Single Payer 101: "Everybody In, Nobody Out"

blog.heritage.org ^ | April 28, 2009 | Rory Cooper

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There is often a lot of talk in America about ’single payer health care systems’ but what does that really means? To put it simply, a single payer health care system is one in which the federal government is the only ‘payer’ to doctors, hospitals and other health care providers with no existing private insurance companies or competitors. Essentially, it is the cornerstone of ‘Universal Health Care’.

Why is this important? Because this is essentially what President Obama promises will not happen. The President has repeatedly told audiences that if they liked their insurance providers, and doctors, nothing would change under his plan. He forgot to add ‘for now’. The President’s health care proposal is a major down payment on a single payer system, and the quickest route to crowding out private insurers and putting the government in between you and your doctor. But don’t take our word for it.

In this video courtesy of Hot Air, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) describes a conversation she had with an insurance industry representative. She says: “I said, excuse me sir, the goal of health care reform is not to protect the private health insurance industry.” She adds: “I am so confident in the superiority of a public health care option, that he has every reason to be frightened.”

But maybe she is only speaking for herself? Here is President Obama in 2003, speaking to the AFL-CIO where he says “I happen to be a proponent of single payer, universal health care plan.”

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[...] The Heritage Foundation has the smoking gun evidence showing that Barack and Michelle Obama have been talking this way for a long [...]

Video at link.

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Somebody FLAG this and send it to Barack!

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The President has repeatedly told audiences that if they liked their insurance providers, and doctors, nothing would change under his plan. He forgot to add ‘for now’.

I enjoy watching Americans actually figure out the SOB is a damned liar. I though it was always obvious but the MSM hid as much as they could.

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Rep Jan Schakowsky pushes single payer healthcare The other video is no longer available.

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Public option will lead to Single Payer Barney Frank