tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post130376109459308902..comments2024-03-19T08:42:45.690-04:00Comments on The Delaware Libertarian: Obamacare, Delaware Medicaid, and the dangers of oversimplifying complex storiesSteven H. Newtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-86359134005871733702014-01-11T17:00:29.716-05:002014-01-11T17:00:29.716-05:00"...the campaign contributions...."
Now..."...the campaign contributions...."<br /><br />Now, THAT is the root of the problem.delacratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-54597379360189725282014-01-11T15:52:21.434-05:002014-01-11T15:52:21.434-05:00Not completely true, Delacrat. Britain's NHS ...Not completely true, Delacrat. Britain's NHS is significantly different than a Medicare for all model, and so are others.<br /><br />But even if you assume that Medicare for all is the preferred model, here's the roadblock: not one of those countries in Europe or elsewhere had such a gigantic health insurance industry that had been given the opportunity by the Federal government to cut the 50 states up into 50 separate little monopolies. Look at the deal Highmark got to come into Delaware and ask yourself which Democrats are going to forego the campaign contributions to bell the cat.Steven H. Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-62077861592507898162014-01-11T15:07:45.388-05:002014-01-11T15:07:45.388-05:00"How do we fix it?"
National single-pay..."How do we fix it?"<br /><br />National single-payer/Medicare-for-all <br /><br />That's the approach every other industrialized country has taken to fix it.<br /><br />delacratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-28844729382132481942014-01-10T08:07:16.702-05:002014-01-10T08:07:16.702-05:00Ezra tries to keep it real: http://m.washingtonpo...Ezra tries to keep it real: http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/09/a-health-industry-expert-on-the-fundamental-problem-with-obamacare/NCSDadnoreply@blogger.com