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34. It being cost prohibitive can be argued. It was never implemented.

Wed Feb 6, 2019, 03:03 PM

Feb 2019

https://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2017/sep/20/sean-duffy/vermont-single-payer-was-scrapped-because-it-was-g/

A policy study from Cornell University.

http://www.cornellpolicyreview.com/rise-fall-vermonts-single-payer-plan/

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Medicare for All Costs Too Much, Pelosi Adviser Assures Health Insurance Executives [View all] appalachiablue Feb 2019 OP

The only pig at the trough that doesn't actually contribute to healthcare outcomes is the insurers pecosbob Feb 2019 #1

No shit!!! It seems like every discussion about the high potential healthcare costs... Raster Feb 2019 #32

The Dems need to stand behind area51 Feb 2019 #2

Medicare for all is way cheaper than private insurance supplemented by emergency room visits tclambert Feb 2019 #3

I won't vote for anyone who doesn't want medicare for all Puppyjive Feb 2019 #4

I'm 70; I have a Medicare subliminal handled by an insurance co. Magoo48 Feb 2019 #14

Dems need to step up. Single-payer zentrum Feb 2019 #5

I don't why anyone here believes anything that the Intercept, Glenn Greenwald's baby, reports on. pnwmom Feb 2019 #6

Medicare for all is the hill we will die on if we go down that road. GulfCoast66 Feb 2019 #7

If you take the employer out of the game.... Hotler Feb 2019 #21

Or, better yet, make every employer pay for every employee GulfCoast66 Feb 2019 #24

I agree with an incremental approach Freddie Feb 2019 #31

" If there was such a meeting " ? YOHABLO Feb 2019 #8

The ony way Medicare for All could be realistically implemented in the USA would be to No Vested Interest Feb 2019 #9

I agree that it will need to be phased in Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #10

Phasing in gives the insurance industry time to dig their corrupt fingers into new flesh. Magoo48 Feb 2019 #11

Simple ouija Feb 2019 #12

And what do you tell the people working in those jobs? Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #13

Whose unprotected health needs do you trade for their job security? Magoo48 Feb 2019 #15

Whose jobs do you trade Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #20

And make all electric utilities go back to coal so the miners can get back their jobs. Cold War Spook Feb 2019 #16

Exactly -- industry evolves. It's a cornerstone of capitalism. Auggie Feb 2019 #18

A whole bureaucracy will need to be created to administer single-payer. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2019 #22

I was thinking along these lines myself. Magoo48 Feb 2019 #36

So make insurance companies nonprofit. GulfCoast66 Feb 2019 #25

Sounds like a sensible and practical approach at140 Feb 2019 #26

Actuallly Apollyonus Feb 2019 #38

I doubt that cost-effectiveness is the point of having Medicare for all. No Vested Interest Feb 2019 #44

The cost is important Apollyonus Feb 2019 #45

Which other programs currently provide health care to children (by insurance or other means)? No Vested Interest Feb 2019 #48

Employer provided insurance Apollyonus Feb 2019 #49

My wife and I and 1/3 of the people are on one payer. Cold War Spook Feb 2019 #17

VA is a good model for a single-payer system. Unless Trump dissolves it. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2019 #23

My father-in-law who served in WWII was on VA care for decades. at140 Feb 2019 #28

My Mother was not diagnosed with cancer under Blue Cross of MA. Cold War Spook Feb 2019 #35

Of course individual doctor is the key to health at140 Feb 2019 #39

Veterans have had Choice Plus for some years. Cold War Spook Feb 2019 #40

This is what's wrong with democrats today. GlennRuss Feb 2019 #19

Yet Bernie is not brave enough to simply discuss the costs R B Garr Feb 2019 #27

Ok GlennRuss Feb 2019 #33

If he is blaming Democrats for something he can't get R B Garr Feb 2019 #42

It being cost prohibitive can be argued. It was never implemented. CentralMass Feb 2019 #34

LOL, no excuses. The man's own words that he was forced R B Garr Feb 2019 #43

Excuses ? There were no excuses in either link. CentralMass Feb 2019 #46

All excuses, even in the titles. Keep in mind the subthread R B Garr Feb 2019 #47

Are you suggesting that there is nothing at all wrong, questionable, noteworthy, or flawed Magoo48 Feb 2019 #37

Insert Bernie's name in all your queries. R B Garr Feb 2019 #41

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2019 #29

Welcome to DU. area51 Feb 2019 #30