The coronavirus pandemic may have started in the East, but China, a country with a population four times the size of the United States, kept its death totals to 90,000. This number is dwarfed by the now 517,000 deaths being reported in the US, the most in the world by approximately 250,000 deaths. Considering that […]
Tag: Medicare for All
Progressives Sparked a Movement; The Democratic Party Killed It
As the progressive movement advances past the leadership of Bernie Sanders, it must come to terms with the difficulties in challenging the Democratic Party establishment. When Senator Sanders entered the presidential race in 2016, he hoped to shift the Overton window — the range of policies politically acceptable to the mainstream population — to the […]
Fix Medicare-for-Some Before Creating Medicare-for-All
In 2016, Bernie Sanders challenged Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary with a long-shot bid from the far-left flank. Now, many of his ideas that were once considered radical are becoming mainstream, with 70 percent of Democratic presidential candidates supporting his Medicare-for-all platform. In this year’s primary, the near total proliferation of public healthcare platforms […]
False Promises: Why Warren’s Healthcare Plan Would Create More Problems Than Solutions
The Democratic Party’s cry to battle these days seems to be Medicare for All. What was once deemed an extreme and far-left-of-mainstream idea from Bernie Sanders during the 2016 primary has turned into the centerpiece of many Democrats’ campaigns. Even the “moderates” of the race such as Biden and Buttigeig are promising plans such as […]
Medicare for All: Resolving the Affordability Crisis Obamacare Didn’t
Prior to the enactment of the Affordable Care Act — or, as it is more commonly known, Obamacare — health insurance in the United States failed Americans in two significant ways: it did not cover a sizable amount of the country, and it did not make healthcare affordable. Health insurance companies were legally allowed to […]
The Cost of Care?
It was a sunny Sunday in Los Angeles when my great uncle, Gaylord Moss, got a phone call from my grandmother, Sabrina, in Cambridge, England. As they chatted about their day, the conversation moved to the topic of health. Part way through the conversation, they both realized that the other had a very different experience […]