the Medicare for All Act of 2017, and this time he’s no lone socialist crying in the progressive wilderness. A total of 15 Democratic senators are backing his bill, including most of the top Democratic contenders for the presidency. As the Washington Post’s Aaron Blake observed yesterday, “The dam is breaking.” The New Republic, among others, is even arguing that single-payer is becoming the newest “litmus test” for the party’s presidential hopefuls, and given the speed with which the far Left transforms fringe ideas into moral mandates, I’m not surprised.

Sober-minded Democrats should be terrified. They just might be handing Trump two terms. There are three reasons why. First, and most obviously, single-payer health care comes with an extraordinary tax bill. The very instant voters saw their take-home pay plunge — often by an amount that far exceeds their traditional employee contribution to their employer-provided insurance — they would realize that “free” health care isn’t free. For now, Sanders is concealing how he’ll pay for his bag of goodies, but any single-payer plan would be crushingly expensive. Here’s the Washington Post editorial board, on June 18 this year, describing the costs.....

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TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues; Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: bernie; democrats; healthcare; medicare; singlepayer
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To: TigersEye
Don’t tell anybody but the Russians are the ones who got the Dems pushing for single-payer.

How true that is ... for the last 80 years. Maybe a little less intense after Christmas Day 1991 ...

21 posted on 09/18/2017 6:09:54 AM PDT by bassmaner (Hey commies: I am a' white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Unless Russian collusion beats it out :-)


22 posted on 09/18/2017 6:45:58 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: drop 50 and fire for effect

Thanks - I decided to “turn the question around” on the dude because he tends to be one who likes to find reason to find fault with Trump.


23 posted on 09/18/2017 7:42:26 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: trebb
In New Hampshire, Trump stands by universal health care in face of Cruz attacks
24 posted on 09/18/2017 9:17:20 AM PDT by ex91B10
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Doubling state taxes will raise the revenue level, but not double, for one or two years but then revenue will decline as people exit the economy and/or the state.


25 posted on 09/18/2017 11:56:36 AM PDT by arthurus
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To: ex91B10

Gosh - that settles it....we made a terrible mistake electing Trump.....If you believe Trump wants single-payer, you really haven’t been paying attention. It would be NYT and WaPo leaders every day of the week.


26 posted on 09/19/2017 2:33:48 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: cba123

Our current mess is terrible. It’s a catastrophic plan at the price of a platinum plan. It’s sucks real bad.

I long for the days that I could see a doctor if I needed to. I can no longer afford it.

I pay 15,600 before my 0bamacare compliant plan pays anything. That would be fine if the premium were a catastrophic plannpremiun. It’s not. It’s the “silver” plan. It’s a load of shit it what it is.

I hate 0bama for lying thru his punk ass teeth to sell this crap. I want him to suffer horribly. Period. Full stop. I hate him.


27 posted on 09/19/2017 2:55:31 AM PDT by Principled (OMG I'm so tired of all this winning...)
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To: trebb

His words not mine.


28 posted on 09/19/2017 6:24:01 AM PDT by ex91B10
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