Over a hundred Democratic members of Congress, including Vermont's Peter Welch, have joined in sponsoring a new "Medicare for all" bill even more sweeping that the one proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders.
March 7, 2019 in Commentary.
Congressional liberals in their "Medicare for All" bills would outlaw virtually all private health insurance, including job-based health coverage. In short, they would deny the right to enroll in any alternative to the government plan.
February 21, 2019 in Commentary.
January 31, 2019 in U.S..
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has not let up in his push for single-payer health care — and some state legislators are matching his proposal.
November 6, 2018 in U.S..
November 5, 2018 in U.S..
Advocates of single-payer health care — like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., with his "Medicare for All" legislation — suggest Americans would enjoy a health care utopia if only the government took over. But claims of lower costs and better, more efficient care are widely overblown.
September 30, 2018 in Commentary.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders tweeted a video Wednesday claiming that health care wait times in Canada aren't a "major problem." Yet whether judging by physician benchmarks or the relative performance of other countries, Canada faces chronically long health care wait times.
November 12, 2017 in U.S..
November 1, 2017 in Commentary.
What does Bernie really want? More power, centralized, in the government, to be controlled by him and the rest of the clown show that thinks it's qualified to make decisions on your behalf.
October 5, 2017 in Commentary.
As nice as Medicare for All may sound, Sanders' proposal is a classic example of a bait and switch. Once the consumer is lured by the slogan, he is suddenly hooked by a reality far less enticing.
September 27, 2017 in Commentary.
Sanders is proposing a monopoly over the health finance and delivery systems, and this means there will no longer be any private health insurance. People will not be able to keep their current health insurance plans.
September 20, 2017 in Commentary.