Category Archives: Healthcare

Surprise: Americans Are Paying More For Healthcare Premiums And Deductibles

ABC News seems unsure just why In 2008, middle-class workers spent about 7.8% of household income on premiums and deductibles. By 2018, that figure had climbed to 11.5%. https://t.co/u1iaCkAfoA — ABC News (@ABC) November 21, 2019 It’s a total mystery, but, I bet it still has to be Trump’s fault (ABC News) According to a […]

Liz Warren Trots Out Her Medicare For All Plan

It’s a hoot Warren’s $52T ‘Medicare-for-all’ plan revealed: Campaign still claims no middle-class tax hikes needed Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s long-awaited “Medicare-for-all” funding plan projects the government-run health care system would cost a staggering sum of “just under $52 trillion” over the next decade, with the campaign proposing a host of new tax increases […]

Will Medicare For All Require A 42% Sales Tax?

The Democrats running for President have been pretty sketchy on exactly how they will pay for their Medicare For All (ie, Single Payer) system. Of course, they want The Rich to pay their fair share, because that’s the default position, never considering that the money will disappear. We remember that it failed in Vermont, and […]

Comrade Bernie Finds New Way To Patronize Voters, Calls For Eliminating Medical Debt

Who’s going to pay for it? Bernie Sanders Calls for Eliminating Americans’ Medical Debt Bernie Sanders has long wanted to remake the health care system so no one will have to pay directly for medical care again. Now, he also wants to go back and cancel all the medical debts of people who have been […]

Mayor Pete To Roll Out His Own Medicare Sorta For All Plan, Taking Swipe At Other Democrats

Is this legitimate from Pete Buttigieg, or just a plan that is patronizingly thinking ahead towards the general election, knowing that the essential government takeover of the health industry by other Democrat contenders is not going to play well during the general election? Here’s a better way to do Medicare-for-all … As president, I will […]

Poll: 22% Of Democrats Are Super Excited For Medicare For All!

Of the things that Democrats are running on, Medicare For All, or some form of single payer, is huge in their talking points, especially for the 365 running for president. Many are yammering about getting rid of private insurance. How’s that working out? Poll: Only 22 Percent of Democrats Prefer Medicare for All Only 22 […]

Biden Has A Plan To Jail Insurance Industry Executives Who Oppose His Obamacare Based Plan

So far, Obamacare is not doing particularly well during the debates, with the majority of the Love Democrat Island coming out against it, saying it was awful and did not work. But, then their is Joe Big F’ing Deal Biden. Remember his plan? Joe Biden’s health plan is here. What he’s calling for: protecting the […]

Sanders Proud His Unaffordable Medicare For All Bill Applies To Illegal Aliens

This stuff may play well with the base during the primaries. How well will it play with the general public during the general election? Bernie Sanders: ‘Health Care as a Human Right’ Applies to Illegal Aliens Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) said during the second Democrat presidential debate on Tuesday that he would support giving health […]

While Some Democrats Walk Tightrope On Scrapping Private Insurance, Majority Of Americans Are Against

Even if a single payer, government run health insurance system was viable, particularly monetarily (it’s not even close), how wise is it to put the federal government in charge for 330 million Americans? I’m betting people can come up with ideas in seconds. For Democrats, just imagine that this was in the Executive Branch so […]

Healthcare Expert: Medicare For All Would Crash System, “Nearly Irrational” To Even Discuss

When it comes to Medicare For All, a cute way of saying Single Payer, we already know it would be beyond expensive. It was too much for tiny Vermont to run, and studies found that the California proposal would see it cost twice the yearly Ca. budget, a number so high that the Ca. general […]

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