{"id":45158,"date":"2025-11-17T12:45:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T20:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=45158"},"modified":"2025-11-17T12:45:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T20:45:46","slug":"as-dr-oz-helps-prove-there-is-no-republican-health-care-plan-democrats-have-solution-most-refuse-to-embrace-medicare-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/11\/17\/as-dr-oz-helps-prove-there-is-no-republican-health-care-plan-democrats-have-solution-most-refuse-to-embrace-medicare-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"As Dr. Oz Helps Prove \u2018There Is No Republican Health Care Plan,\u2019 Democrats Have Solution Most Refuse to Embrace: Medicare for All"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during a news conference to announce the re-introduction of the Medicare For All Act of 2023, outside the U.S. Capitol May 17, 2023 in Washington, DC. On the House side, the proposal will have 112 co-sponsors from the House Democratic caucus, more than they have ever had at the introduction of the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHealthcare is becoming unsustainable under Trump,\u201d says one progressive politician running for US Senate. \u201cMedicare for All would fix it.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Nov 16, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trump administration<\/a> came under fire on Sunday after sending Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare<\/a> and Medicaid<\/a> Services, onto CNN<\/em>\u2018s weekend news show to try to explain the Republican Party\u2019s elusive<\/a> \u201csolution\u201d to the nation\u2019s healthcare<\/a> crisis, a topic of much interest in recent weeks amid the longest government shutdown in the nation\u2019s history and growing fears over massive premium increases or loss of coverage for tens millions of Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked during his appearance to explain what Republicans<\/a> are considering to address the surging cost of healthcare, Oz talked about direct cash payments\u2014something Trump himself has floated in recent weeks\u2014as well as the idea of health saving accounts (or HSAs) which allow for personalized accounts set up to help pay for out-of-pocket medical needs, though not premium payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trump Healthcare Payment Proposal Sparks Fresh Medicare for All Demands to Fix \u2018Broken\u2019 Healthcare System<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cIf you had a check in the mail, you could buy the insurance you thought was best for you,\u201d Oz stated without explaining in what way that is different from people who received tax credits to purchase plans on the insurance exchanges established by the Affordable Care Act<\/a> signed into law by former President Barack Obama<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pushing such empty ideas while claiming them as viable solutions to soaring costs is partly what led critics like Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) this week to issue a public service announcement which\u00a0stated<\/a>\u00a0flatly: \u201cThere is no Republican health care plan\u201d\u2014despite repeated claims to the contrary by\u00a0GOP<\/a>\u00a0lawmakers, including Speaker of the House\u00a0Mike Johnson<\/a>\u00a0(R-La.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr Oz: "If you had a check in the mail, you could buy the insurance you thought was best for you" pic.twitter.com\/rLoMdxhNPV<\/a><\/p>— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 16, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>