After GOP Fails to Repeal Obamacare, Sanders will Introduce Single-Payer (VIDEO)

By: Dawn Luger, The Daily Sheeple | 

Vermont Senator and socialist, Bernie Sanders said Sunday that he will absolutely introduce a single-payer health care bill. If you think health care is bad now because of government interference, just wait until the government literally controls your health and body ww100%.

“Absolutely, of course, we are,” Sanders told CNN’s Jake Tapper Sunday. “We’re just tweaking the final points of the bill and we’re figuring out how we can mount a national campaign to bring people together.” Sanders ran on a socialist platform during the 2016 election and was endorsed by “democratic socialist” Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela.

“We are the only major country on earth, the only one, not to guarantee health care to all people,” he said. “The result is 28 million people who are uninsured, millions of people who are paying deductibles and co-payments that are far too high.” Even though healthcare is not right, Sanders insists on taking more of your hard earned money for single-payer.

The GOP’s failure to repeal the disastrous Obamacare law spurred Sanders desire to write a single-payer bill. The Senate had voted to proceed to debate on a 50-50 vote with a tie-breaking vote by Vice President Mike Pence but were only able to secure 49 votes on the “skinny” repeal bill, the closest to being passed. “And if the Republicans had gotten their way, there would have been another 30 or 32 million people thrown off health insurance,” Sanders said. “That is crazy. What we should do is move in the direction of every other major country and guarantee health care as a right, not a privilege.”

Even though healthcare isn’t a right. No one is entitled to someone else’s production. Single payer enslaves healthcare workers. But to those who worship the government like it’s their religion, there is no rational thought process.

Republican Senator Steve Daines had tried to force Senate Democrats to vote for-or-against single payer last week during the most recent round of health care votes, but Democrats rejected the efforts, with none voting for it and most voting “present.” Four Democrats voted no: North Dakota’s Heidi Heitkamp, West Virginia’s Joe Manchin, Indiana’s Joe Donnelly and Montana’s Jon Tester. Liberal-leaning Maine Independent Angus King also voted no.

“I suspect that what Sen. Daines is doing is nothing more than an old political trick, trying to embarrass Democrats,” Sanders said before the vote. “I suspect it’s just a political game.”

Sanders previously introduced a single-payer, Medicare-for-all bill in 2013, that didn’t attract a single co-sponsor. But more Senate Democrats have spoken positively about single payer this year, with New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, California Senator Kamala Harris and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren all saying they support single-payer. –Newsweek

There are many reasons why single payer is a bad idea, and it isn’t just the taxation or the poor service the government provides. Rational people would rather be exposed to the few failures of capitalism than the few successes of socialism.

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Warren Buffett Says America Is "So Rich" It Can Afford Single Payer

In the latest example of a multi-billionaire "knowing" what is best for the average American, Berkshire founder Warren Buffett told PBS that UK-style single-payer healthcare would be the best system for the US.

While Buffett admits that he’s “no expert” on health care, that apparently hasn’t deterred him from broadcasting his amateur opinion far and wide. Buffett, the world’s fourth-richest man with an estimated net worth of $73.3 billion, says that America is “such a rich country” that it “can afford” to provide health care to all its citizens.

“"With my limited knowledge, I think that probably [single payer] is the best system. Because it is a system, we are such a rich country, in a sense we can afford to do it. But in almost every field of American business, it pays to bring down costs. There"s an awful lot of people involved in the medical - the whole just the way the ecosystem worked, there was no incentive to bring down costs."

As Buffett explains, US health-care costs have ballooned from 5% of GDP in 1960 to 17% recently, while corporate taxes have fallen. But what Buffett ignores is how increasing regulation – particularly onerous coverage mandates imposed by Obamacare – have been driving this trend.

“Well it does. I mean in terms of our competitiveness in the world; health care in 1960 was 5 percent of GDP. And there"s only a hundred cents to the dollar. So it"s gone from 5 percent to 17 percent. And it keeps going up. Corporate taxes have gone down from 4 percent to 2 percent. So corporate taxes are way less of a factor in American competitiveness than overall business than medical costs."

America is home to the world’s largest share of millionaires and billionaires, and they control more than 60% of the economy"s total wealth, and that share is expected to surpass 70% by 2021.

Meanwhile, financial circumstances for middle- and working-class employees are growing increasingly dire.  What little wage inflation exists in the US economy is attributable to managerial-level, supervisory positions while the bulk of job creation remained with minimum-wage jobs. In fact, as Albert Edwards noted last month, when one strips out the impact of the bosses, average hourly wages are actually shrinking.

Rising home prices and rents have pushed the percentage of Americans spending more than half their income on rent to the highest levels seen in decades. To make matters worse, half of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.

All of this is happening against a backdrop of ballooning national debt, which is rapidly nearing $20 trillion, while annual debt service payments, which swelled to $400 billion in 2017, are also surging.

Indeed, another tax hike is the last thing the middle class needs. But tell us again, Mr. Buffett, about how rich America is.

See below for a complete transcript of the interview:

WOODRUFF: "Something that affects all businesses is the cost of health care in this country and you"ve been vocal about that. You argue right now, in fact, that the cost of paying for health care can affect a company even more than taxes."

BUFFETT: "Well it does. I mean in terms of our competitiveness in the world; health care in 1960 was 5 percent of GDP. And there"s only a hundred cents to the dollar. So it"s gone from 5 percent to 17 percent. And it keeps going up. Corporate taxes have gone down from 4 percent to 2 percent. So corporate taxes are way less of a factor in American competitiveness than overall business than medical costs."

WOODRUFF: "As we sit here today in Omaha, the Republicans in Congress are madly trying to figure out what to do to replace ObamaCare, the Affordable Care Act. Do you have a firm idea in your mind what ought to be done about ObamaCare? Everybody acknowledges there"s been some problems."

BUFFETT: "I think that"s way outside of my circle of competence. But I would say this. You can"t have that five go to 17 and move on to 20 and 22 or 24 percent, because there are only a hundred cents in the dollar. Health care is gobbling up well over $3 trillion a year. It"s just about the same as federal, the federal budget, I mean it"s getting up there."

WOODRUFF: "Are we now at the point where the country does need to think about some sort of single-payer system in some more or another?

BUFFETT: "With my limited knowledge, I think that probably is the best system. Because it is a system, we are such a rich country, in a sense we can afford to do it. But in almost every field of American business, it pays to bring down costs. There"s an awful lot of people involved in the medical -- the whole just the way the ecosystem worked, there was no incentive to bring down costs."

WOODRUFF: "It sounds like what you"re saying with a single payer system it"s easier to figure out a way to?"

BUFFETT: "More effective, I think."

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On Monday, Senate Republicans, led by Mitch McConnell, released "modest" revisions to the "draft" healthcare bill that was dropped last week.  The only substantive change appears to be the addition of a "waiting period" on those who allowed their coverage to lapse for a period of 63 days or more during the prior coverage year.

"Starting in 2019, individuals who had a break in continuous insurance coverage for 63 days or more in the prior year will be subject to a six month waiting period before coverage begins.  Consumers will not have to pay premiums during the six month period."

Here is a summary of the changes:

Here are the changes in the revised version of the Senate GOP health care bill, just released: pic.twitter.com/hJ0sAQLHkI

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