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Close Encounters with Single Payer Healthcare in Western Europe

By Laure Fergy March 2019 In President Obama’s weekly address on June 6, 2009 he famously said, concerning Obamacare: “If you like the doctor you have, you can keep your doctor…” I personally believe that the former President was mocking … Continue reading

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Getting Ahead of the Single-Payer Crowd (top tweets)

You know at some point the fight will be joined over single-payer. It’s been the dream of the Left for a century and the Left never quits. The Truth Squad is collecting stories from all over the world demonstrating why … Continue reading

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UPDATE – Trump’s Executive Order Signals He Doesn’t Want Single-Payer

President Trump didn’t waste any time getting started on structuring the post-Obamacare world.  He signed an executive order Friday night instructing federal agencies to minimize the economic and regulatory burden of the Affordable Care Act on states, individuals, insurance companies, … Continue reading

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Obamacare Is Dead, Long Live the Single-Prayer(tm) Express-to-Nowhere Train Wreck Ahead!

New York Times: Ailing Obama Health Care Act May Have to Change to Survive Comment: Now it’s official–Obamacare is a train wreck.  Twisted, rusting wreckage, full of injured people tangled in a web of dishonest government Gruberisms, caught, with their … Continue reading

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Thanks Obamacare! — Household Health Care Spending Soars

Comment: Cato expert Daniel J. Mitchell explains why the Affordable Carp Act’s main mechanism, as predicted, has not made care more affordable, but has had quite the opposite effect. “Simply stated, doctors, hospitals, and other providers have very little market-based … Continue reading

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Top Tweets – Fork in the Road

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 … Continue reading

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UPDATE – Out of the Obamacare Frying Pan into the Single-Payer Fire

It was a peak week for concern about Obamacare. On Tuesday, the big insurance company Aetna announced it will leave the Obamacare exchanges in 11 states.  That’s 500 counties across the country that are losing another carrier.  Only one or … Continue reading

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British Single Payer Surgeons Leave Gauze, Needles, Scissors Inside Patients at Alarming Rate

“Daily Mail special report shows nightmare scenarios frequently happening” “They occur at least five times a week in NHS hospitals across Britain” “The most recent data from NHS England show that, in the past four years, nearly 1,200 patients in England … Continue reading

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UPDATE Restore Sanity to Healthcare with Market Forces

Tonight, I announce Free Market Fridays on Twitter, report on doctor-owned hospitals, and finish up with two small items. A month ago, I told you about Single Payer Mondays on Twitter at 10 a.m. Eastern time.  I am pleased to … Continue reading

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#SinglePayer Mondays

You know the single-payer debate is coming. Our side too often leaves a vacuum – our opponents start a messaging campaign in advance of a debate and our side responds with … nothing, for months or even years. The drumbeat … Continue reading

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