{"id":45776,"date":"2025-12-27T12:55:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T20:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=45776"},"modified":"2025-12-27T12:55:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T20:55:30","slug":"bezos-owned-newspaper-bashes-medicare-for-all-in-christmas-day-editorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/12\/27\/bezos-owned-newspaper-bashes-medicare-for-all-in-christmas-day-editorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Bezos-Owned Newspaper Bashes Medicare for All in Christmas Day Editorial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Nurses<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Nurses rally with lawmakers to show their support for Medicare for All on April 29, 2025 in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Washington Post editorial predictably ignores research showing that a single-payer system would save hundreds of billions of dollars\u2014and tens of thousands of lives\u2014each year.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jake Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dec 26, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An editorial published on Christmas by the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post<\/a><\/em> inveighed against supporters of Medicare for All<\/a> in the United States<\/a>, pointing to the struggles<\/a> of Britain\u2019s chronically underfunded National Health Service as a \u201ccautionary tale\u201d while ignoring research<\/a> showing that a single-payer<\/a> system would save the US hundreds of billions of dollars and tens of thousands of lives each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The editorial<\/a>, headlined \u201cSocialized medicine can\u2019t survive the winter,\u201d laments the \u201creligious-like devotion to the NHS\u201d in the United Kingdom<\/a> even as \u201chospital corridors overflow and routine procedures get canceled due to a catastrophic event commonly known as \u2018winter.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Post<\/em> editorial board, led by opinion editor Adam O\u2019Neal, waves away expert analyses<\/a> showing that the UK government is underinvesting in its healthcare<\/a> system relative to other countries in Europe, resulting in the kinds of problems the Thursday editorial attributed to the supposedly inherent flaws of single-payer systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is the dark reality of single-payer and a cautionary tale for the third of Americans who mistakenly believe Medicare<\/a> for All is a good idea,\u201d the editorial declared ominously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The editorial understates Medicare for All\u2019s popularity among US voters. A recent Data for Progress survey<\/a> found that even after hearing common opposing arguments, 58% of voters strongly or somewhat support improving Medicare and expanding it to cover everyone in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A separate poll conducted by GQR Research found that 54% of voters nationally, and 56% in battleground districts, support Medicare for All. US Rep.\u00a0Pramila Jayapal<\/a>\u00a0(D-Wash.), the co-leader of the Medicare for All Act in the House, is\u00a0reportedly planning<\/a>\u00a0to present those findings to colleagues next month as she pushes Democrats to rally behind her legislation ahead of the critical\u00a0midterm elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The renewed push for Medicare for All comes as the corporate-dominated<\/a> healthcare status quo hits Americans with massive premium hikes<\/a> stemming from congressional Republicans<\/a>\u2019 refusal to extend Affordable Care Act<\/a> tax credits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Predictably, the Post<\/em>\u2018s editorial board\u2014which Bezos has instructed<\/a> to write \u201cevery day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets\u201d\u2014neglected to mention the myriad horrors<\/a> of the United States\u2019 for-profit system in its diatribe against Medicare for All.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The editorial also ignores research showing potentially massive benefits from a transition to Medicare for All, which would virtually eliminate private insurance while providing comprehensive coverage to everyone in the US for free at the point of service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One study<\/a> published in The Lancet<\/em> estimated that a Medicare for All system would save more than 68,000 lives and over $450 billion in healthcare expenditures annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An\u00a0analysis<\/a>\u00a0by Yale researchers calculated that \u201cif the US had had a single-payer universal healthcare system in 2020\u201d\u2014which marked the onset of the\u00a0Covid-19<\/a>\u00a0pandemic\u2014\u201cnearly 212,000 American lives would have been saved that year\u201d and \u201cthe country would have saved $105 billion in Covid-19 hospitalization expenses alone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jake Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jake Johnson is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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