Comments by "Daniel Bradford" (@Falconlibrary) on "Cowardly Democrats Who Blocked Single Payer Call Protestors "BULLIES!"" video.

  1. 70% of Californians want single-payer. This is the will of the majority. We can fund this with a payroll tax and it'll be cheaper for employers than paying for private insurance for their employees. That's right, raising taxes and providing single payer will make California MORE economically competitive.
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  2. Let's run someone in the primary against Anthony Rendon and see how he likes that.
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  3. http://www.nationalnursesunited.org/site/entry/medicare-for-all California will spend about $370 billion on healthcare in 2017. Assuming the state’s existing system stayed intact, the cost of extending coverage to all California residents, including the nearly 15 million people who are currently uninsured or underinsured, would increase healthcare spending by about 10%, to roughly $400 billion. That’s not the full story, though. Enacting a single-payer system would yield considerable savings overall by lowering administrative costs, controlling the prices of pharmaceuticals and fees for physicians and hospitals, reducing unnecessary treatments and expanding preventive care. We found that Healthy California could ultimately result in savings of about 18%, bringing healthcare spending to about $331 billion, or 8% less than the current $370 billion. How would California cover this $331-billion bill? For the most part, much the same way it covers healthcare spending right now. Roughly 70% of the state’s current spending is paid for through public programs, including Medicare and MediCal. This funding — totaling about $225 billion — would continue, as is required by law. It would simply flow through Healthy California rather than existing programs. The state would still need to raise about $106 billion a year to cover the cost of replacing private insurance. This could be done with two new taxes.
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  4. It's amazing how little it takes to buy a senior legislator like Rendon. $100,000 is nothing. I'd want a lot more than that.
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