Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Will Obama's proposal for a nation-wide mandate for guaranteed issue insurance decimate insurance companies to the point that government will have to "save the day" with a single-payer monopoly that Obama really wants? Consider this from the Associated Press:
Barack Obama's campaign promise should prove irresistible to the millions of uninsured: ...
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Thursday, November 13th, 2008
...every wealthy country except the United States already has some form of guaranteed health care. ...The politics of guaranteed care are also easy, at least in one sense: if the Democrats do manage to establish a system of universal coverage, the nation will love it. I know that’s not what ...
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
From a recent debate on universal coverage:
PAUL KRUGMAN:
Actually, can I just — I wanted to ask a question. And—
JOHN DONVAN:
Please—please do—
PAUL KRUGMAN:
—and I wanted to ask, actually two questions, to the audience. First, how many Canadians, would Canadians in the room please raise your hands. [ONE PERSON APPLAUDS, LAUGHTER]
JOHN DONVAN:
We ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
What’s easy about guaranteed health care for all? For one thing, we know that it’s economically feasible: every wealthy country except the United States already has some form of guaranteed health care. - Paul Krugman, August 10, 2008
Many pundits see red at the words "single-payer system." They think it means ...
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
I like Ted Kennedy's slogan "Medicare for all." It reminds voters that America already has a highly successful, popular single-payer program, albeit only for the elderly. — Paul Krugman, June 13 2005
How "highly successful" is Medicare? Consider the following story from ABC News:
The Houston Chronicle reported last week that more ...
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