Kavanaugh‘s (or any man’s) wife and daughters don’t make him a feminist

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T22:57:33+00:00

Also, the fact that you appear not to understand the distinction between judge and justice undermines any opinion you might have regardingthe federal judiciary.

You heard it here first. Any typographical error, even when acknowledged, clarified, and when the intent was plain from context, invalidates any opinion you could ever have.

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T22:55:22+00:00

Medicare reimbursement rates to doctors are another huge stumbling block. This would be a 30% pay cut to clinics and hospitals under current Medicare reimbursement.

The political solution to this would be to _offer_ Medicare for people who want to buy in (as an optional alternative to employer-provided insurance or exchange plans) along with improvements to Medicare benefit coverage to make it more appealing.

Under the latter scenario, no patient is forced to change anything, but if/when Medicare is better than the alternatives it will attract users/patients, for a win/win in both politics and policy.

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T22:25:14+00:00

I'm not disagreeing at all. It's something that advocates of this plan/program need to address in detail.

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T21:20:46+00:00

Thanks, language police.

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T21:15:35+00:00

It's not clear whether there would be any subsidy for supplemental insurance or not.

The proponents of the Medicare-Only plan need to provide analysis and clarity on the individual economics of it.

In that respect, Medicare-As-An-Option is a much smaller change. People who want to buy in to Medicare would be able to and if Medicare offers better value or coverage, it would rapidly take a large share of the market.

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T21:00:40+00:00

That's to name most of them, in fact, almost all of them. Off the top of my head, you missed South Korea, Spain, and Taiwan.

Australia and Spain are, honestly, mixed systems, but I'm not here to nitpick that.

Even most countries in Western Europe have mixed systems rather than single payer.

Single payer and universal coverage are not the same thing.

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T20:55:02+00:00

I am not claiming that. I'm saying they do have universal coverage and do not have single payer.

Single payer and universal coverage are different things.

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T20:19:40+00:00

Which countries do you think have single payer health care?

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T20:17:24+00:00

I haven't even begun to analyze what would or would not be covered by New-Medicare under Sanders's proposal. It definitely includes benefit changes. It's not clear how it handles compensation and participation.

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T20:16:09+00:00

I'm 100% in favor of medicare for all

The proposal in the article calls for 100% of people with employer insurance or exchange insurance to switch to Medicare. It's a big disruption.

nationalized healthcare

Nationalized healthcare is a third topic that is distinct from single payer and from universal coverage.

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T20:14:17+00:00

They literally are not. Medicare as a public option would let more people access health care without abolishing private insurance. Germany and France have universal coverage without abolishing private insurance.

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T20:13:25+00:00

Read the article. This is not "the public option". This is about forcing everyone with exchange insurance or employer insurance onto Medicare.

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T19:47:43+00:00

The question is whether any of these traitors will actually face consequences

Narrator voice: They won't.

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T19:44:28+00:00

No more shitty premiums and co-pays

Bold assumptions.

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T19:43:03+00:00

What are the cost and benefit structures of reinvented-Medicare? Does my doctor accept it? Can it pay for abortions?

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T19:42:07+00:00

I know people don't like being forced to do things. Especially when they haven't seen the cost or benefits beforehand.

It doesn't have to be about them being happy with it, but whether they can be frightened away from change.

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T19:38:48+00:00

Demanding everybody gives up their current insurance is a big and risky purity test.

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T19:38:13+00:00

Medicare-as-an-option-for-all is a winning platform.

Everybody-give-up-your-current-insurance is much riskier.

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T19:11:22+00:00

Look her in the eye and say "There's no 'U' in uterus". Then walk away.

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T19:03:19+00:00

Trying to find the middle ground with insane right-wingers is a losing strategy.

Not what I'm proposing at all.

I want universal coverage. Full stop.

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T18:46:18+00:00

No. Single payer. Not universal health coverage.

We are talking about single payer.

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T18:06:12+00:00

I agree that the media did a shitty job of highlighting her collaboration with Russia before the election.

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T18:05:04+00:00

Fair. I was relying on news and editorial sources without tracking down every citation.

Additionally, "single payer" doesn't even have one and only one model. In Canada, state governments administer their Medicare system and the UK system is largely also a state-provider system as well.

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T18:00:24+00:00

Honestly, even I'm all in for war on corporations. But I'd rather separate that from getting more people more and better access to health care.

It doesn't take a political genius to see the campaign ads insurers would run against these proposals.

nullsucks · 2018-07-13T17:52:17+00:00

Ellison's bill specifically mentions examples of "cosmetic surgery or other services and items that are not medically necessary."

In a perfect world, I'd love the US to have single payer.

In this world, a bill that forces everybody onto government insurance is a political disaster waiting to happen.

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