Bernie's Russia Problem

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267. Yes I did. And yes, they are independent.

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Again, you need to research before you make claims.

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You know "all about" health care in other countries? What are your credentials?

Then you also know that the United States is not in the same situation that any other country with universal health care coverage started out in, nor in the same point in history, or in the same era of health care technology, and were not replacing a very entrenched system that had been baked into the economy and delivery of health care for over 60 years. That renders many of the methods by which they got to their current state of health care delivery moot for the US.

You would also know that it's easier to prevent prices from rising than it is to cut them, that other countries rely on sharing costs with private payors as in the case with Canada in Rx.

We can point to what is wrong with the system all day. That's simple. But solving it is not, and it's certainly not going to be done in four years without damage to health care delivery.

I trust independent health care policy analysts more than I trust politicians who disagree with them. Otherwise, I am no wiser than the right winger who insists that clings to the dogma that shutting down Planned Parenthood will end abortions.

Again... attacking a study and/or it's authors as not trustworthy minutes after being presented with a link to it, and saying that you "don't trust" anyone who doesn't support your views on a particular piece of legislation as being based in data, rather than dogma.