Canadian single-payer universal healthcare versus US healthcare

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Exorbitant US costs
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30 May 2019: '''[https://medium.com/@NNUBonnie/is-medicare-for-all-disruptive-not-more-than-medical-bankruptcy-or-death-24d551e50c06 Is Medicare for All ‘disruptive’? Not more than medical bankruptcy or death].''' 15 May: '''[http://fortune.com/2019/05/15/joe-biden-medicare-for-all Joe Biden Is Wrong. Businesses Will—and Want to—Pay for Medicare for All.].''' "We can lower overall health care spending by cutting out a massive intermediary (insurers)". 2 May 2019: Health insurance deductibles soar, leaving Americans with unaffordable bills. Los Angeles Times. 16 Jul 2018: The Astonishingly High Administrative Costs of U.S. Health Care. New York Times. 26 Mar 2018: Why thousands of Americans Are Risking It and Skipping Health Insurance. Bloomberg News.

Drug company price fixing
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12 May 2019: Sweeping lawsuit accuses top generic drug companies, executives of fixing prices. On 60 Minutes. CBS news. From article: "But 1,215 generics, many of them  ... 90 percent of all prescriptions filled in this country are filled with generic drugs."

Poor US healthcare
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7 May 2019: Mothers dying needlessly: CDC says most pregnancy-related deaths can be prevented. USA Today.

Americans want Medicare For All
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24 Aug 2018:

Videos expose Republican myths
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Republicans leave children behind
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2 May 2019: Trumpcare: Study: ( Republican ) Texas rate of uninsured children double national average. Houston Chronicle. 14 Jun 2018: Texans want ( Republican ) state leaders to do more to solve state’s health care crisis. Houston Chronicle.

and has better health outcomes
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Short chart. Canada versus USA
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Many nations better than USA
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US. Highest healthcare spending
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High cost of US prescription drugs
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US doctors support Single Payer
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 * Can a New Generation of Med Students Help Push Medicare for All? By Natalie Shure. Aug. 2, 2018. Pacific Standard. "Polls show that 56 percent of American doctors now support a single-payer health system, up from 42 percent in 2008."
 * Doctors Warm To Single-Payer Health Care. By Rachel Bluth. August 16, 2017. Kaiser Health News

US health last among 11 nations
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 * New 11-Country Study: U.S. Health Care System Has Widest Gap Between People With Higher and Lower Incomes. July 13, 2017. New International Ranking Underscores the Importance of Health Insurance Coverage and Strong Primary Care. The Commonwealth Fund.

Getting divorced to get healthcare
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 * Google search: Getting divorced in order to get healthcare.
 * Texas Parents Consider Divorce to Afford Child's Health Care. By Renae Reints. July 11, 2018. Fortune magazine.

Medicaid expansion saves lives
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 * Finally, Some Answers on the Effects of Medicaid Expansion. By Aaron E. Carroll. July 2, 2018. New York Times. Research suggests that access to care has greatly improved, and that quality of care has generally improved.
 * Medicaid Expansion. "Studies demonstrate a positive association between expansion and health outcomes." By Larisa Antonisse, Rachel Garfield, Robin Rudowitz, and Samantha Artiga. March 28, 2018.

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