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Private Equity’s Real Strategy

Steve — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:08:16 +0000

The theory behind capitalism and free markets is the better allocation of resources based on supply and demand. It can be rough and painful at times, but with proper guardrails, it has worked well for us. The key to the social benefit of capitalism is that it is balanced with regulations. It is hard to …

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AMA Argues Against A Single Payer System

Steve — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 14:25:02 +0000

Medicare For All is a hot topic. To be clear, this is not a health care provider debate. It’s how health care is paid for, a single-payer system. These are two different (though related) things. The AMA is against Medicare For All. The primary reasons for their opposition as they stated are: Lack of choice …

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Administration changes formual for drug payments. Its not enough.

Steve — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:28:22 +0000

The Government, despite being the largest payer for meds, does not negotiate price. We simply agree to pay the average going rate in the U.S. We passed laws that prevent the Government from negotiating drug prices in Medicare and Medicaid. Guess who pushed that law? Since the U.S. has the highest drug prices in the …

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Healthcare: In the absence of perfection, choose nothing.

Steve — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 13:32:55 +0000

There are differences in philosophy about how much the government should do for its citizens. Politics and Healthcare Libertarians will tell you that government should have no place in our day to day lives; no welfare, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment, regulations of any sort. They are pushing for even more draconian legislation with regard to the …

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Medicare For All Option

Steve — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 16:19:40 +0000

It is not a secret that I believe that a single payer system to cover healthcare costs is in our best interest. One of the struggles is how to pay for it. There is a proposal out there to expand Medicare. I think it is worth exploring. Administratively, Medicare is already in place. A single …

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Is healthcare in the United States only for those who can afford it?

Steve — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 22:49:51 +0000

For healthcare we have to answer one fundamental question: Is healthcare in the United States only the for those who can afford it, or is it a right for all regardless of their ability to pay? The current system is setup for those with the ability to pay. ACA’s failing was trying to make the …

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Another example of why capitalism and healthcare don’t mix.

Steve — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:55:46 +0000

I made, what I think, was a pretty rational argument for a Single Payer Healthcare system. There are plenty of quantifiable reasons to go that direction – outcomes, costs, efficiency, etc. But when the corporations work over the public as negotiation leverage, it affirms my belief that capitalism and healthcare are a bad mix Our …

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A Case For A Single Payer Healthcare System

Steve — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 22:28:01 +0000

Where do we take our healthcare from here? We have had free-market, ACA, government programs and uncovered citizens. We have a very patriotic dedication to our current system of care and an ideological leaning toward capitalistic medicine. Our aversion to government involvement shuts down alternatives as we quickly discount examples from other nations. To figure …

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