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The Price of BernieCare: [] Republicans are telling voters the truth about single payer.
Wall Street Journal ^ | October 11, 2018

Posted on 10/12/2018 6:40:28 AM PDT by reaganaut1

Chuck Schumer declared this week that health care is the issue that will define the November elections, and the Senate Minority Leader may be right for the wrong reason. Democrats could end up paying a big political price for signing up en masse for Bernie Sanders’s government-run health-care agenda.

Republicans are running ads slamming Democrats on single-payer health care, and President Trump framed the issue this week in a USA Today op-ed that said “Democrats would gut Medicare with their planned government takeover of American health care.” Democrats claim this is unfair because not every candidate has endorsed single payer, but if they now want to repudiate it they should say so.

*** Mr. Trump is referring to the Bernie Sanders bill known as Medicare for All, which has been endorsed by 16 Senators, including almost all of the left’s leading 2020 presidential contenders (Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Kirsten Gillibrand, Elizabeth Warren).

A companion House bill has attracted more than 120 co-sponsors, which is nearly two-thirds of the current Democratic caucus. Other devotees include the Democratic nominees for Governor in California (Gavin Newsom) and Florida (Andrew Gillum) and dozens of other candidates around the country. Did Democrats think they could endorse this to please their progressive base but then have no one notice?

Medicare for All would finance health care through taxes instead of insurance premiums, deductibles and co-pays. All care would then be “free” in the Venezuelan sense of the word. Government would dramatically cut the reimbursement rates doctors receive for providing services. All this would lower administrative costs and make health care more efficient, or so we’re told. And we’re not supposed to call this “government-run health care,” though who do you think would make the payment decisions?

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: berniecare; medicare; singlepayer; socializedmedicine

1 posted on 10/12/2018 6:40:29 AM PDT by reaganaut1
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To: reaganaut1

Didn’t read the article. It can be summed up in 2 lines: 1) We can’t afford it. 2) We can’t afford not to-Jesse Jackson. The 2nd line appeals to the emotions. It works. So guess what we’re up against?


2 posted on 10/12/2018 6:44:39 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: reaganaut1

I mean this is what they have in Canada.

Except in Canada, the provinces run their own health plans.

Under BernieCare - it would be run from Washington.

And the voters really love Washington. Not to mention how it would all be paid for.

Not really free and not really a great deal.


3 posted on 10/12/2018 6:45:50 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

“Not really free and not really a great deal.”


But, not to worry since Congress will exempt itself from being required to participate. After all, it is meant only for the little people.


4 posted on 10/12/2018 6:57:52 AM PDT by JGPhila
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To: reaganaut1

“Medicare for All” IS NOT MEDICARE.

If they’ll lie with the name, what other lies are they telling? (that’s how I’d start a conversation with a supporter)


5 posted on 10/12/2018 7:01:00 AM PDT by LostPassword
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To: LostPassword

What they don’t tell you is Medicare doesn’t cover everything for seniors.

Let’s take as an example, nursing home care. Medicare covers only 100 days skilled care. You’re SOL unless you have private gap insurance or you can cover it out of your pocket.

That gets exhausted quickly. Mosf people have Medicaid to cover the costs involved and Medicaid coverage is indefinite.


6 posted on 10/12/2018 7:06:45 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
1) We can’t afford it. 2) We can’t afford not to-Jesse Jackson. The 2nd line appeals to the emotions. It works. So guess what we’re up against?

Yup. Cynthia Nixon's line in NY has been "we're the world's wealthiest nation, we'll figure it out." Sadly I expect the low-infos to nod in agreement.


7 posted on 10/12/2018 7:10:02 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: goldstategop
Under BernieCare - it would be run from Washington.

Healthcare for 330 million people managed by a bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. What could go wrong?


8 posted on 10/12/2018 7:11:17 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: goldstategop
Mosf people have Medicaid to cover the costs involved ...
Do you mean that most people on Medicare have Medicaid? I don't think so.
You don't just sign up for Medicaid ... it's health care for the poor, i.e. the takers of society.
9 posted on 10/12/2018 7:17:12 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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Most seniors have both.

Good nursing home care is very expensive. The government picks up the tab.

Recovers it from the estate when people die.


10 posted on 10/12/2018 7:23:17 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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Most seniors have both.
I know dozens of people on Medicare and not one of them has Medicaid. They have an Advantage or Supplemental plan to enhance their Medicare.
11 posted on 10/12/2018 7:38:41 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: goldstategop

Look at how the NHS dominates the UK political situation. What a disaster it would be.


12 posted on 10/13/2018 1:24:31 AM PDT by Impy (I have no virtue to signal)
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