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Topic: Vermont: Single Payer Healthcare...NO
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jwhop
Knowflake Posts: 7785
From: Madeira Beach, FL USA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 22, 2014 01:13 PM
  
Vermont Jettisons Single Payer Healthcare
By Aaron Goldstein on
12.18.14 Vermont's Democratic Governor Peter Shumlin announced yesterday that he is jettisoning plans to implement a single payer health care system in the Green Mountain state. There were several factors that went into this decision. It would have required Vermont to substantially hike both income and payroll taxes. Moreover, there was a $150 million shortfall in federal funding from Medicaid as well as $152 million shortfall in federal funding that was to be received via an Obamacare waiver.
The bottom line is that the money just wasn't there and raising income and payroll taxes would do the state more harm than good. If only President Obama had reached a similar conclusion on Obamacare. Then again now Shumlin, like every other Governor in America, is stuck with Obamacare.
http://spectator.org/blog/61282/vermont-jettisons-single-payer-healthcare
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Randall
Webmaster Posts: 48570
From: Saturn next to Charmainec
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 24, 2014 02:47 PM
If only.IP: Logged |
AcousticGod
Knowflake Posts: 8670
From: Dublin, CA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 29, 2014 01:07 PM
This is kind of all over the place in terms of logic. First, I thought from the title that Vermont had said "No" to single-payer healthcare, but they hadn't. Second, Obamacare and a single-payer system are not synonymous. Third, Obamacare would never depend upon the economics of income and payroll taxes, so such analysis would have been moot. Fourth, Obamacare is working at saving money. Fifth, Obamacare hasn't tanked the economy as the single-payer healthcare scheme analysis has projected in this story.This story just seems to be an excuse to try to bolster one's opinion of one's opinion. IP: Logged |
jwhop
Knowflake Posts: 7785
From: Madeira Beach, FL USA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 31, 2014 10:37 AM
Silliness acoustic.The Governor has dumped single payer healthcare plans for Vermont Nor has O'BomberCare reduced healthcare costs. It's only transferred costs to others...while raising healthcare/insurance premiums and deductibles beyond the ability of most Americans to pay. There's no free lunch acoustic. Americans rewarded O'Bomber and demoscats for O'BomberCare by kicking large numbers of demoscats out of their cushy congressional offices.  IP: Logged |
AcousticGod
Knowflake Posts: 8670
From: Dublin, CA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted January 02, 2015 12:31 PM
Obamacare Effect Linked to Lower Medical Cost EstimatesGallup: Good reviews for Obamacare coverage Further, it has been widely reported that increases in premiums are up a smaller percentage (2 - 5%) than they had been prior to the law (more than 10% annually). IP: Logged |
Catalina
Knowflake Posts: 2506
From: shamballa
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted January 02, 2015 03:00 PM
http://time.com/3643841/medicine-gets-personal/?xid=newsletter-brief Maybe this will help Vermont get the healthcare they voted for IP: Logged |
Catalina
Knowflake Posts: 2506
From: shamballa
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted January 02, 2015 03:31 PM
This is the same way single payer works in England..except the NHS sets salaries and regulations for primary care docs, rather than the patients paying directly. This seems a big improvement AND covers Medicaid patients tooIP: Logged |
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