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Ma'ake, I think the seeds of Obamacare were in Romneycare, but any similarities between the two are a lot more subtle than you suggest. Romney himself never proposed the Massachusetts model for the...

Why has Medicare endured for going on 60 years? To me the biggest reason is that it was truly bipartisan. More than half the Republicans in the House voted for it, and almost half the Republican...

I think the only way health care insurance will work in the USA, in the short term, might be the way Jenkins describes it here. Our hodge-podge system seems to be the only one that's politically...

Under that old Heritage plan individuals would be free to take their voucher to whatever plan they liked best. The idea was to make the plans compete for each person's business. Interesting idea,...

The Heritage Foundation plan is a long ways from Romneycare in Mass., and even farther away from the ACÁ. Here’s how it is supposed to work. Stuart Butler, a Heritage healthcare guy, proposed a...

Europe’s Alternative to Medicare for All

Swiss and Dutch private insurance provide better coverage than Canada’s single-payer system.

By Regina E. Herzlinger and
Bacchus Barua

April 16,...

I think that’s a micro-aggression.

Self-righteous Canuck!

Absolutely right. Also, if you really want to keep them honest ask them if there is any out-of-network reduction in the reimbursement for the care. Sometimes hospitals will say “Yes, we are...

There are some increasingly influential voices here who want healthcare to be considered a public utility.


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This guy is spot on regarding the way both parties in Congress have handled the individual mandate. He then kind of meanders off the main road in describing Congress’s structure as the root of a...

Why ‘Medicare for All’ Will Sink the DemocratsWritten in the NYT by Steve Rattner, a former Obama administration official.

I empathized with him here:



Seems like both parties have similar...

This is an excellent summary of the history of the Affordable Care Act, written by a middle of the road commentator who writes usually about economics. My favorite quote:

“If Obamacare dies now,...

The article didn't say much but, here's what it did say:

Dems suddenly scrambling to come up with ObamaCare fix

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/08/02/dems-suddenly-scrambling-to-come-up-with-obamacare-fix.html

Wait, I thought Obamacare must not...

John McCain, the maverick.


https://youtu.be/IE48mGZbsUo

It's just that the health care system is messy and complex, and the debate about reforming it is all too often downright dishonest. (I am talking about the politicians and pundits who drive the...

JUNE 23, 2017
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT



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Washington’s Best Kept Secret Revealed: What’s in the Senate Health...

Works for me. Try again:

http://healthcarecounselblog.com/articles/washington%E2%80%99s-best-kept-secret-revealed-what%E2%80%99s-senate-health-care-bill

Here's a breakdown by one of my Democrat colleagues:

http://healthcarecounselblog.com/articles/washington%E2%80%99s-best-kept-secret-revealed-what%E2%80%99s-senate-health-care-bill

Excerpt:
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I know you were joking, but the idea that millions of people are going to be "removed from health insurance" is a canard that has been allowed to become far too well accepted. The people that would...

The important thing is that Mike is back there protecting the Constitution.

Seriously, his presence in the Senate is exhibit A in the case against Utah's caucus system. All the polls showed that...

You more liberal guys should donate to Mike Lee. He saved Obamacare, which true liberals think is the greatest piece of legislation ever!

[TIC]

Actually, I think Lee would make a great mission...

Ranking healthcare systems can be complex.

NHS ranked 'number one' health system
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And you guys think Utah politics are crazy.

In blocking a bad single-payer healthcare bill, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon was not ‘cowardly’ – quite the opposite
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