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Medicare for All: What Could Possibly Go Wrong ?
Daily Dose of Reason ^ | July 20, 2019 | Michael J. Hurd

Posted on 07/20/2019 5:46:07 PM PDT by huckfillary

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1 posted on 07/20/2019 5:46:07 PM PDT by huckfillary
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Everyone in the World ?


2 posted on 07/20/2019 5:48:49 PM PDT by butlerweave
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The only well paying jobs in the nation that are for unskilled workers who haven’t a clue are in Congress, various State legislatures or even city halls.

There seems to also be a relationship between being more progressive and where having skills (besides criminal skills) gets in the way of political advancement.


3 posted on 07/20/2019 5:53:22 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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“Medicare for All: What Could Possibly Go Wrong ?”

Doctors would find a new line of work?


4 posted on 07/20/2019 5:56:27 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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5 posted on 07/20/2019 5:57:37 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Medicare for all would be fine if it included members of Congress.


6 posted on 07/20/2019 5:58:14 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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Medicare for all has good and bad points.

What we have now can’t last five years.


7 posted on 07/20/2019 6:05:43 PM PDT by Jim Noble (1)
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Literally Medicare for all the world if the borders are going to be wide open.


8 posted on 07/20/2019 6:07:41 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has beco</me my worst enema.)
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NHS cancer scans left unread for weeks because of pension row
Hospitals cut services as consultants stop doing overtime to avoid huge tax bills

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jul/19/nhs-cancer-scans-unread-pension-row


9 posted on 07/20/2019 6:11:12 PM PDT by Rusty0604 (2020 four more years!)
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And they do not mean ‘medicare’ for all. Medicare has many co-payments and responsibilities for those covered by it. What they really mean is ‘Medicaid’ for all. They sure don’t expect their core constituency to make significant co-payments.


10 posted on 07/20/2019 6:21:49 PM PDT by Will88 (The only people opposing voter ID are those benefiting from voter fraud.)
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The single biggest questions is how and who will pay for it.

Your looking at a minimum of at least another $4 Trillion to pay for it. That money is not there.


11 posted on 07/20/2019 6:25:27 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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Medicine sucks. Doctors have the highest suicide rate of any profession.

I think the bureaucrats should take over everything concerning patient care. They already practice medicine now as it is.


12 posted on 07/20/2019 6:39:05 PM PDT by grumpygresh
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The Medicare Trust Fund will be exhausted in 2026. After that, by law benefits will be reduced to equal revenue received. 40% of Medicare is funded by the General Fund. By law, the premiums for Medicare Part B only cover 25% of the actual costs. The other 75% comes from the General Fund. And in case people don’t know, Medicare Part B premiums are now means tested with the premium levels tied to income. The average Medicare recipient receives three time more in benefits than they contributed to the system.

And 9 out of every 10 Medicare recipients have private insurance to cover the costs not covered by Medicare, I.e., Medigap insurance. Private insurance will not be going away.


13 posted on 07/20/2019 6:47:15 PM PDT by kabar
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What are the good points?


14 posted on 07/20/2019 6:47:58 PM PDT by kabar
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I've been on Medicare for over a year now. I'm convinced Medicare wants me (and all you) dead—and the sooner the better. They won't cover prescriptions that really make a difference in my diabetes, they won't pay for certain lab tests, nor some doctor visits. Cutting corners with everyone else’s lives is OK for bureaucrats and politicians, but you can bet they won't tolerate Medicare in THEIR lives.
15 posted on 07/20/2019 6:48:30 PM PDT by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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Congress is covered by Medicare and SS. It has been mandatory since 1983.


16 posted on 07/20/2019 6:49:35 PM PDT by kabar
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Riiiiight. I’m sure they have a slightly different version of both.


17 posted on 07/20/2019 7:08:06 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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I'm on Medicare. My biggest complaint is that CMS, the billing arm of Medicare, has yet to send me an accurate bill for two years. Indeed, their payment processing is designed to overcharge its “customers”. I overpaid $800 because of the inaccurate billing. Feh.
18 posted on 07/20/2019 7:35:37 PM PDT by asinclair (Political hot air is a renewable energy resource)
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No, the same as all government employees have. The 1983 agreement Reagan and Tip O’Neill worked out to save SS and Medicare for 75 years made all new hire government employees pay into SS. They were already paying into Medicare. I say that advisedly having worked for the federal government for 36 years.


19 posted on 07/20/2019 7:40:32 PM PDT by kabar
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Just like the Veterans' Administration's health care, a great deal can go wrong !

ObamaCare failed, and was designed to fail from the start.
Now the DemocRATS want to change the language and go for "Medicare For ALL" !

Don't fall for their LIES !
Don't buy any of them !

Remember the past ?



Only idiots and the evil voted for Obama, or ANY of the Democrats.
AND NOW, WE CAN ADD "Establishment Republicans" TO THAT LIST, ALSO!
They've lied to us, constantly, and really are "Collapsing the System".
And now, these "Useful IDIOTS" who voted for them, are buying the LIES that "Obamacare was designed to work." ?
It was designed to fail from the start.
THEN ... THEY GO TO THE "SINGLE-PAYER SYSTEM". They've been sucking our wallets dry for over four years now on the "Obamacare" LIE.
AND NOW THEY WANT MORE TAXES ?
Our Founding Fathers would have hung them already!

Lets review:

Who was it that expanded Medicare and Medicaid to cover many, many more people than it was originally designed to cover?

So DemocRATS,
Sen Mark Kirk's statement Thursday, Dec 1, 2011 ... It's not our fault that DEMOCRATS raided the Social Security Trust Fund.
Let's remember ...

20 posted on 07/20/2019 7:50:14 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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