Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

CBO: If Democrats Push Socialized Medicine, Get Ready For Rationing
Federalist ^ | 2/6/2021 | Christopher Jacobs

Posted on 02/06/2021 7:54:09 AM PST by Onthebrink

Amidst all the pre-holiday jockeying over an economic “stimulus” package, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a little-noticed report with big implications. More than 18 months after CBO issued a publication on single-payer health care with very little specificity, last month the budget analysts published a 200-plus page report giving more detail about the potential impact of a move to a government-run health system.

Joe Biden claims his administration will not implement a single-payer plan, even though his vice president and Health and Human Services secretary-designate both support the concept. Regardless, CBO’s work provides important context about Democratic health-care proposals, including the end goal for most on the left: a full government takeover of health care.

(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: cbo; government; healthcare; rationing; socialism; socializedhealth

1 posted on 02/06/2021 7:54:09 AM PST by Onthebrink
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Onthebrink

I’m good with Pelosi’s plan, since there’s NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PARTIES (according to some people here), I’m good with Socialized Medicine...as Trump and the Republicans in Congress would have done the same, since there is NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PARTIES (according to some people here).

Right?


2 posted on 02/06/2021 7:56:44 AM PST by BobL (TheDonald.win is now Patriots.win)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Onthebrink

“Give Grandma an aspirin.”


3 posted on 02/06/2021 8:06:32 AM PST by Huskrrrr
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Onthebrink

Democrat party is like a teenage with a fifth of whisky and keys to a new car.


4 posted on 02/06/2021 8:06:50 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Onthebrink

The White elderly will be whisked off to the “Dying With Dignity” room, and the money saved will go to pay for abortions, sex “change” operations, aids care, and euthanasia.


5 posted on 02/06/2021 8:08:34 AM PST by I want the USA back (The nation is in the grips of hysterical insanity, as usual.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Onthebrink

Get ready for the V.A. to be stripped of money, since it was once said, “most veterans are white, anyway.”


6 posted on 02/06/2021 8:13:48 AM PST by Terry L Smith
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Onthebrink

Whatever the left touches, the left turns into Obamastuff.
Always.


7 posted on 02/06/2021 8:18:10 AM PST by Da Coyote
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Da Coyote

When socialized medicine hits believe the rationing. Over 65 you’ll get little. Working people will be means tested. The rich will go black market. And the disenfranchised will be first in line.


8 posted on 02/06/2021 8:46:22 AM PST by krug
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Huskrrrr

“Give Grandma an aspirin.”

The plan is for something much stronger than that.


9 posted on 02/06/2021 8:47:08 AM PST by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Onthebrink

IF? LOL


10 posted on 02/06/2021 8:51:35 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (Trump - Make America Great Again / Biden - Make American Grovel Again...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Onthebrink

May as well. The system is so broken from obamacare. I am still waiting for those big saving. Instead my county has a total of ONE insurer and my premium doubled from last year and they eliminated the catastrophic plans that were briefly available. So between premiums and deductibles it is over 14,000 a year. I am self employed and no covid relief for me for shuttering most of my business. Needles to say I am not bothering with obamacare. and just pay cash. YAY DEMOCRATS.


11 posted on 02/06/2021 10:10:54 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Vaduz

...and your credit cards.


12 posted on 02/06/2021 10:11:27 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: I want the USA back

“The White elderly will be whisked off to the “Dying With Dignity” room, and the money saved will go to pay for abortions, sex “change” operations, aids care, and euthanasia.”
***
That says it all.


13 posted on 02/06/2021 10:22:15 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta ( )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Onthebrink

Socialized Medicine means the state can ban you from receiving healthcare if they don’t like you

Woman Banned From All Hospitals In UK For Proving Hospitals Are Empty
https://thewashingtonstandard.com/woman-banned-from-all-hospitals-in-uk-for-proving-hospitals-are-empty/

“Dean will be “allowed” to use a hospital if she has an emergency - and nothing else”


14 posted on 02/06/2021 7:55:26 PM PST by tbw2
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Da Coyote

Socialized Medicine means the state can ban you from receiving healthcare if they don’t like you
Dean will be “allowed” to use a hospital if she has an emergency - and nothing else
Woman Banned From All Hospitals In UK For Proving Hospitals Are Empty
https://thewashingtonstandard.com/woman-banned-from-all-hospitals-in-uk-for-proving-hospitals-are-empty/


15 posted on 02/06/2021 7:55:56 PM PST by tbw2
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: tbw2
Socialized Medicine means the state can ban you from receiving healthcare if they don’t like you

And our current system means the insurance company can ban you from receiving healthcare, or at least paying for it, if they don't like you.

Every healthcare scheme is rationed. The question is who does the rationing?

And the answer is always the party paying. That can be the government, the insurance company or the consumer, but ultimately each will be unwilling or unable to keep paying.

16 posted on 02/06/2021 8:53:32 PM PST by semimojo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson