John Oliver: Medicare for All

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February 17, 2020 at 1:35 pm #111403

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February 19, 2020 at 1:07 am #111423

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When we talk about Medicare for All, the question shouldn't be about cost.

We need to talk about how much money will be saved.

A new study finds that Medicare for All will save $600 billion by taking administrative costs out of the equation. https://t.co/XTwP0GWeIn

— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) February 19, 2020

February 22, 2020 at 10:25 pm #111544

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American healthcare system: higher cost for worse outcomes.

Group that supports keeping it as is:
Health insurance industry
Overpaid medical practitioners
Pharma companies

No other advanced economy follows the US system.
ALL have lower costs, and better healthcare outcomes pic.twitter.com/YIUMPL7O5r

— Anil (@anilvohra69) February 22, 2020

February 22, 2020 at 10:45 pm #111545

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We know the health insurance industry & its lobbyists won’t quit trying to scare the public. But politicians who parrot their talking points do so at their own peril. It's now clear: Medicare For All is *the* winning position in the 2020 Dem primary. And opposing it is not. (5/5) pic.twitter.com/Ekwd5p8V2V

— Wendell Potter (@wendellpotter) February 23, 2020

February 23, 2020 at 10:15 am #111556

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If you say you’ll move to Canada if Trump wins re-election…but you refuse to vote for Bernie because of his support for single-payer healthcare…boy are you gonna be surprised when you get north of the border.

— Nathaniel Stinnett (@NCStinn) February 23, 2020

February 24, 2020 at 2:48 am #111578

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Bernie’s #MedicareForAll would save about $450 billion per year: https://t.co/apzcrfDi57

If you’re Canadian, like I am, you should already get how that works.

— A Echo (@AEcho13) February 24, 2020

February 24, 2020 at 1:48 pm #111589

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February 24, 2020 at 2:11 pm #111592

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Pramila goes yard.

Though I wish somebody would point out that the public option means that the private insurance industries will lower their rates and improve their coverage short term while they finance politicians to gut financing for the Public Option and wear it down to the point that Americans come to believe – permanently – that the government is no good at running health insurance. I mean…that is Plan B for them if they can’t stop M4A in its tracks. Removing private insurance gets rid of that pressure, and becomes much harder for industry sympathizers to erode M4A.

February 24, 2020 at 2:29 pm #111594

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Zooey wrote:

Though I wish somebody would point out that the public option means that the private insurance industries will lower their rates and improve their coverage short term while they finance politicians to gut financing for the Public Option and wear it down to the point that Americans come to believe – permanently – that the government is no good at running health insurance.

More on this.

Public option is more expensive than M4A:

Multiple studies show Medicare for All would be cheaper than public option pushed by moderates
Yale and Harvard researchers: Medicare for All reduces costs, while public option makes health care more expensive

https://www.salon.com/2020/02/22/multiple-studies-show-medicare-for-all-would-be-cheaper-than-public-option-pushed-by-moderates/?fbclid=IwAR36lZalFUKPqa8ZeDazrluiVNSN9HScIgowKcHzReBIn9Oo6WAyW1YIqdY

February 24, 2020 at 8:21 pm #111604

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Here’s What 22 Separate Studies Found: Medicare for All Would Cost Less Than the For-Profit Status Quo

No matter how you design a single-payer public health insurance system, it would have lower overall health care costs, so long as for-profit private health insurers no longer exist to drive up health care costs.

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/02/24/heres-what-22-separate-studies-found-medicare-all-would-cost-less-profit-status-quo?fbclid=IwAR2pvYZXWIfytCxqtUZ2_iFIzZ7I54bdsHcOGwrSzLV1pqkHjdj_QRwNtzA

February 25, 2020 at 9:52 am #111611

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