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In reply to the discussion: Wow. I'm being hammered by my Southern friends about Vermont's health care decision. [View all]Recursion
(56,582 posts)30. Single payer? Not all that many places, really.
Single payer is one particular model of universal healthcare access, and not the most popular. Actually AFAIK only Canada and certain states in Germany do it. Hybrid public-private insurance systems (eg, the ACA) are more popular, as are state run medical programs.
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Wow. I'm being hammered by my Southern friends about Vermont's health care decision. [View all]
Atman
Dec 2014
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It also works in Canada, our NA neighbor. In large part due to to Tommy Douglas, social democrat
appalachiablue
Dec 2014
#28
Dont know the details of why it didnt work in Vermont, but it wont work anywhere as long
NoJusticeNoPeace
Dec 2014
#2
This is what it would have taken in Vermont for it to work in payroll taxes , just like Canada
helpmetohelpyou
Dec 2014
#23
New York could pay for single payer by eliminating the millions of road signs that are plaguing our
adirondacker
Dec 2014
#3
It boils down to increasing progressive taxes and reducing regressive ones. Upstate NY had a wicked
adirondacker
Dec 2014
#42
My property tax went up 14% and my governor just allowed CL&P a rate increase of 26% in 2015
helpmetohelpyou
Dec 2014
#43
The entire country is infested with incestous, fraudulant, wasteful and abusive industries and WE
adirondacker
Dec 2014
#45
We have Nationl Grid (London Multinational) raping us in NY. Last years rates shot up
adirondacker
Dec 2014
#50
Oh I know but they grew up being taxed like that so to them it seems normal.
helpmetohelpyou
Dec 2014
#41
I hear what you are saying, but Medicare is really not a pure single player anymore.
Hoyt
Dec 2014
#10
It's hard to tell a person who makes $35,000 gross in Vermont your payroll tax
helpmetohelpyou
Dec 2014
#34
I remember when hospitals were non profit and better. This neoliberal privitization of EVERYTHING
appalachiablue
Dec 2014
#29
Crying shame what's happened to beautiful Florida. Reaganism and GOP governance.
appalachiablue
Dec 2014
#32
I don't think Florida is unique to that sort of change. I've seen it in several states I've occupied
adirondacker
Dec 2014
#38
The left dismisses 20+ years of RW propaganda on Fox and hate radio. It's anal with many.
appalachiablue
Dec 2014
#75
It is completely insane, the move would appear to reduce systematic cost by half based
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#26
We are now paying 17% or our GDP for health care, and people are bitching about 12%??
eridani
Dec 2014
#46
Congratulations, you raise some of the issues that make universal care problematic to many.
branford
Dec 2014
#81
Americans mostly do NOT have excellent health care--they don't have health care at all--
eridani
Dec 2014
#83
Since they are rarely seriously sick, they don't have a clue about their coverage
eridani
Dec 2014
#86
Remind them their red state heroes can't make their bridges, roads and schools work....
Hassin Bin Sober
Dec 2014
#49
My sister lived in NYC for six years where our brother was. A guy friend of a friend
appalachiablue
Dec 2014
#71
so they like the system we have now ?! "pay til you go bankrupt then lose your house and die" ?
GreatGazoo
Dec 2014
#66
What I thought. But FL is changing. It was part of the Confederacy like Texas which I didn't
appalachiablue
Dec 2014
#74
Sorry to hear about those awful people who you were around, and since gone.
appalachiablue
Dec 2014
#87
Truth be told, I don't think single payer would work all that well here either.
Zavulon
Dec 2014
#85