Posted on 10/28/2020 8:30:53 AM PDT by Kaslin
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden describes himself as a "transition" candidate and a "bridge" to a future generation of party leaders.
Those comments should scare every American who opposes socialized medicine. Biden himself may not favor a Canadian-style, government-run healthcare system -- at least not publicly. But his likely successors do. And if Biden and his fellow Democrats triumph this November, American patients and taxpayers could experience the disastrous consequences of single-payer far sooner than they realize.
Younger Democrats, both elected and rank-and-file, overwhelmingly favor single-payer health care. Just consider the views of vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
California's junior senator proudly co-sponsored Senator Bernie Sanders's two Medicare for All bills, introduced in 2017 and 2019. For most of her ill-fated presidential campaign, she strongly advocated for single-payer health care. Only toward the end did she temper that support in a last-ditch attempt to attract moderate voters.
Or consider legislators like New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, the fifth-highest ranking Democrat in the House. Many pundits predict he'll one day become Speaker. Last fall, he co-sponsored Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal's Medicare for All bill, which would push the country into full-blown government-run health insurance in two years, rather than the four-year transition period envisioned by Sanders.
A Biden victory in the presidential election would enable these progressives to lay the foundation for a full-fledged single-payer system. And that would destroy American health care as we know it.
The Sanders plan that Kamala Harris endorsed, for instance, would eliminate private insurance and enroll every American in a single government-run plan with no premiums, copays, or deductibles. Patients would have access to everything from checkups to surgeries "free of charge."
That comprehensive coverage isn't actually free, of course. It'd cost the government $46 trillion over the program's first 10 years, according to an estimate from the American Action Forum.
Sen. Sanders offered up a slew of taxes to pay for his plan, including a new 4 percent income tax, with the first $29,000 in income exempted for a family of four; a new 7.5 percent payroll tax; and draconian taxes on the wealthy and large financial institutions. But those taxes wouldn't generate nearly enough money to cover the cost of Medicare for All.
Even doubling all federal individual and corporate income taxes wouldn't adequately finance the plan, according to research from the Mercatus Center. To keep Medicare for All afloat, the government would have to impose crushing taxes not just on the wealthy but on middle and low-income families, too.
That's precisely what happens in countries that have already implemented single-payer health care. The average Canadian family of four pays over $14,000 in hidden taxes each year to fund their country's health care system.
Those taxes don't buy much in the way of care. In Canada, the median wait time between a primary care referral and specialist treatment last year was around 21 weeks, more than double the average wait in 1993. One 2019 investigation found that there were roughly 175,000 patients in eastern Canada who couldn't access a primary care doctor.
Delays and shortages are so bad that many Canadians seek treatment in the United States. When one Calgary woman was pregnant with quadruplets and went into labor two months prematurely, every hospital in her city in Alberta was at capacity. She and her husband drove over the border to Great Falls, Montana, a city of just under 60,000, where she delivered four healthy baby girls.
Joe Biden is a Trojan horse for socialized medicine. His vice-presidential pick, and some of his most prominent supporters on Capitol Hill, desperately want to establish a single-payer system. And they will, if voters give them the chance this November.
We better not!!!
Single-payer is the least of our worries if the left takes control of D.C.
The Trojan Jackass!
The least of our worries?
Tell that to BoJo.
The NHS is the UK’s largest employer.
I think that factoid explains a lot.
There is no Trojan horse about it. More like neon horse on top of a Las Vegas casino!
Joe wants Biden care!
The Manchurian Candidate,
Sleeper Cell Joe
He’s a Trojan Horse for the entire progressive party. If he wins, he will be removed by the Democrat Party in less than a year.
Trogan horse for:
A N Y T H I N G . & . E V E R Y T H I N G
Picture this nation on life support...
Is that a rhetorical question??
Yes, he is a Trojan Horse for anything that helps to tear down the Constitution and freedom. Kamala is the closest thing to AOC and would President in a flash if Biden is elected.
Biden is a Trojan Horse’s ass....................
He is not a Trojan Horse. Does anyone actually think Joe his hidden his agenda? Of course Joe will implement single payer. What a breathless stupid headline.
True.
Sadly, I used to see moronic leftist drivers here with "We Need Single Payer" bumper stickers. Their little socialist dream could come true---a nightmare for all of us.
Example: Wide open "welcome immigrants" border policies will attract the huge percentage of the world population once surveyed who said "I want to live in the United States if I could." Put them on our bill as taxpayers for full health and surgical care for the average of 6 children for Arab and other cultures' families, plus the aging relatives. Come on down. /s
We don't mind waiting years in pain for the rationing line to get down to our surgery. If we live that long. /s
If our system is so bad, how come Mick Jagger flew to the US to get his heart procedure done? Socialist European health plans were supposed to produce fine medical care./s
He’s a Trojan Horse for EVERYTHING the FAR LEFT wants to do.
He is the embodiment of every idea that wants to destroy everything we have traditionally valued - not because that is what he believes in, but because he is a slave to the mob.
In a sense - he becomes an anti-Christ, anything Judeo-Christian must be torn down.
None of Biden’s policies are “real.”
Remember, the President can “propose” but there is little he can do to introduce legislation.
The problem with a Biden win is that it will mean he has coattails. A Biden win might just mean he is riding the coattails of the Congressional races.
That said, if he wins we will see a generally sea change to the progressive wing of the party. They are the ones who will send along the pieces of legislation that are “progressive in nature.”
If Biden loses, it will split the Democrat party. AOC will become the defacto leader for the next two years at least. They will say the moderates lost and are responsible. This will drive more AOC acolytes into the party.
Trump winning now, might set up an AOC run in 2024. That would be downright scary. A Trump loss will almost certainly set up an AOC run in 2024.
Either way, the Squad isn’t going away.
Nah. Sniffy joe is a trojan horse for ushering in and installing carmela as the first female semi black (p)resident. And some thought hildabeast was a screaming meemee!
Biden is a Trojan horse for Kamala Harris, or maybe for Jill Biden.
He ain’t doin’ much on his own, that’s for sure.
That's right. The publication appears to have a first grade education of the real world.
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