Someone tell Jared Polis – Choking on the Cost of ‘Medicare for All’
But it’s so tempting to the mindset that thinks government can do everything better. Why?
Single-payer’s champions generally paint a lovely picture of healthcare utopia. Patients go to see the doctor of their choice whenever they like, get treatment, and leave the clinic without paying a cent. No copays, no deductibles, no cost-sharing, and no referrals — health care is “free” at the point of service.
This is so ridiculous, in fact it’s so ridiculous that even true believers back away..
But candidates who advocate single-payer on the campaign trail are increasingly balking once they actually get their hands on the levers of power. That’s because single-payer is cost-prohibitive. Even the most dyed-in-the-wool leftists admit as much, after they take office and have to figure out how to pay for their campaign promises.
Single-payer’s champions generally paint a lovely picture of healthcare utopia. Patients go to see the doctor of their choice whenever they like, get treatment, and leave the clinic without paying a cent. No copays, no deductibles, no cost-sharing, and no referrals — health care is “free” at the point of service.
In reality, health care doesn’t magically become free; people just pay for it outside the doctor’s office, in the form of higher taxes.
Many Democrats have walked back their enthusiasm for single-payer after getting a look at the just how much public money they’d have to come up with.
Last month in North Carolina, Democratic State Representative Verla Insko moved to kill her own pro-single-payer bill. An assessment from the state legislature’s Fiscal Research Division pegged the cost of single-payer at $70 billion, $42 billion of which would have to come from the state. That latter figure is almost twice the state budget.
Of course Jared, his cronies and the enlightened state of Colorado, lead by Boulder progressives can do it better. What arrogance.
Coming soon to Colorado, the most expensive health care and the most expensive electricity in the nation. But healthcare will be free and electricity will be green. What a winning combination.
