http://www.healthcare-now.org/single-payer-talking-points-why-mandate-plans-wont-work/ Organizing for a national, single-payer healthcare system. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:42:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.healthcare-now.org/single-payer-talking-points-why-mandate-plans-wont-work/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Peter Christiansen Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:59:11 +0000 http://www.healthcare-now.org/?p=863#comment-240 The U.S. is the only first world country in which unemployment is a life threatening condition. The U.S. is the only first world country in which unemployment is a life threatening condition.

]]> http://www.healthcare-now.org/single-payer-talking-points-why-mandate-plans-wont-work/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Peter Christiansen Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:58:03 +0000 http://www.healthcare-now.org/?p=863#comment-239 Virtually all economists agree it is imperative that state and local governments beging spending money immediately to head off a depression and the adoption of single-payer would free up billions of dollars in health care costs currently being shouldered by state and local governments. Single-payer is a "twofer": It cuts health care cost in half while covering all Americans, and it would be a huge stimulous to the economy. Virtually all economists agree it is imperative that state and local governments beging spending money immediately to head off a depression and the adoption of single-payer would free up billions of dollars in health care costs currently being shouldered by state and local governments. Single-payer is a “twofer”: It cuts health care cost in half while covering all Americans, and it would be a huge stimulous to the economy.

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