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New York single payer health care gets Cynthia Nixon’s Nod

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The state governor candidate has endorsed it as a component of her challenge against Gov. Cuomo. Candidate for New York Governor, Cynthia Nixon, has added her endorsement to a state-wide single payer health care system. This strategy is meant to build her challenge against Governor Andrew Cuomo (D). Nixon released a video in which she described the health care system and why she believes in it. “Health care should be a human right, not a privilege for those who can afford it,” said Nixon in her video discussing single payer…

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Medicare expansion through single payer health care gets support of 15 senators

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While Democrats lean toward Sanders’s single payer system, Republicans oppose the measure. Fifteen Democratic senators have shown their interest in a single payer health-care system through widespread Medicare expansion. This represents a considerable shift among Democrats, who have previously seen this type of strategy as politically perilous. Until now, most lawmakers have avoided this type of concept like the plague, but this seems to have changed. Senate Democrats have co-sponsored a measure Senator Bernie Sanders (VT – Independent) proposed yesterday. It was created for broad Medicare expansion in order to…

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California health care bill calls for state-run system

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Looking forward to Congress’s likely repeal of the Affordable Care Act, the state is considering alternatives. The California health care system may be turned on its head if the Affordable Care Act is repealed. A state senator is looking to establish a state-run single-payer system through newly introduced legislation. This alternative system would allow the state to conduct the negotiations with providers and other companies. The proposed single-payer California health care system would have the state negotiating their own prices with providers and pharmaceutical companies among others. This would allow…

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Single-payer system could secure health insurance for millions

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Open letter highlights the potential benefits of a single-payer health care system Some 560 medical professionals and medical students have come together to issue an open letter concerning the renewed debate concerning health insurance in the United States. With the 2016 presidential campaign in full swing, politicians have been highlighting the merits of a single-payer health care system. Such a system involves the state, rather than insurance companies, paying for all health care costs. Many believe such a system would make it easier for people to acquire health insurance coverage.…

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Colorado could revolutionize its health insurance system with a single-payer initiative

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State residents will have a chance to change how they get their insurance coverage Colorado residents will soon have a chance to determine how their health care in managed. Colorado’s Initiative 20, also referred to as ColoradoCare, aims to make major changes to how consumers receive their health insurance coverage, and it could have significant implications for the state’s insurance exchange. The initiative aims to establish a single-payer system, which involves the government, rather than private insurers, covering the cost of health care. While many have supported such a system,…

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