- How Is Single-Payer Healthcare Different Than Paying For The Police? http://www.dailywire.com/news/13828/how-single-payer-healthcare-different-paying-ben-shapiro 4 comments economy
- Single-payer would allow doctors to focus on their patients’ health needs, rather than on patients’ ability to pay. What Americans want is choice of doctor, not choice of health insurance. Americans want comprehensive, lifelong insurance that assures them they will get the care they deserve. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-medicare-for-all-is-the-best-plan/2016/02/01/bf3804f6-c7b8-11e5-b933-31c93021392a_story.html 1371 comments politics
- Paul Ryan is offended by the idea of single-payer health care: "How dare you suggest we cover all Americans for less than half of what we pay now for health care?" http://www.washingtonstakeout.com/index.php/2011/06/13/ryan-questioned-on-medicare-for-all/ 4 comments politics
- The real reason single-payer health care is hard to pay for https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/10/15932446/how-to-pay-for-single-payer 61 comments politics
- Six Reasons Why Vermont's Single-Payer Health Plan Was Doomed From The Start: "Green Mountain Care attempted to offer Vermonters more generous coverage than they currently had, but couldn’t figure out how to convince doctors and hospitals to accept pay cuts, nor workers to accept tax hikes." http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2014/12/21/6-reasons-why-vermonts-single-payer-health-plan-was-doomed-from-the-start/ 7 comments politics
- Myth: A single-payer system would impose an unacceptable financial burden on U.S. households. Reality: Single payer is the only health reform that pays for itself. http://www.singlepayeraction.org/2016/01/27/single-payer-myths-busted/ 177 comments politics
- Myth: A single-payer system would impose an unacceptable financial burden on U.S. households. Reality: Single payer is the only health reform that pays for itself. http://www.singlepayeraction.org/2016/01/27/single-payer-myths-busted/ 72 comments politics
- "Fully $350 billion a year could be saved on paperwork alone if the U.S. went to a single-payer system — more than enough to pay for the whole goddamned thing, if anyone had the balls to stand up and say so" [Rolling Stone] http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/29988909/sick_and_wrong/1? 369 comments politics
- The truth too is that no country that has moved to such a single-payer system has later rejected it--a good indication that the people of these countries are satisfied with the results and with what they're getting for what they're paying. http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/03/01 65 comments politics
- Sanders To Voter Making 41K a Year: You And People In ‘Middle’ Will Pay More In Taxes For ‘Single-Payer’ Program. Brownell then stated, “I mean, if it saves me on health insurance premiums, I will gladly pay more taxes.” http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/02/03/sanders-to-voter-making-41k-a-year-you-and-people-in-middle-will-pay-more-in-taxes-for-single-payer-program/ 566 comments politics
- Sanders laid out a laundry list of policy proposals he would push for if elected president in November, including: tuition-free college, equal pay for women, a single-payer health care system and campaign finance reform -- measures which received loud applause from thousands of supporters. http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/02/in_new_hampshire.html 384 comments politics
- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi repeatedly praised Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and his campaign Friday, days after dismissing his proposal to raise taxes to pay for a single-payer health care plan. http://wbt.com/nancy-pelosi-heaps-praise-on-bernie-sanders-after-knocking-health-care-plan/ 8 comments politics
- Can We Pay for Single Payer? https://democracyjournal.org/arguments/can-we-pay-for-single-payer/ 25 comments politics
- If You Oppose Single Payer Insurance, Take Your Parents Off Medicare and Pay for Their Medical Bills Yourself http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/13577 344 comments politics
- Sweet Jesus! I just found $300 billion to pay for Americans' health care costs! How many people could that much money cover in a single payer system? http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2009/industries/223/index.html 9 comments politics
- "I don't want single payer system because I don't want to pay for somebody else's healthcare." Hate to break it to you but if you have private health insurance, you already pay for other people's health insurance. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/22/this-is-where-the-2020-presidential-hopefuls-stand-on-health-care.html 17 comments politics
- Bolstering Case for Single Payer, Study Shows For-Profit Insurer Plans Pay Hospitals Nearly 250% More Than Medicare. "There is no better system of cost control and universal care for employers than Medicare for All." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/09/18/bolstering-case-single-payer-study-shows-profit-insurer-plans-pay-hospitals-nearly 23 comments politics
- Single payer healthcare would create 2,613,495 million new permanent good-paying jobs (slightly exceeding the number of jobs lost in 2008) Boost the economy with $317 billion in increased business and public revenues, Add $100 billion in employee compensation http://www.calnurses.org/ihsp_sp_economic_study_2009.pdf 90 comments economy
- Dennis Kucinich: Health Care is a Civil Right - There is only one true health care public option: Single payer. It covers everyone, all basic health care needs, with doctor of choice. No more premiums, co-pays or deductibles. http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewarticle&code=kuc20090909&articleid=15125 8 comments politics