View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colorado residents will be voting on a single-payer health insurance system next November. (More commentary on it here: http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/opinion\/ci_29081521\/guest-commentary:-coloradocare-is-health-care-for-everyone) In general, I think single-payer has a lot of significant advantages over the bureaucracy and (mostly) for-profit-motive of the current mixture of private insurers. The devil is, of course, in the details, but it will be … Continue reading “Well, this should be interesting”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,532,134],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-elections-2016","category-health-care"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":134679,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/13\/primer-single-payer-healthcare.html","url_meta":{"origin":128673,"position":0},"title":"A Primer on Single-Payer Healthcare","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 13-Sep-17 8:21am","format":false,"excerpt":"Since this is becoming a more and more prominent topic, here's a good summary of what \"single-payer\" means (and what it doesn't mean). This is one where the devil is in the details, but I firmly believe in the principle being sought in the single-payer debate: the idea that basic,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/unnamed-1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":133910,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/07\/20\/on-the-barrier-to-universal-health-coverage-in-the-united-states.html","url_meta":{"origin":128673,"position":1},"title":"On the barrier to universal health coverage in the United States","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 20-Jul-17 7:36am","format":false,"excerpt":"The author notes that the Canadian model demonstrates that the US could ensure essential health care for all, but goes back to the bitter early days of political argument around the single-player plan (which originated in the province of Saskatchewan. The significant difference pointed out was that in the Canadian\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":128613,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/05\/rolling-the-financial-dice-at-the-er.html","url_meta":{"origin":128673,"position":2},"title":"Rolling the financial dice at the ER","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 5-Nov-15 1:30pm","format":false,"excerpt":"You may have insurance coverage with a hospital -- but that doesn't mean those ER docs will accept it, or have negotiated the same rates. So remember, next time you're being hauled to the ER because of a life-threatening injury or condition, do your research en route and ask for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":20920,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/01\/unblogged-bits-sun-1-may-11-2331.html","url_meta":{"origin":128673,"position":3},"title":"Unblogged Bits (Sun. 1-May-11 2331)","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 1-May-11 11:31pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... VIDEO: NRA Members Claim Obama Doesn\u2019t Believe In 2nd Amendment, But Can\u2019t Explain Why - So keep those cards and letter and checks coming! 'Green Lantern' Increases VFX Budget as Hollywood Trends Towards Deadline\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Potpourri"","block_context":{"text":"Potpourri","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/potpourri"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":44344,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/14\/an-er-visit-abroad.html","url_meta":{"origin":128673,"position":4},"title":"An ER Visit Abroad","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 14-Aug-14 6:49am","format":false,"excerpt":"This person's experience with the NHS mirrors mine from a few decades back. I was in the UK, fell and seriously injured my hand, and we decided that I really needed it looked at and to get a tetanus shot.We found a local hospital where we were staying. I was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15722,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/06\/health-care-reform-commentary-from-the-bible.html","url_meta":{"origin":128673,"position":5},"title":"Health Care Reform commentary from the Bible","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 6-Sep-09 1:12pm","format":false,"excerpt":"From today's Epistle (James 2:14-18, emphasis mine) Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, \"Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,\" but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics & Law"","block_context":{"text":"Politics & Law","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Visit-the-Sick.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128680,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128673\/revisions\/128680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
