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Bernie's Magical Thinking
American Thinker.com ^ | September 13, 2017 | Anna L. Stark

Posted on 09/13/2017 9:20:24 AM PDT by Kaslin

Responding to recent criticism about Bernie Sanders in her book, Hillary Clinton claims that she beat Sanders in a landslide during the 2016 Democrat Presidential primary. Unlike his opponent, Senator Sanders is putting the past behind him and is about to launch yet another campaign promoting his Medicare-For-All health care scheme, touting the tag line "Leave no American behind." A growing list of like-minded, Democrat/Socialist fellow travelers have jumped on the bandwagon in support of the Sanders plan. Names like Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, Corey Booker, and Kamala Harris should be of no surprise to anyone. The Sanders’ scheme promises a broad spectrum of guarantees that all Americans, regardless of income level, socioeconomic status, or age will have immediate and unfettered access to health care with the government simply writing the check. What the Sanders’s plan fails to adequately address is how the government manages all that magical thinking. As Bernie succinctly states, “As a patient, all you need to do is go to the doctor and show your insurance card.”

In order to better comprehend the scope of the Sanders’ plan and as it applies to the “leaving no American behind” canard, I visited the Sanders’ Medicare for All website. It’s always interesting to read the wistful laments of the one-size-fits-all Socialist theorists; after all, magical thinking and Mr. Sanders are synonymous. In all honesty, at least he acknowledges and then admits the passage of the Affordable Care Act was simply a means to an end: the goal is to usher in Universal Health Care in America.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: crazybernie

1 posted on 09/13/2017 9:20:24 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
“As a patient, all you need to do is go to the doctor and show your insurance card.”

This is EXACTLY the same thing the Clintons had proposed in 1993 before they put Hillary in charge and she proceeded to f*** it all up.


2 posted on 09/13/2017 9:23:11 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Kaslin

If you like your doctor, ...

Yeah. Do it Dems. Dare ya.


3 posted on 09/13/2017 9:23:59 AM PDT by epluribus_2 (he had the best mom - ever.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Still no delegated power for federal involvement.


4 posted on 09/13/2017 9:24:53 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Rurudyne

“Still no delegated power for federal involvement.”

I look forward to the day, when the Trump-crafted SCOTUS finally takes up issues like this. The absolutely best thing that could happen to medical care is for the FedGov to be proscribed by a SCOTUS ruling from every getting involved in healthcare again.


5 posted on 09/13/2017 9:30:30 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: Kaslin

Where did all the madmen come from?


6 posted on 09/13/2017 9:32:12 AM PDT by BigEdLB (To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
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To: Kaslin

And the socialists in Venezuela are eating cats and dogs.


7 posted on 09/13/2017 9:32:32 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Kaslin

On the socialism > communism > totalitarianism scale, bernie is near the middle, and hitlery is closer to the right. Their supporters on the other hand, leap frogged over all of that, and went straight to full tilt Bolshevik anarchy.

These leftist idiots thought that they could implement a divide and conquer strategy that would allow them to step in and consolidate power.

Instead, all they did was create a bunch of radical identity groups who are now at war with one another, and everybody else.

They opened Pandora’s box, and then poked a stick at the contents.


8 posted on 09/13/2017 9:36:08 AM PDT by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it. MAGA!)
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To: vette6387

After watching John Roberts twist himself into pretzels in order to save Obamacare, do you REALLY think that this will ever happen?


9 posted on 09/13/2017 9:37:20 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“After watching John Roberts twist himself into pretzels in order to save Obamacare, do you REALLY think that this will ever happen?”

Yes, I do, when the SCOTUS is 7 to 2. With the right additions by Trump, Roberts can effectively be neutered. He can “busy himself” playing house with the Fat Gay Yenta and the Wise Latrina until all three of them pass on. 6-3 decisions will be fine with me.


10 posted on 09/13/2017 9:40:02 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: Kaslin
This is what "single payer" is REALLY like"......

This was the Front Page of the London Daily Telegraph , July Edition.........


11 posted on 09/13/2017 9:57:09 AM PDT by caww
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To: caww

This is what Medicare is really like:

https://www.medicare.gov/forms-help-and-resources/index.html

I am sure ninety year old grandmas have no difficulty finding all the information they need. :-)


12 posted on 09/13/2017 10:05:00 AM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: cgbg

We receive a sizeable,informative, handbook in the mail——annually.

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13 posted on 09/13/2017 10:08:11 AM PDT by Mears
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To: Kaslin

“As a patient, all you need to do is go to the doctor and show your insurance card.” That’s all i do now. Plus a $20.00 copay.


14 posted on 09/13/2017 10:47:21 AM PDT by brianr10
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To: epluribus_2
If you like your doctor, ...

Yeah. Do it Dems. Dare ya.

Bingo!

15 posted on 09/13/2017 10:58:39 AM PDT by GOPJ ("$3 Million Dollars 'PER DAY' is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens. That's $1.2 Billion a year.")
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To: Buckeye McFrog
“As a patient, all you need to do is go to the doctor and show your insurance card.”

That's what people used to do before the feds got to interfering with my health.
16 posted on 09/13/2017 12:41:48 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
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