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Why the single-payer resistance? September 19, 2014 ,Columbus (GA) Ledger-Enquirer
Jack Bernard: Why the single-payer resistance? September 19, 2014 Ever since Medicare (universal health insurance for old people and the disabled) came out in 1965, congressional efforts to expand it to cover the rest of us have been thwarted. Why has this occurred? There are two basic reasons: • Extensive lobbying by health care providers…
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In support of Medicare for all, Florida Times Union (Jacksonville), 6-30-14
Guest column: In support of Medicare for all Mon, Jun 30, 2014 @ 1:34 pm My party, the GOP, is running for election this year on the slogan “repeal and replace Obamacare.” I agree, but the question is “what will be the replacement?” My answer is Medicare for all. From a moral standpoint, due…
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Georgia’s governor is letting down his state’s citizens;April 16, 2014; Insurance News Net
April 16, 2014 Georgia’s governor is letting down his state’s citizens First, the governor made the unilateral decision not to expand Medicaid for the poorest Georgians, preventing hundreds of thousands of our citizens from receiving adequate health care. According to a recent Georgia State University report that came up with this figure, these jobs would…
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Medicaid expansion would add jobs for Georgia; 6-2-14;AJC
Medicaid expansion would add jobs for Georgia; 6-2-14;AJC I am a Republican and a former elected official, but I hate to see ads coming out that are just plain wrong. In the GOP Senate race, ads came out that said Rep. Gingrey was not a conservative. Regardless of how you feel about Gingrey, these ads…
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Republican offended by anti-Jason Carter ads, 6-8-14, Savannah Morning News
Republican offended by anti-Jason Carter ads I am a Republican and a former elected official, but I hate to see ads coming out that are wrong. In the GOP Senate race, ads came out that said Rep. Phil Gingrey was not a conservative. Regardless of how you feel about Gingrey, these ads lied to voters.…
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Georgia’s governor is letting down his state’s citizens; 4-14-14; Insurance News Net
Georgia’s governor is letting down his state’s citizens “First, the governor made the unilateral decision not to expand Medicaid for the poorest Georgians, preventing hundreds of thousands of our citizens from receiving adequate health care. According to a recent Georgia State University report that came up with this figure, these jobs would have produced nearly…
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Medicaid expansion would add jobs for Georgia; AJC; 6-2-14
Medicaid expansion would add jobs for Georgia I am a Republican and a former elected official, but I hate to see ads coming out that are just plain wrong. In the GOP Senate race, ads came out that said Rep. Gingrey was not a conservative. Regardless of how you feel about Gingrey, these ads clearly…
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short-sighted politics,long-term problems;COLUMBUS JOURNAL ENQUIRER, Mar. 10, 2012
short-sighted politics,long-term problems;COLUMBUS JOURNAL ENQUIRER, Mar. 10, 2012. COLUMBUS JOURNAL ENQUIRER Saturday, Mar. 10, 2012 Retired Georgia health care exec says short-sighted politics will mean long-term problems in health care By JACK BERNARD – bernard_jack@hotmail.com My Republican Party has staked out a losing long-term position on health care reform: No basic change is needed, just…
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Nothing ‘conservative’ about it; Columbus Ledger-Enquirer; 5-16-14
I am a Republican former two-term county commissioner and ex-chair of my county GOP. Normally, I would be supporting a GOP candidate in the senatorial primary and voting for the GOP nominee in November. But my party is rapidly going rightward, away from common sense (like the recent Guns Everywhere law) and toward unyielding orthodoxy.…
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They Do Not Get it; 9-16-11, Macon Telegraph
Note: The last set of GOP Presidential candidates were clueless on health care reform. Romney would have won the election and many more states if he would have advocated for Medicare for All. They Do Not Get it; 9-16-11, Macon Telegraph As a Republican retired health care executive, I listened with interest to the debate.…