Re: FW: CLIP | Think Progress: Hillary Clinton Makes Dishonest Attack
On Bernie Sanders' Health Care Plan
From: ntanden@gmail.com
Date: 2016-01-14 16:42
Subject: Re: FW: CLIP | Think Progress: Hillary Clinton Makes Dishonest
Attack On Bernie Sanders' Health Care Plan
I
will. They are crazy leftists down there.
On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 1:30 PM John Podesta
<john.podesta@gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe we can work on the headlines.
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On Bernie Sanders’ Health Care Plan
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> From: *Jeremy Massey* <jmassey@hillaryclinton.com>
> Date: Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 1:22 PM
> Subject: CLIP | Think Progress: Hillary Clinton Makes Dishonest
Attack On
> Bernie Sanders’ Health Care Plan
> To: Research <research@hillaryclinton.com>
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http://thinkprogress.org/health/2016/01/14/3739427/democratic-candidates-single-payer/
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> Hillary Clinton Makes Dishonest Attack On Bernie Sanders’ Health
Care Plan
>
> BY *TARA CULP-RESSLER*
<http://thinkprogress.org/?person=tculp-ressler>
> <https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=Tara_CR> JAN
14, 2016 12:03
> PM
>
> As the race tightens
>
<http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2016-01-12/with-democratic-race-tightening-clinton-attacks-sanders>
between
> the two leading Democratic presidential candidates, they’re
engaged in a
> fierce policy battle over a key progressive issue: access to
health care.
>
> The Hillary Clinton campaign is amping up its attacks on fellow
> presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ health care plan, saying
it’s a “risky
> deal
>
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/01/11/clinton-in-iowa-attacks-sanders-health-care-plan-as-a-risky-deal/>”
> that could return the country to an era when “millions and
millions and
> millions of people
>
<http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/pat-garofalo/articles/2016-01-13/hillary-clintons-bizarre-attack-on-bernie-sanders-health-care-plan>”
> did not have access to insurance. The Sanders campaign, meanwhile,
is
> working to highlight the apparent hypocrisy here — pointing out
that
> Clinton has a history of supporting universal health care
>
<https://www.facebook.com/berniesanders/photos/a.324119347643076.89553.124955570892789/961117337276604/?type=3&theater>,
> and once said that Democrats attacking each other’s health care
plans “undermined
> core Democratic values
>
<https://www.facebook.com/berniesanders/videos/961157863939218/>.”
>
> Here’s what you need to know about the policy dispute:
> Sanders wants health care for all, but his plan is thin on
details.
>
> Sanders has long advocated what’s known as a “single-payer system
> <http://bigstory.ap.org/article/1f0ee3946fa842ac9259b9f24d6a4dd6/what-know-about-berniecare-sanders-health-overhaul>,”
> in which one government program would offer insurance to Americans
without
> charging the premiums, deductibles, or co-pays that currently
finance the
> private insurance sector.
>
> This policy is sometimes referred to as “Medicare for all” because
it
> would, in many ways, extend the current system that’s in place for
Medicare
> beneficiaries to everyone else in the country. The general idea
behind this
> model is that the government would raise health care taxes to pay
for the
> cost of extending insurance to everyone.
>
> In 2013, Sanders introduced a bill
>
<https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1782> in
> Congress seeking to enact a “Medicare-for-All Single Payer Health Care
> System” that tracks closely with his current proposal. But so far,
the
> Sanders campaignhas not released specific details
>
<http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/making-sense-democratic-fight-over-health-care-n496186>
about
> how he would pay for his plan. That makes it difficult for
industry experts
> to assess how it might work in practice
>
<http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/jan/13/how-much-would-bernie-sanders-health-care-plan-cos/>
> .
> Clinton is using dishonest arguments against single-payer health
care.
>
> This week, the Clinton camp has been repeating an argument against
> Bernie’s plan that amounts to an unfair characterization
>
<http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/pat-garofalo/articles/2016-01-13/hillary-clintons-bizarre-attack-on-bernie-sanders-health-care-plan>
of
> how universal health care actually works. Clinton argues that
Bernie wants
> to “take everything we currently know as health care, Medicare,
Medicaid,
> the CHIP Program, private insurance, now of the Affordable Care
Act, and
> roll it together” — suggesting that could cause millions of people
to lose
> their health insurance.
>
> It’s true that a single-payer system would replace all of the
different
> types of insurance that we have now, and it’s true that Americans
would
> initially have to shift to new plans. But that’s not a problem
with
> Sanders’ proposal — it’s actually the whole point. Proponents of
universal
> health care argue it will be more efficient and more equitable for
the
> government to administer one centralized health care program.
>
> “If anything, a single-payer plan like the one Sanders envisions
would
> result in more coverage than current arrangements would allow,”
the
> Huffington Post’s Amanda Terkel and Jonathan Cohn point out
>
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chelsea-clinton-bernie-sanders-single-payer_56956c06e4b05b3245dad15a>.
> That’s because, while there are still people who remain uninsured
under
> Obamacare because they haven’t signed up for a plan, a
Medicare-for-all
> system would treat insurance like a public good and require states
to
> automatically enroll their residents in plans.
>
> Clinton also argues that Sanders’ plan would result in a massive
tax hike
> for the middle class. While it’s true that a single-payer system
would
> necessitate a big raise in taxes
>
<http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/jan/13/how-much-would-bernie-sanders-health-care-plan-cos/>,
> this is a misleading way to frame it. Clinton doesn’t include that
fact
> that Sanders would also eliminate the health care costs
>
<http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/health/paying-till-it-hurts.html>
currently
> plaguing Americans in the form of premiums, deductibles, and
co-pays.
> The health care landscape has changed a lot since the passage of
Obamacare.
>
> Hillary Clinton has experience trying to pass health care reform
> <http://prospect.org/article/hillarycare-mythology> in a
contentious
> political environment, going toe-to-toe with the insurance
companies that
> eventually torpedoed
>
<http://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/29/us/health-care-debate-what-went-wrong-health-care-campaign-collapsed-special-report.html?pagewanted=all>
the
> 1993 legislation she supported. Why, then, would she want to
attack a
> populist vision of health insurance in a way that may protect
those
> insurers’ power?
>
> The landscape has changed considerably since the passage of
President
> Obama’s landmark health care reform law. In order to ensure
Obamacare’s
> success, Democrats had to partner with the health insurance
industry and
> figure out ways to make reform benefit hospitals’ and insurers’
bottom
> lines. Now, as Democratic politicians are invested in preventing
> Republicans from rolling back the gains under the health law, the
insurance
> industry has become somehow of an ally
>
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/18/us/politics/health-law-turns-obama-and-insurers-into-allies.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0>
> .
>
> Clinton is no exception. Insurance companies know that, thanks to
> Obamacare, there’s a lot at stake for them depending on who takes
over the
> White House — so they’ve been building connections
>
<http://www.psmag.com/politics-and-law/team-hillary-and-the-insurance-lobby>
to
> Clinton’s campaign. During this week’s dust-up, observers have
been quick
> to point out that Hillary’s line of attack makes sense considering
the money
> she now receives
>
<https://theintercept.com/2016/01/13/hillary-clinton-single-payer/> from
> the insurance industry.
> Sanders’ home state hasn’t figured out how to make single-payer
work.
>
> The health care conflict between Clinton and Sanders draws out
familiar
> battle lines between a more pragmatic and a more leftist approach
to
> governing.
>
> Clinton has long been skeptical of single-payer’s political
viability,
> pointing out that Americans are fearful of anything that can be
construed
> as “socialized medicine
>
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/us/politics/27text-health.html>.”
> There’s some evidence
> <https://theintercept.com/2016/01/13/hillary-clinton-single-payer/>
that
> she’s been privately supportive of the single-payer model. But she
clearly
> isn’t hopeful about getting it through Congress and isn’t willing
to attach
> herself to this particular policy.
>
> There’s no denying the challenges. Even in Sanders’ home state,
where
> there was a lot of political support for opting out of Obamacare
and
> enacting a version of single-payer, local lawmakerscouldn’t get it
done
>
<http://www.vox.com/2014/12/22/7427117/single-payer-vermont-shumlin>.
> After three years of working toward the first universal health
care system
> in the country, they said they couldn’t figure out how to pay for
it
>
<http://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2014/12/17/in-striking-reversal-shumlin-abandons-single-payer-reforms>
(though
> some economists took issue
>
<http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/03/02/3628413/economists-vermont-health-care/>
with
> the governor’s estimate of the plan’s $3 billion price tag).
>
> When PolitiFact set out to assess
>
<http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/jan/13/how-much-would-bernie-sanders-health-care-plan-cos/>
Bernie
> Sanders’ health plan this week, multiple experts gave cautious
responses
> about the senator’s proposed policy that echo the recent
experience in
> Vermont. They said it’s unclear how much it will cost and it’s
unlikely
> lawmakers would pass it.
> Health care is a key issue for progressive voters.
>
> For years, grassroots activists
> <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1447696/>
calling for
> universal health care have influenced the Left’s thinking on this
issue —
> and made progress in branding insurance as a basic human right
>
<http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/07/18/3457941/health-care-human-right/>
> .
>
> Now, this issue could have ripple effects throughout the
presidential
> primary. Single-payer is a fairly popular policy among Democratic
voters.
> According to the Kaiser Family Foundation
>
<http://kff.org/uninsured/poll-finding/kaiser-health-tracking-poll-december-2015/0>,
> self-identified Democrats either strongly favor (52 percent) or
somewhat
> favor (24 percent) the general idea of creating a government-run
health
> care program to insure all Americans.
>
>
>
>
>
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