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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> Healthcare-NOW! <email@healthcare-now.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 31, 2018 9:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ms. Ann Rennacker<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Kochs go on the offensive against #SinglePayer</font>
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Koch Attack!</h1>
<p style="margin:0">Ann - The Koch brothers chose yesterday - the 53rd anniversary of the passage of Medicare - <strong>to drop their single payer hit piece</strong>. The study, published by a libertarian think tank, warns that expanding Medicare to everyone would
mean an increase of $32 trillion in federal spending over the next decade. </p>
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<p style="margin:0"><strong>But even the Koch-funded Mercatus Center couldn't hide the truth about single payer</strong>, finding also that the policy would insure 30 million more Americans and virtually eliminate out-of-pocket health care expenses
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<p style="margin:0">Unfortunately, most major news outlets skipped over that seemingly important outcome,
<strong>choosing to focus on the $32 trillion number instead</strong>. “Study: ‘Medicare for all’ projected to cost $32.6 trillion” was the headline that the AP ran, emphasizing in the first paragaph, "that's trillion with a "T."</p>
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<p style="margin:0"><strong>This study is all about spin</strong>; even with the truth clearly spelled out in the report, the hope is that readers will be spooked by an "unprecedented strain on the federal budget"
<strong>instead of the fact that we'll get more for less</strong>. </p>
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<p style="margin:0">As we get closer to victory, we'll see the opposition step up attacks like this. The good news is that we've been here before; polling from before and after the primary - when single payer was under constant attack by center-left publications
trying to undermine Bernie Sanders' presidential run - <strong>show that public support for single payer actually went up</strong>. </p>
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<p style="margin:0">Sanders' response to the Koch report sums it up: "If every major country on earth can guarantee health care to all, and achieve better health outcomes, while spending substantially less per capita than we do,<strong> it is absurd for anyone
to suggest that the United States cannot do the same</strong>." </p>
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<p style="margin:0">In solidarity, </p>
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<p style="margin:0">Ben and Stephanie</p>
<p style="margin:0">Healthcare-NOW staff</p>
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