Single Payer Health Care Pros and Cons

Rich Terrell

Heritage: House Democrats Unveil Plan to Bring Total Government Control Over American Health Care  . . . "Ken Thorpe of Emory University, formerly an advisor to President Bill Clinton, estimates that the federal taxation needed to finance the Sanders’ plan would amount to an additional 20 percent tax on workers’ income, and more than seven out of ten working families would end up paying more for health care than they do today. 
"The federal spending and taxation needed to fund the new House bill would certainly be larger. Beyond the potential impact of the bill on the nation’s deficits and debt, independent analysts and economists will also focus laser-like on the size and impact of the new federal taxes on individuals and families at various income levels. 
"Simply taxing “The Rich” will not cut it. 
"The House cosponsors of the Medicare for All Act intend a rapid transformation of American health care.
"Under section 106 of the bill, they authorize the completion of this massive disruption of today’s public and private health insurance arrangements within just two years." . . .

Bernie Sanders : Pros and Cons of Single-Payer Health Care (MEDICARE-For-ALL)
. . . "We will now take a look at the pros and cons of having this plan in place come next year (i.e. if Bernie Sanders win presidential race)" . . .

Canada’s Single Payer Healthcare: The Pros and Cons  . . . "Instead of multiple insurance agencies competing in a private marketplace, a single government agency or multi-government agency pays for the entire bill of health care for all of its residents.
"Every person has all the medical needs covered under one plan and includes all the services: Doctors, hospitals, long term care, prescription, drugs, dental and vision care.
"To top it off, everyone gets to decide where they want to receive their care.
"Sounds amazing, right? How soon can you move to Canada? And in many ways it is an incredible healthcare system. But like anything human made, there are pros and there are cons." . . .

Single Payer Health Care Pros and Cons

Under this, every day we will wake up to find some new government restriction placed on us. TD