Vermont uses ACA to launch single-payer health care
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Vermont uses ACA to launch single-payer health care
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All but ignored in the multitude of media coverage about the ACA and its problems, Vermont has become the first state in the union to pass a single-payer universal health care law for its residents. It has a snappy slogan: Everybody in, nobody out.
The system will be fully operational by 2017, funded by Medicare, Medicaid, federal money for the ACA given to Vermont, and a slight increase in taxes. Everyone will be able to go to any doctor or hospital in the state free of charge. No plans to figure out, no insurance forms to sweat over, no gotchas.
Dr. William Hsaio, the Harvard health care economist who helped craft health systems in seven countries, was Vermont’s adviser. He estimates that Vermont will save 25 percent per capita over the current system in administrative costs and other savings. Employers will suddenly be free to give raises to their employees instead of paying for increasingly expensive health benefits. All hospitals and health-care providers in Vermont will be nonprofit. Medicare recipients will no longer need to wade through an inch-thick book to choose supplemental plans and sort out other complex options in their Medicare enrollment.
So, that's Vermont, Hawaii . . . Just 48 to go!
The debate is: Will other states follow suit?
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Vermont uses ACA to launch single-payer health care
Story here.
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All but ignored in the multitude of media coverage about the ACA and its problems, Vermont has become the first state in the union to pass a single-payer universal health care law for its residents. It has a snappy slogan: Everybody in, nobody out.
The system will be fully operational by 2017, funded by Medicare, Medicaid, federal money for the ACA given to Vermont, and a slight increase in taxes. Everyone will be able to go to any doctor or hospital in the state free of charge. No plans to figure out, no insurance forms to sweat over, no gotchas.
Dr. William Hsaio, the Harvard health care economist who helped craft health systems in seven countries, was Vermont’s adviser. He estimates that Vermont will save 25 percent per capita over the current system in administrative costs and other savings. Employers will suddenly be free to give raises to their employees instead of paying for increasingly expensive health benefits. All hospitals and health-care providers in Vermont will be nonprofit. Medicare recipients will no longer need to wade through an inch-thick book to choose supplemental plans and sort out other complex options in their Medicare enrollment.
So, that's Vermont, Hawaii . . . Just 48 to go!
The debate is: Will other states follow suit?
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Were fucked. Communism. End of the world as we know it. Time to move to Somalia, where they don't give a fuck about healthcare.
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"In a state where 15 percent of the population, about 640,000 people, are uninsured, 56,422 have signed up for new health-care coverage, with 45,622 of them enrolled in Medicaid and the rest in private health plans, according to figures released by the governor’s office Friday."
stunning victory.......
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On a side note, I was camping at Edisto Beach State Park and couldn't help but notice the Piggly Wiggly there has turned into a Bi-Lo. Is it the same across the bay from you?
BI-LO bought up several low performers, including Winn-Dixie.
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On a side note, I was camping at Edisto Beach State Park and couldn't help but notice the Piggly Wiggly there has turned into a Bi-Lo. Is it the same across the bay from you?
Pig nearby closed, becoming a Whole Foods. New Kroger about to open. PW's days seem to be numbered.
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Looks like WALMART is pushing back against BI-LO by building new grocery stores in minority neighborhoods. BI-LO stores are killing WM around here.
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Lots of healthy youngins contributing to that program that will keep the program financially viable too!
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Had Obamacare been a good idea, there would have been no need for the individual mandate.
Alas, the financing of Obamacare never made a lick of sense to anybody on the Left or the Right.
Alas, the financing of Obamacare never made a lick of sense to anybody on the Left or the Right.
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That's not how reality functions. You do realize that right? People are not responsible, they just aren't. The financing wasn't even overly complicated.
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Only idiots believe in a single payer aka socialist health care....but because lazy mental defective like u and a whore sell out obana....well nuff said
Get a job, jackass
Get a job, jackass
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California should have lead the way. But as long as we beat New York and Texas. . .especially Texas we'll be okay.
How does that follow? Lots of things are both good ideas and compulsory.
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I wonder why people like u are unable to find jobs...then I read what you post. Its clearly you! You are the problem!
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so you mean every other g20 nation with exception of the US... are lazy?
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It is. It means those people now have health insurance so we're paying a lot less for them when they get sick.
So unlike your post which is a massive fail this is a win. Good job. Read this!
5 Reasons Americans Are Right To Blame Bush For The Economy
By Annie-Rose Strasser and Tara Culp-Ressler on June 14, 2012 at 11:14 am
"5 Reasons Americans Are Right To Blame Bush For The Economy"
Sixty-eight percent of Americans — including 49 percent of Republicans — say President George W. Bush is responsible for the state of today’s economy, a new Gallup poll finds.
Indeed, the country is still reeling from Bush’s disastrous economic stewardship. His irresponsible tax cuts and deregulatory policies have contributed significantly to the slow recovery and are partly responsible for the nation’s economic plight. Here are 5 reasons why:
1. Deregulated Wall Street: It was a great time to be a Wall Street executive during the Bush administration. Sweeping financial deregulation helped build the housing bubble and allowed financial institutions to pursue risky trades unchecked. In fact, Bush eliminated the rules that allowed Wall Street to cause the financial crash that plunged the nation into the Great Recession.
2. Cut Taxes For The Wealthy: The Bush tax cuts — over 50 percent of which benefited the richest 5 percent of American taxpayers — cost about $2.5 trillion over the decade after they were enacted. Ten years later, Bush’s tax cuts are still the main driving factor of the national debt:
3. Ran Up A Tab On Two Wars: The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost the country trillions of dollars. Combined with Bush’s tax cuts, war spending was a main factor in blowing up the deficit and spending the surplus accumulated under Clinton. Lawmakers now use the deficit as an excuse for inaction.
4. Left Homeowners In A Lurch: While Bush was happy to help out the banks in the wake of the housing crisis, he did little to assist struggling homeowners. Hope For Homeowners, Bush’s proposal to assist those struggling with their mortgages, was a colossal failure; in its first six months, it helped just one homeowner renegotiate his mortgage. Many mortgage holders — 15.7 million or, one in three — are still underwater today.
5. Weakened Workers: Bush weakened worker safety regulations and collective bargaining rights under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Department of Labor throughout his time in office. Today, corporations are back to making record profits, while workers’ incomes are falling.
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