Posted on 26 February 2020. Tags: Craig Armitage, Health Care, Medicare For All, New York, Robin Wilt, Single Payer, Washington
I try to mostly stay away from long monologue and ruminations, leaving the topics to be explored in conversations with my guests. Today, a little change because of the issue—I’m going to dig into a recent important study that shows what is pretty obvious to anyone looking at the numbers—Medicare for All saves money and […]
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Posted in Audio, Economy, Podcast, Politics
Posted on 17 July 2019. Tags: Bernie Sanders, Medicare For All
Bernie’s address today on Medicare For All…remarks as prepared for delivery are below: Thank you all very much for being here to discuss one of the major crises facing our country. Let me also thank the dozens of organizations throughout America who support Medicare for All and the tens of thousands of doctors, nurses and […]
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Posted in Economy, Politics
Posted on 15 February 2017. Tags: Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Medicare For All, Single Payer
Here’s what the political class offers the people as health care options: the Republican “who cares if you die as long as the free market lives” versus saving the Affordable Care Act which delivers huge new profits to the corrupt insurance industry. Seriously? So, it’s a good time for us to go in-depth on the […]
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Posted in Audio, Economy, Podcast, Politics
Posted on 05 January 2016. Tags: Bernie Sanders, Health Care, Medicare For All, Single Payer
I have long been an advocate for a single-payer, “Medicare for All” system for the simple economic reality that it is the only way people can get decent health care and not go bankrupt. It’s one of the many reasons I support Bernie. This morning, The New York Times illuminates this with a piece called […]
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Posted in Economy, General Interest, Politics
Posted on 15 December 2009. Tags: Debt, Defense Afghanistan, Health Care, Health Insurance Industry, Medicare For All, Priorities, Single Payer
The drumbeat about the long-term debt is continuing. But, we are not having a serious debate about the origins of the debt or its solutions. If you want to address the long-term debt, the only solution is a "Medicare For All" system that kills the private health insurance industry. The newest alarm is […]
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Posted in General Interest