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Physicians for Single Payer


Posted: Jul 24, 2017

The program would be funded by the savings obtained from replacing today’s inefficient, profit-oriented, multiple insurance payers with a single streamlined, nonprofit, public payer, and by modest new taxes based on ability to pay. Premiums would disappear; 95 percent of all households would save money. Patients would no longer face financial barriers to care such as co-pays and deductibles, and would regain free choice of doctor and hospital. Doctors would regain autonomy over patient care. The Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, H.R. 676, based on PNHP’s AJPH-published Physicians’ Proposal, would establish an American single-payer health insurance system.;

I posted this same article not long ago and - it will get criticized by

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right-sided readers. I think it is a good idea though.

28 large insurance co, plus MC, MA and VA - sm

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Would make things a lot simpler and cut out all that wasted money paying for those CEOs and Boards.

Medicare is already going bankrupt. When you think - socialized, think govt run hospitals

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and health organizations.

Socialized medicine it's about liberty and individual rights. When the government forces one group of people to take care of another group of people we all lose some liberty.

Monied interests have fought for a long time to keep our - tax money going to THEM

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instead of health care that ALL could choose and afford. I would rather pay my insurance premium to a program that would allow me to also USE health care. MY taxes should be going towards something I can actually use, not to CEOs and companies who enjoy huge profit that the majority of tax payers are forced to provide for those few.

OK, cut their salaries to $20,000 a year and see how they - like it then. Socialized medicine

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frequently sets doctor pay. The effect is that the system appears to offer lower cost to patients than in the free market. What's happens is that the system burns through huge amounts of money to pay workers to do bureaucratic paperwork, etc. Not to mention the cost keep rising. Look at college as an example. They charge whatever they want because the govt will pay.

People always think that a doctor is rich, think again, 60% of patients are on Medicare or Medicaid, or both. Both of these agencies have reduced physician's income drastically.

There are over 800,000 licensed physicians of medicine in this great country and these few get all the press. Give me a break!

These docs overwhelmingly don't want - Trumpcare

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http://www.cmsdocs.org/news/survey-physician-attitudes-shift-to-single-payer

I'm sure they don't count either..they are in Chicago

I read a similar article signed by over 7000 physicians. Since we have - That's less than 1% of docs in this country.

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So how do all the others feel? Not the AMA because it has been politicized.

How many docs who support it are in academia or the public health sector? I bet if you dig deep you'll find the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation or PSR involved in this.

What does the flip side of the coin say?

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