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I thank @jaketapper for admitting his "fact check" on Medicare for All was not factual ... (Original Post)
Donkees
Aug 2018
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1) We correctly state that the Mercatus report found that the American people would save $2 trillion
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Aug 2018
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2) Tapper says, "The study's author says that that $2 trillion drop is not actually his conclusion.
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Aug 2018
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..Any score that replaces Medicare reimbursement rates with some other set of rates is not ...
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Aug 2018
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5) @swoolhandler and @awgaffney have found that even though the Mercatus study ...
Donkees
Aug 2018
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6) @MattBruenig has found that payments to medical providers would only go down by 10.6% ...
Donkees
Aug 2018
#7
7) Harold Pollack at the University of Chicago said: "Over the long run, the Sanders people ...
Donkees
Aug 2018
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8) The founder of Medicare Rights Center says, "Blahous concedes that Medicare for All would ...
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Aug 2018
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9) Ernie Tedeschi, a former economist at the Treasury Department has also pointed out ...
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Aug 2018
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10) But instead of talking to any of these experts, the corporate fact checkers are blindly trusting
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Aug 2018
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Donkees
(32,367 posts)1. 1) We correctly state that the Mercatus report found that the American people would save $2 trillion
Donkees
(32,367 posts)2. 2) Tapper says, "The study's author says that that $2 trillion drop is not actually his conclusion.
Donkees
(32,367 posts)3. ..Any score that replaces Medicare reimbursement rates with some other set of rates is not ...
Donkees
(32,367 posts)4. 3) What Tapper and others have done is say we're wrong ...
Donkees
(32,367 posts)5. 4) This isn't just Bernie talking.
Donkees
(32,367 posts)6. 5) @swoolhandler and @awgaffney have found that even though the Mercatus study ...
Donkees
(32,367 posts)7. 6) @MattBruenig has found that payments to medical providers would only go down by 10.6% ...
Donkees
(32,367 posts)8. 7) Harold Pollack at the University of Chicago said: "Over the long run, the Sanders people ...
Donkees
(32,367 posts)9. 8) The founder of Medicare Rights Center says, "Blahous concedes that Medicare for All would ...
Donkees
(32,367 posts)10. 9) Ernie Tedeschi, a former economist at the Treasury Department has also pointed out ...
Donkees
(32,367 posts)11. 10) But instead of talking to any of these experts, the corporate fact checkers are blindly trusting
Donkees
(32,367 posts)12. 11) So, the question that must be asked is why would the corporate media put their blind faith ...
George Eliot
(701 posts)13. I ask same question: why do companies hate medicare for all?
They love it (in a different form) in Canada. Why not here?