Tag Archives: single payer

UPDATE – Getting Out Ahead of the Single-Payer Debate

Posted on May 23, 2016 by OCTS1

There wasn’t a lot of Obamacare news this week, so I want to tell you about something new the Truth Squad is doing on the single-payer front, plus give you another way to undermine support for Obamacare.  I will end … Continue reading →

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The Unbelievably High Cost of Single-Payer

Posted on April 19, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: Not just in lives lost and care denied, but in plain old cash… “Gov. Peter Shumlin, a Democrat and longtime single-payer advocate, ultimately decided not to seeking [sic] funding from the Legislature to implement the new law, known as … Continue reading →

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Massachusetts Mastermind: “We Have the Highest Premiums in the Country”

Posted on April 18, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment:  Proud of their budget-busting, not satisfied with Romneycare’s Rocketing Rates, is it Mission Accomplished in the Gruber-land of Massachusetts yet?  No, wait, there’s more!  Undaunted by their Obamacare exchange cluster bomb, not chastened by Obamacare’s Boston Medicaid Expansion Massacre, … Continue reading →

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UPDATED Obamacare Endgame: 20 Hospital Systems Leading to Single-Payer

Posted on March 25, 2016 by OCTS1

by Tom Barilovits The Obamacare endgame is to consolidate hospitals locally, then regionally and nationally into 20 massive systems across the U.S., each with around 250 hospitals and thousands of clinics. Why? Because it’s easier to nationalize twenty hospitals into … Continue reading →

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RATE SHOCK: 85% Hikes for California Small Businesses

Posted on October 27, 2015 by OCTS4

70% of California Small Businesses to Lose Their Plans in 2016 Comment: How long until reasonable employers discontinue offering insurance? Does anyone remember being told that if you liked your plan you could keep it?  If you already had a plan … Continue reading →

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U.K. Mulls Cutting Junior Doctors Below Fast-Food Wage Levels

Posted on September 28, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Many doctors think they want single-payer. Think again. It will turn you into a government slug when you could be making more money flipping burgers, as this story from the U.K. shows. “Just this morning, Express.co.uk learned that THREE-QUARTERS … Continue reading →

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One-third on VA’s Wait List Have Died

Posted on September 23, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: For a sample of how government-run, single-predator Obam-no-care national socialized medicine might pan out on American soil, we need look no further than the Veteran’s Administration. “The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Inspector General on Wednesday confirmed that … Continue reading →

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Where Are We After the King Case?

Posted on July 1, 2015 by OCTS1

We cannot depend on the Supreme Court to save us from Obamacare. This is why the Truth Squad doesn’t hold out much hope for the origination case that is still working its way through the courts. The Truth Squad believes … Continue reading →

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Obamacaid Is Displacing Private Insurance

Posted on June 11, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: People who had their own insurance are dropping it and going on welfare.  More dependency. Less choice.  Higher cost.  This isn’t healthy. “The proportion of commercially insured patients, either through Obamacare’s exchanges or through workplace coverage, actually fell in … Continue reading →

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John Kerry: Gov’t Medicine for Thee, Heck NO! for Me

Posted on June 2, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Secretary of State John Kerry has seen healthcare in many nations. Injured in socialized medicine France, he at first sought care in quasi-private Switzerland, instead. End result? Kerry trusts European universal government medicine so much that he decided to … Continue reading →

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