"4. His single-payer healthcare proposal would cost so much it would require raising taxes on the middle class.
"This is a duplicitous argument. Studies show that a single-payer system would be far cheaper than our current system, which relies on private for-profit health insurers, because a single-payer system wouldnt spend huge sums on advertising, marketing, executive pay, and billing. So even if the Sanders single-payer plan did require some higher taxes, Americans would come out way ahead because theyd save far more than that on health insurance."
Right now, my employer and I pay 18.5% of my gross for shitty, rationed healthcare by an HMO whose prime value is cutting costs, not treating me. Every year this firm raises its premiums by double digits for no other reason, I'm convinced, than to give it more earnings to retain.
Clinton says, 'no we can't' when it comes to single payer, because she 'doesn't think single payer is real' because there would be some corporate money lined up in opposition.
Sorry, Clinton - I WANT SINGLE PAYER and I'm not backing down this time.