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<blockquote data-quote="_CY_" data-source="post: 2875907" data-attributes="member: 7629"><p>who in the world is National Review and American Prospect? and why in the world should we believe a Cornell professor? vs bonified results in the real world from existing single payer health care in a slew of modern nations?</p><p></p><p>no single payer is not perfect .. far from it but results as measured by a healthier population is much better at a fraction of the costs.</p><p>to me it's all about control of runaway costs .. if say someone like Trump is able to actually change laws to allow actual competition, then costs would come down without need of a single payer system.</p><p></p><p>here's an example of political support paid for by lobbying/campaign contributions by big pharma:</p><p></p><p><strong>10. Medicare drug negotiations</strong></p><p></p><p>A major health policy difference between Ryan and Trump pertains to Medicare's prescription drug programs.</p><p></p><p>Under current law, Medicare is barred from negotiating directly with drug companies to get lower prices. Trump thinks that's a mistake, arguing that the government could reap hundreds of billions of dollars in savings by purchasing drugs in bulk directly through the companies — a position long-held by liberal Democrats.</p><p></p><p>"We don't do it. Why? Because of the drug companies," Trump said on the campaign trail in January.</p><p></p><p>Most Republicans oppose such a move, arguing that it grants too much power to the federal government while encroaching on free markets. Medicare's drug programs are doing just fine, they say, as a result of private competition.</p><p></p><p>Ryan is in that camp, joining most Republicans in voting against a drug negotiation bill in 2007.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_CY_, post: 2875907, member: 7629"] who in the world is National Review and American Prospect? and why in the world should we believe a Cornell professor? vs bonified results in the real world from existing single payer health care in a slew of modern nations? no single payer is not perfect .. far from it but results as measured by a healthier population is much better at a fraction of the costs. to me it's all about control of runaway costs .. if say someone like Trump is able to actually change laws to allow actual competition, then costs would come down without need of a single payer system. here's an example of political support paid for by lobbying/campaign contributions by big pharma: [B]10. Medicare drug negotiations[/B] A major health policy difference between Ryan and Trump pertains to Medicare's prescription drug programs. Under current law, Medicare is barred from negotiating directly with drug companies to get lower prices. Trump thinks that's a mistake, arguing that the government could reap hundreds of billions of dollars in savings by purchasing drugs in bulk directly through the companies — a position long-held by liberal Democrats. "We don't do it. Why? Because of the drug companies," Trump said on the campaign trail in January. Most Republicans oppose such a move, arguing that it grants too much power to the federal government while encroaching on free markets. Medicare's drug programs are doing just fine, they say, as a result of private competition. Ryan is in that camp, joining most Republicans in voting against a drug negotiation bill in 2007. [/QUOTE]
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