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Saturday, May 04, 2019

'Medicare for all' means choice for none

“Medicare for all” is another name for socialized health insurance. The Congressional Budget Office published a paper on the general idea this week, reigniting debates over the costs.

Follow the defenses of “Medicare for all” closely enough, through their twists and turns, and eventually you end up in a dead-end alley from which there is no escape. Democrats’ plans to supposedly open up Medicare to everybody always end up in the same place: They absolutely must bar people from choosing to buy their own insurance instead.

The winding debate goes like this: Conservatives point out that turning the federal government into a massive health insurer for all Americans would increase federal spending by $32 trillion.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Better than going bankrupt because you’re unlucky enough to get sick. Cut the pentagon’s budget and you can fund it completely.

Anonymous said...

No way do you cut the Pentagon's budget. Cut the damn food stamps, section 8 and Medicaid and welfare..

Anonymous said...

It's always refreshing to hear such stupidity @9:43. You want this lifestyle do badly move to Venezuela

Anonymous said...

Equivalent to common core.