As Obamacare unravels, the next debate will be whether to continue in the same direction towards single-payer, or about-face and reintroduce market forces into healthcare. The Truth Squad has argued from the beginning that the construction of a humane healthcare system lies in the direction of LESS government intervention, not more. Join us on Twitter most Mondays 10am ET for ‘Single-Payer Mondays’ and most Fridays at the same time for ‘Free Market Fridays’. Here are some of our most recent tweets on those themes:
Single Payer
Well, that didn’t take long. Progs push for #SinglePayer citing Obamacare’s latest troubles.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/8/17/1561205/-Aetna-s-exit-from-Obamacare-should-make-us-want-Medicare-for-All-even-more
“Colorado single-payer health care plan would quickly implode”
http://www.denverpost.com/2016/08/20/colorado-single-payer-health-care-plan-would-quickly-implode/
Colorado #SinglePayer would cost more than 140 percent of the total current state budget.
http://www.denverpost.com/2016/08/20/colorado-single-payer-health-care-plan-would-quickly-implode/
Colorado won’t be able to negotiate lower pharma prices; bigger entities have tried and failed.
http://www.denverpost.com/2016/08/20/colorado-single-payer-health-care-plan-would-quickly-implode/
Cuban #SinglePayer gangsters win – tourist’s body flown home after £7,000 surgically removed from family
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/cuba-holiday-death-grans-body-11771878
#SinglePayer in haste, repent at leisure.
Free Market
New Hampshire price transparency program: $12M in savings, $1M paid to patients as rewards in 3 yrs
http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2016/08/05/right-to-shop-the-next-big-thing-in-health-care/#48f30e391f75
Wanted: Bounty Hunters in healthcare. ‘Right to Shop’ rebate programs spreading to other states.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2016/08/05/right-to-shop-the-next-big-thing-in-health-care/#48f30e391f75
The wages of non-transparency: “A knee MRI in New York City ranging from $440 to $4,500”
http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2016/08/05/right-to-shop-the-next-big-thing-in-health-care/#48f30e391f75
Legalize Catastrophic Insurance! (spread the word and help us make this happen!)
http://0363930.netsolhost.com/WordPress/2016/06/29/legalize-catastrophic-insurance-62916-update/