In capitalism, concerns for profit supersede concerns for people. A myth of capitalism is that it fosters competition and, through that competition, the marketplace benefits. 7/26
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Economy: improve our Gross Domestic Product (GDP), but doesnt say how If he’d assistance any businesses, esp large ones, that inherently is anti-free market and, many would say, socialistic. 16/26
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Health care: Mr Bales bashes ACA (first originated by then-Mass Gov (and Republican) Mitt Romney) & suggests, in part, we “lower the cost of prescription drugs and hospital care through a National Fee Schedule...” 17/26
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A national fee schedule would not work without enforcement. If that enforcement is “national” it necessarily means the Federal government - read “The Summer of 1787" and why the Articles of Confederation were replaced. 18/26
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Mr Bales says natl health care would bankrupt America Our current healthcare system has been effective at bankrupting people. A study last February found 66.5% of bankruptcies were tied to medical issues. 109 Amer J Public Health No. 3, p. 411, 02/06/19. 19/26
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The report notes the numbers are similar to those pre-ACA. A lot of us believed ACA did not go far enough. These debts would have been off people’s shoulders if the USA had single payor. 20/26
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If “socialized” health care is bad, then the USA’s health care system should be at the top. It is not. In a March, 2019, paper, for quality of health care, we were ranked 37th. 21/26
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Okay, but if socialized medicine is so bad, there should be few, if any, countries, ranked ahead of us in which socialized medicine is a large component or an entire system that we would call “socialized.” 22/26
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Of 36 countries ahead of us, only 2 R considered either to not have socialized medicine or a large component of its system socialized. Norway, ranked 11th, has a deductible of equivalent of $200. Morocco has mixed mandatory and private insurance. 23/26
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Mr. Bales criticizes current occupant of Oval Office on 1 issue: natl debt. I’m the only candidate in GOP primary 2 say we should cut military budget in 1/2. That will make us more secure and get us on the road to restore our economy. 24/26
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I’m a different kind of Republican, 1 that lately has been rare. I’m pro-choice & anti-war. We need ignorance & bigotry out of politics. 2 steps that direction: 1) remove an illegal President from the WH and 2) have rational people in charge of the GOP. 25/26
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I’m Mark Small, candidate for U.S. House in Indiana’s 5th Congr Distr. I’m proud to be a progressive. We need to reign in several fiscal policies: tax cuts for the very rich and idiotic military spending. I approve of this blog. Hell, I wrote it. 26/26
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