#YangGang, here's what I think Andrew should say about healthcare at the debate on Thursday:
"There are 3 main reasons why healthcare costs are making us miserable--One: we have allowed drug and device manufacturers to take advantage of and profit off of us at every turn. /1
"There are 3 main reasons why healthcare costs are making us miserable--One: we have allowed drug and device manufacturers to take advantage of and profit off of us at every turn. /1
"two: we are not using new technologies and new organizational techniques to reduce costs in operational overhead and administration. /2
"three: we have made it prohibitively expensive for young people to become doctors or for professionals to continue practicing medicine when they immigrate to our country or even when they move between states. That's created a big doctor shortage. /3
"These are healthcare and healthcare provider problems that my six point proposal directly addresses. We've spent five debates and hours of airtime arguing over the details of health insurance plans instead of talking about those healthcare provider problems. /4
"I'm gonna say out loud what a lot people at home watching this have been thinking: nothing of real substance has been added to this health insurance debate since Bernie staked out his single-payer position. That's why other candidates take turns trying to copy his idea! /5
"I'm an entrepreneur and problem solver so I have a completely different perspective from the others here on stage. They are career politicians. I don't fault people for the set of incentives that shaped them, but in this case they have a blind spot--They've been conditioned /6
"to think 'If it's not my idea, it's a bad idea.' That's why each of them has tried to reinvent the wheel rather than build on what Bernie has already accomplished. That's why my proposal looks so different from all of their proposals. When I become president in 2021, I will /7
"work with Bernie and other congressional leaders to create a medicare-for-all system. My proposal will help ensure that the system will reduce costs, increase quality and continue to innovate relative to existing private insurance plans. This will provide affordable coverage /8
"for millions of uninsured Americans, cut into the outrageous profiteering of drug and device manufacturers, put private insurance companies out of business and create a de facto single-payer market over time. We have the money to do this--we're already spending it! /9
"18% of GDP currently goes towards healthcare spending. It's time for us to get better results." /10
