The single payer plan in the Urban Institute study is different from M4A.

Fine as far as things go but not likely to reduce poverty by much.

Poverty is easy to fix. Just keep building the welfare state.

The claim is both true literally and even non-literally in the spirit of things.

Poor families spend 22 percent of their income on out-of-pocket medical expenses.

These are mostly unemployment benefit schemes, but not very good ones.

Justin Haskins's analysis overstates the net cost of M4A by 200 percent.

People lose their health insurance constantly with little choice over the matter.

The state can easily close solve its budget woes with ordinary taxes.

The body count of 3 percent uninsurance is staggering. Insurance must be universal.