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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: This. [View all]yodermon
(6,153 posts)85. Here is the list. I found it with 10 seconds of Googling
and you could/should have done the same before posting such a ridiculous assertion.
"It does not exist". OK.
ECONOMISTS AND HEALTH CARE EXPERTS IN SUPPORT OF BERNIE SANDERS
MEDICARE FOR ALL
Bernie Sanders Medicare-for-all plan for universal health care in the United States is the right
way to ensure affordable access to health care for all Americans.
The Affordable Care Act has made important strides in expanding health insurance, especially
for low-income and young Americans. It has instituted important protections against exclusion
from coverage. And it has empowered American workers, especially those with health
conditions. But 29 million people in this country remain uninsured, and many more struggle with
high co-payments and deductibles. Sen. Sanders plan delivers universal coverage at a fraction
of the cost because it replaces private health care premiums, co-payments and deductibles with a
single, smaller payment into the Medicare-for-all system. In short, the Sanders' plan will do
more and cost less than any privately-administered health insurance system.
We agree with Bernie Sanders that we must build on the proven record of over 50 years of the
Medicare program. We must provide the freedom and security to all Americans that comes with
finally separating health insurance from employment.
Bernie Sanders single-payer system would cost less than our current system because a singlepayer
system wouldnt spend huge sums on advertising, marketing, executive pay and billing, as
private insurers do. The Sanders single-payer system would empower Medicare to negotiate fair
prices for drugs and procedures. It would be financed by a fair and reasonable income-based
premium, replacing a battery of larger and more burdensome payments to private insurance
companies. By eliminating the profit-seeking interests of the insurance companies, the bills will
get paid, and there will be no more fighting with insurers who fail to pay in full or on time.
Every other major Western country has made the morally principled and financially responsible
decision to provide universal health insurance. The result in Europe, Canada and Japan is
better health at lower cost. The United States can do this. And we have a program Medicare
that shows how it can be done here.
SIGNERS:
1. James K. Galbraith, University of Texas
2. Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research
3. Robert Reich, University of California, Berkeley
4. Steffie Woolhandler, City University of New York and Harvard Medical School
5. David U. Himmelstein, City University of New York and Harvard Medical School
6. Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Economic and Policy Research
7. Robert Pollin, University of Massachusetts Amherst
8. Kevin Outterson, Boston University Law School
9. Victor G. Rodwin, New York University Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
10. Gerald Friedman, University of Massachusetts Amherst
11. Michael Reisch, University of Maryland
12. Reynold F. Nesiba, Augustana University
13. Daniel Callahan, The Hastings Center
14. Mayo C. Toruño, California State University, San Bernardino
15. John T. Harvey, Department of Economics, Texas Christian University
16. Arthur MacEwan, University of Massachusetts Boston
17. Amitava Krishna Dutt, University of Notre Dame
18. Glen Atkinson, University of Nevada, Reno
19. William Van Lear, Belmont Abbey College
20. Lourdes Benería, Cornell University
21. William Waller, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
22. Hendrik Van den Berg, University of Nebraska
23. Diane Archer, Medicare Rights Center and Just Care USA
24. Larry Allen, Lamar University
25. James F. Burdick, Johns Hopkins Medicine
26. Leonard Rodberg, Queens College/CUNY
27. John Miller, Wheaton College
28. James K. Boyce, University of Massachusetts Amherst
29. Beatrix Hoffman, Northern Illinois University
30. Paddy Quick, St. Francis College, Brooklyn
31. Mary C. King, Portland State University
32. Allan MacNeill, Webster University
33. Paul A. Heise, Lebanon Valley College
34. Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic and Policy Research
35. Nancy Altman, Social Security Works
36. Eric R. Kingson, Syracuse University
37. John F. Henry, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
38. Antonio Callari, Franklin and Marshall College
39. Gar Alperovitz, Democracy Collaborative and The Next System Project
40. Adam Gaffney, Massachusetts General Hospital
41. John Dennis Chasse, SUNY Brockport
42. James M. Cypher, Universidad Autnoma de Zacatecas
43. Scott McConnell, Eastern Oregon University
44. Zohreh M Niknia, Mills College
45. L. Randall Wray, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
46. Mitchell R. Green, Binzagr Institute for Sustainable Prosperity
47. Peter Arno, University of Massachusetts Amherst
48. Kalpana Khanal, Nichols College
49. Erik Dean, Portland Community College
50. Timothy A. Wunder, University of Texas at Arlington
51. Scott Fullwiler, Wartburg College
52. Linwood F. Tauheed, University of Missouri-Kansas City
53. Malinda Markowitz, California Nurses Association and National Nurses United
54. William S. Brown, retired academic economist
55. Doug Henwood, economics journalist and consultant
56. Barbara Katz-Rothman, CUNY Graduate School and University Center
57. Masanori Kuroki, Arkansas Tech University
58. Terrence McDonough, National University of Ireland Galway
59. RoseAnn DeMoro, National Nurses United
60. Helen Scharber, Hampshire College
61. Anita Dancs, Western New England University
62. Mona Ali, State University of New York at New Paltz
63. Michael Murray, Bemidji State University
64. William K. Tabb, City University of New York
65. Mary Turner, Minnesota Nurses Association
66. Rose Roach, Minnesota Nurses Association
67. Kathy Donohue, National Nurses United
68. Katy Roemer, National Nurses United
69. Deborah Burger, National Nurses United
70. Bernadine Engeldorf, National Nurses United and Minnesota Nurses Association
71. Michael Brün, Illinois State University and Illinois Wesleyan University
72. Karl Widerquist, Georgetown University
73. Jeannette Wicks-Lim, University of Massachusetts Amherst
74. Thomas Masterson, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
75. Julie Pinkham, Minnesota Nurses Association and National Nurses United
76. Jonathan Millman, University of Massachusetts Boston
77. Christian Parenti, New York University
78. Maureen Dugan, California Nurses Association and National Nurses Organizing
Committee
79. Tae-Hee Jo, SUNY Buffalo State
80. Thomas Lambert, Northern Kentucky University
81. Barbara Garson, author
82. Anders Fremstad, Department of Economics, Colorado State University
83. Alison Welsh, California Nurses Association
84. David Welch, California Nurses Association
85. Martha Kuhl, National Nurses United
86. Geert Dhondt, John Jay College, The City University of New York
87. John Stifler, University of Massachusetts Amherst
88. Michael Meeropol, Western New England University
89. Peter Dorman, Evergreen State College
90. Kade Finnoff, University of Massachusetts Boston
91. David Eisnitz, Earlham College
92. Fabian Balardini, Borough to Manhattan Community College
93. Luis F. Brunstein, University of California, Riverside
94. Zhun Xu, Howard University
95. Yavuz Yasar, University of Denver
96. Karen Higgins, National Nurses United
97. Martese Chism, National Nurses United
98. Sean Flaherty, Franklin and Marshall College
99. Jean Ross, National Nurses United
100.Zenei T. Cortez, National Nurses Organizing Committee and National Nurses United
101.David Gleicher, Adelphi University
102.Fadhel Kaboub, Denison University, Binzagr Institute for Sustainable Prosperity
103.Bilge Erten, Northeastern University
104.Keane Bhatt, Democracy Collaborative and The Next System Project
105.Eric Tymoigne, Lewis & Clark College
106.Felipe Rezende, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
107.Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Bard College
108.Thomas Pogge, Yale University
109.David Barkin, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco
110.Richard Bruno, MedStar Health and Johns Hopkins University
111.Daniel MacDonald, California State University San Bernardino
112.Leanne Roncolato, Franklin and Marshall College
113.Ray Drasga, St. Clare Health Clinic
114.Claudia Chaufan, University of California, San Francisco
115.Rose Roach, Minnesota Nurse Association
116.Devin T. Rafferty, St. Peter's University
117.Martin Gunderson, Macalester College
118.Erik K. Olsen, University of Missouri Kansas City
119.Zdravka Todorova, Wright State University
120.Carlo D'Ippoliti, Sapienza University of Rome
121.Mary V. Wrenn, Girton College, University of Cambridge
122.Charalampos Konstantinidis, University of Massachusetts Boston
123.Vincent Navarro, Johns Hopkins University
124.Marcia Angell, Harvard Medical School
125.Robert Chernomas, University of Manitoba
126.Zoe Sherman, Merrimack College
127.Stewart Decker, Oregon Health and Science University
128.Max Romano, MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center & Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health
129.Corrado Di Guilmi, University of Technology Sydney
130.Wolfram Elsner, University of Bremen
131.Nathaniel Cline, University of Redlands
132.Dimitri Drekonja, University of Minnesota
133.Rachel Kreier, Saint Joseph's College
134.Bruce R. McFarling, International College Beijing
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I'm 65, always supported Bernie. Never watch TV news. I trust Bernie's agenda.
bjobotts
Mar 2016
#70
Thing is, Bernie believes it can be done and that a lot of people want to help
bigbrother05
Mar 2016
#83
So what's the excuse for siding with the wealthy 1% and turning backs on those
rhett o rick
Mar 2016
#71
There is a big difference. The Clintons obviously run with the wealthy and seem
rhett o rick
Mar 2016
#79
You might want to re-think that. "Among people over 85 (the fastest-growing segment of the American
jtuck004
Mar 2016
#89
You already know what you'd eventually like to be doing. That's huge!
FailureToCommunicate
Mar 2016
#56
BIG KnR - for speaking the truth to power, for Bernin' our way to Philadelphia. nt
99th_Monkey
Mar 2016
#14
The young woman's name is Dana Kiel. She posted in the YouTube comments section to ID herself.
Ken Burch
Mar 2016
#26
When I look at Bernie Sanders, I don't see a 73 year old politician, I see a 22 year old activist.
I hate liars
Mar 2016
#51
The Clintons are obsessed with wealth and power. It's obvious to anyone not enamored
rhett o rick
Mar 2016
#72
Nice try to deflect but the Clinton's have amassed a huge ~$150,000,000 PERSONAL FORTUNE
rhett o rick
Mar 2016
#80
If Hillary had made this claim, you KNOW Bernie fans would be demanding to see the list. :-D
NurseJackie
Mar 2016
#81