Charles Krauthammer: "In Less Than Seven Years, We Will Be In A Single-Payer System"

Charles Krauthammer on Thursday's Special Report said the American people's views on health care has evolved and thus, ironically, Obamacare wins the day. Krauthammer said health care is not being argued by Republicans in terms of the free market anymore; it is seen now as something the government ought to guarantee.

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: I think historically speaking we are at the midpoint. We had seven years of Obamacare, a change in expectations. And I would predict that in less than seven years, we will be in a single-payer system. I think that's the great irony of this.

Obamacare failed at every level. Politically, the Democrats were crushed over six years and four elections, whereas you say, they lost seats in the House, the Senate, the governorships, etc. largely because of Obamacare.

It failed on the ground, as was pointed out earlier. The insurers are in a death spiral. The Obamacare exchanges are collapsing. You've had these exchanges, these community exchanges completely disintegrating. But the irony is in the end, I think Obamacare wins the day because it changed expectations. Look at the terms of the debate. Republicans are not arguing the free market anymore. They have sort of accepted the fact that the electorate sees health care as not just any commodity. It's not like purchasing a steak or a car. It is something people now have a sense that government ought to guarantee.

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He’s right. People now view health care as an entitlement that they deserve. And to talk about health “insurance” is a joke. There was a debate on CNN between 8 Liberals who all agreed with one another. They were complaining about men who don’t like the fact that their premiums go up because men are forced to pay for mammograms, female birth control, and abortions. And they went nuts to any debate on the notion that unhealthy people with unhealthy lifestyles should be held accountable per their premiums.

I know the Hammer is somewhat unpopular around here, but he could very well be right about this. In other words, embrace the suck, get a passport and start setting aside a small medical tourism fund for when you are inevitably told that because of your age, gender, ethnicity or political beliefs, your medical condition is not a ‘priority’ to society...

I think he’s more or less correct. We will go through some transition to Trump-Care, and maybe one more version...before there’s literally no choices left except single-payer.

After three years of single-payer, we will agree that it marginally works....ensures we have a lesser degree of health coverage than ever before....and learn that there’s really nothing left on the table. At that point, some people....with real incomes....will just go and sign up for 4-star healthcare beyond what single-payer will offer, and just go on with their life. The rest will be stuck with the marginal threshold.

Unfortunately for socialists/communists, capitalism produces all the things they wish to “redistribute.”

Once they kill it, they very shortly thereafter run out of fodder for “redistribution.”

Just ask a Venezuelan.

RE: I think he’s more or less correct. We will go through some transition to Trump-Care, and maybe one more version...before there’s literally no choices left except single-payer.

Heck, even President Trump himself praises Australia’s Single-Payer system as “Better Healthcare than we do” in his meeting with PM Malcolm Turnbull.

SEE HERE:

https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2017/05/05/trump-praises-australia’s-universal-health-care/101323986/

It is dangerous to make predictions, especially when you just pull them out of your a**.

If his predictions comes true, then I will predict that healthcare in America will go down the toilet. Imagine a health care system run by the same people that run the DMV or the post office.

No competition leads to poor quality, and poor service, and lingering deaths as you wait for someone to see you.

(With the exception of the elite).

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