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Single Payer Saves Money by Saying No to the Insurance Industry’
Fair and Accuracy in ReportingFebruary 1, 2016
Janine Jackson: A Washington Post columnist writes that we need to admit that healthcare reforms twin goals, comprehensive universal insurance and cost control, are at odds. The New York Times reports that a single-payer system requires unpopular taxes, making it, even in the eyes of sympathetic Democrats, politically impossible. And USA Today says the US hasnt seriously considered single payer because it would cause great disruption to the economy, result in higher taxes, and give the federal government vast new powers.
Well, those claims have some things in common: Theyre all untrue, and theyll all from 1993. It seems the story corporate media tell us about single payerwe want it, it makes a lot of sense, and it can never ever happenhasnt changed a great deal. For as long as that media narrative has been abroad, weve been checking in with our next guest about how to address it. A primary care physician for many years, Steffie Woolhandler is co-founder of Physicians for a National Health Program and professor at the CUNY School of Public Health.
Welcome back to CounterSpin, Steffie Woolhandler.
Steffie Woolhandler: My pleasure.
JJ: Single payer is in headlines now because of the election, and the alternative visions for healthcare presented by Democratic candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Sanders proposal of a single-payer type of system makes him exciting, the Washington Post said, but Clintons attempt to bat down hopes about it make her the voice of reason. The Arizona Republic says:
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Single Payer Saves Money by Saying No to the Insurance Industry’ (Original Post)
Jefferson23
Feb 2016
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And that's the crux of what Sen. Kennedy had in mind when He conceived it, when Hillary was working
orpupilofnature57
Feb 2016
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orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)1. And that's the crux of what Sen. Kennedy had in mind when He conceived it, when Hillary was working
Barry Goldwater .
Faux pas
(14,580 posts)2. That's how I will always think of her
goldwater democrat snort.
Dems to Win
(2,161 posts)3. k and r
Steffie Woolhandler has been fighting the good fight for Universal Health Care for decades. She's the best
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)4. kick :)