“With the Affordable Care Act crumbling, progressive activists are all but guaranteed to grab the opportunity that this single-payer ballot measure represents. But if Coloradans truly want better health care at a lower cost for more people, they shouldn’t vote for another one-size-fits-all government program. They should vote for proposals—and politicians—that will give patients more choices.”
Make no mistake. The government meddling into private insurance is the essence of ObamaCare–removing competition, mandating coverages that many don’t need, and forcing people to choose from a roster of compliant doctors. The government completely taking over health care will only make things more impersonal and bureaucratic. It SOUNDS compassionate, but will be anything but.
Don’t Let ObamaCare’s Failures Snowball Into Single Payer
Coloradans, hit hard by the law, are being pushed toward a state takeover of their health insurance.
By
NATHAN NASCIMENTO
Dec. 11, 2015 6:25 p.m. ET
Like an avalanche, the Affordable Care Act has swept through the Rocky Mountain State, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. At the end of 2013, 335,000 cancellation notices went out to customers whose plans were now deemed illegal by federal regulators. Nearly 200,000 cancellations for the same reason will come at the end of this year. As for Colorado HealthOP, the state’s co-op, which was the largest insurer on the ObamaCare exchange, it shut down in October, leaving more than 80,000 members without coverage. Huge premium increases loom for the remaining exchange plans: an average of 11.7%, according to the state’s calculation.
It shouldn’t be a surprise that many Coloradans want to abandon ObamaCare and replace it with something new. What’s worrying is that the state’s liberals and progressives have been mobilizing to replace it with a single-payer system, like the ones in Canada or the United Kingdom. On Nov. 9, after more than 100,000 voters had signed a petition in support of the idea, the secretary of state’s office announced that a single-payer proposal will appear on the 2016 ballot. “ColoradoCare,” as it is being called, would replace private insurance with health care funded completely by the government, substituting higher taxes for premiums.
But one state has already tried, and failed, to implement such a scheme. In 2010 Vermont voters elected Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin, who promised to institute single payer in lieu of ObamaCare. Helping design the system were advisers such as Jonathan Gruber,the MIT economist often described as the architect of ObamaCare, and William Hsiao,the Harvard economist who developed the Medicare price controls that are driving up prices around the country.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/dont-let-obamacares-failures-snowball-into-single-payer-1449876348
What has the gop offered as an alternative? They want to repeal the Affordable Care Act but don’t say what would replace it.
The “free market” approach that we had bankrupted a lot of people.
What is the alternate system that will provide affordable healthcare for all Americans? Our small business employer provides insurance through the Affordable Care System (less than 50 employees). If this system goes away what will replace it?
Our current small business insurance costs about the same as our old Cigna insurance.
real patient center healthcare ,like it should be
btw it was not even close to anything near a “free market” approach to medical care
Just what is a real patient center healthcare, please explain.
Patient centered healthcare sounds lovely.
Will everyone be covered? What will ot cost? Right now Iha e insurance and I do not want to lose it.
My insurance is ok now , how will it get better?
What if they go back to excluding people with preexisting conditions again?
The United States should follow the single-payer health care model which has long existed in many European countries. In particular the health care in Switzerland, Germany, Sweden and other European countries is first rate. Our health care system is broken and primarily benefits insurance companies and health care practitioners.
yes then like Europe we can put the old folks to sleep
1053… you’re right… actually Switzerland and Israel have mandated universal coverage that is handled by the private sector and handled well… the main difference is a lack of litigation and the provider’s CEOs don’t walk away with hundreds of millions of dollars (as the UHC head did when he was pushed out)… and in places like the UK, you have NHS but you can also opt for private providers at your own expense…
Single Payer IS Obamacare…
We are just experiencing Phase I – designed to fail – to justify Phase II – single payer.
That has ALWAYS been the plan – Know it
Also know that single payer will result in higher costs and lower quality health services.