healthcare costs
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Follow-Up: Medicare for All and the Real Cost Calculations
The true cost of Medicare for All isn’t just the $4.3 trillion needed annually—it’s the inevitable tax increases and service cuts as healthcare costs continue…
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Bernie’s Medicare for All – A Fantasy That Defies Reality
Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All promises affordability but defies economic reality. With Medicare facing insolvency by 2028, expanding this broken system would devastate take-home pay,…
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Bernie, Heal Thyself
Bernie Sanders’ latest op-ed offers bold solutions like Medicare for All and price caps, but his focus on treating symptoms, not root causes, threatens to…
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Equal Pay, Unequal Costs: How Vermont Legislators Spent Your Money on H.861
Vermont’s H.861 mandates equal pay for in-person, telemedicine, and phone consultations, ignoring real cost differences and burdening taxpayers. While marketed as equitable, the law raises…
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The Costly Trade-Off of Semaglutides: A Band-Aid for Obesity?
Semaglutides like Wegovy promise weight loss but mask deeper health issues. With soaring U.S. costs subsidizing global pricing and risks of chronic inflammation from poor…
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The Hidden Cost of Global Healthcare: How U.S. Overpayments Prop Up Cheaper Systems
The U.S. pays exorbitant prices for drugs and medical devices, effectively subsidizing global healthcare affordability. Countries like Switzerland boast cheaper, universal care because Americans absorb…
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The Honest News Conference Bernie Sanders Will Never Give
Bernie Sanders’ “honest” press conference tackles the healthcare crisis like you’ve never heard before. From government regulations to Big Pharma, here’s the no-spin truth about…
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The Bait and Switch That Broke American Healthcare
The healthcare system’s dysfunction began with Medicare’s bait-and-switch: generous payments at first, followed by chronic underfunding. Hospitals are forced to inflate prices just to stay…
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Is It A Big CON?
Vermont’s Certificate of Need (CON) program regulates healthcare growth by requiring state approval for expanding services, like hospitals, nursing homes, and home health care. Originally…
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Lose the Hysterics
This article examines the deceptive use of emotionally charged names in legislation, focusing on the Affordable Care Act and Vermont’s Affordable Heat Act (Clean Heat…
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