Do Americans really need to be educated on a single-payer health system? For the past 8 years we’ve heard the media, both Left & Right, slice/dice the stats to fit their narrative. We’ve heard interviews and read stories of individual cheers and jeers about it as well. So do we really need more storytellers – PB/TK
Democrats: Use Trumpcare chaos to push single-payer Medicare for all – By Egberto Willies / July 2 2017
Now is the time to educate Americans about health care in other countries and to bring single-payer Medicare for all into the debate. It is imperative that Democrats use the current chaos and state of flux to promote significant change in Obamacare that morphs it into the best system.
One of the problems with health care insurance is that our chaotic system provides many different experiences to Americans. Most of your costs are taken care of if you are on Medicare or Medicaid. If you work for a private employer or the government, you have relatively low deductibles and copays. However, if you are an individual, health insurance is a nightmare.
Most Americans get their insurance through their employers, Medicaid, or Medicare. As such, many do not empathize with the problems of those who must purchase their insurance individually. Roughly 10% of Americans are in the individual health insurance market. They are the ones who see the full impact of the yearly pilfer by the medical industrial complex.
Continue to dailykos.com article: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/7/2/1676391/-Democrats-Use-Trumpcare-chaos-to-push-single-payer-Medicare-for-all
