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Chicago Hope? Bipartisan Cowardice, Biden’s Bizarre Challenge

February 8, 2023 by GregC

Listen to “Chicago Hope? Bipartisan Cowardice, Biden’s Bizarre Challenge” on Spreaker.

Join Jim and Greg as they welcome a shred of hope that Chicago voters might elect a new mayor who seems much more serious about crime – but they are not holding their breath. They also break down some of the biggest moments from President Biden’s State of the Union on Tuesday – from bipartisan cowardice on entitlements, to Biden’s delusions on energy, and more. Finally, they break down Biden’s stunningly brief and vague comments on China and his bizarre, angry challenge to name one world leader who would want to trade places with Xi Xinping. Short answer? A lot of them.

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Filed Under: China, Climate, Communism, congress, Debt & Deficits, Economy, Elections, Entitlements, Foreign Policy, History, Humor, Intelligence, Journalism, law, Military, News & Politics, Spending, Taxes, Ukraine Tagged With: 3MartiniLunch, Biden, Chicago, China, entitlements, medicare, Social Security, SOTU, Xi Xinping

Ignoring Entitlements, Trump Balloon Confusion, State of Boredom

February 7, 2023 by GregC

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Join Jim and Greg as they present two bad martinis and a crazy one. First, they highlight House Speaker Kevin McCarthy saying Social Security and Medicare cuts are not on the table in the fight over the debt ceiling. That rebuts Biden’s false accusation but it also highlights how neither party has any intention of doing the work necessary to shore up these programs headed towards insolvency. They’re also dizzy from the conflicting explanations of Chinese spy balloons during the Trump years. After Biden officials saying Trump did nothing about three different balloons, we now have some saying the U.S. never detected those balloons while other defense and intelligence officials reportedly did know but chose not to tell President Trump. Finally, they groan and brace for the political drudgery and theater known as the State of the Union address.

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Filed Under: China, congress, Economy, Entitlements, Foreign Policy, History, Humor, Intelligence, Journalism, law, Military, News & Politics Tagged With: #SocialSecurity, 3MartiniLunch, balloon, Biden, entitlements, Huckabee, medicare, military, NORAD, SOTU, Trump

Why Warren’s Math Won’t Work

November 6, 2019 by GregC

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After taking heat from her Democratic rivals for months, Sen. Elizabeth Warren released her plan for covering the cost of government-sponsored health care for all Americans.

Warren says the price tag is roughly $52 trillion over ten years, yet insists she can pay for it by taxing billionaires, cracking down on tax cheats, and streamlining administrative costs of the program.

Chris Jacobs is CEO of the Juniper Research Group and author of “The Case Against Single Payer.” He tells me why all three of Warren’s ideas fall far short of meeting the expected costs, why two of her three ideas are contradictions of one another, and why the math is laughably wrong on the tax enforcement plan. He will also explain what kind of tax increases will really be needed to pay for Warren’s health plans and why he suspects she won’t admit that she’ll have to tax everyone.

Listen to the full podcast with Chris Jacobs.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: costs, health, medicare, news, revenue, taxes, Warren

What Americans Don’t Know about Medicare for All

October 23, 2019 by GregC

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A new poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows 51 percent of American adults favor a Medicare for All approach to health care. But 58 percent also oppose abolishing private insurance and even more oppose paying more in taxes to pay for single-payer health care.

After all these years, why is there such a disconnect between what Americans think they support and what they actually support once they know the facts?

In this podcast, we ask Galen Institute Pres. Grace-Marie Turner about this discrepancy and what she thinks about new reform ideas from the House Republican Study Committee.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: democrats, health, medicare, news, polling, Republicans, single payer

Kennedy vs. Markey? SJW’s vs. Jay-Z, Kamala’s Latest Canard

August 19, 2019 by GregC

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Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America are back!  Today, they enjoy watching Democrats wasting time and money in pushing Rep. Joseph Kennedy III to launch a primary challenge against incumbent Democratic Sen. Ed Markey, but Jim also explains why it’s long past time to stop fawning over the Kennedys.  Jim also dives into his latest piece, in which he slams the social justice warriors for refusing to accept many goodwill gestures from the NFL so long as Colin Kaepernick remains without a team.  And they roll their eyes as Sen. Kamala Harris tells donors she is not comfortable with the Medicare for All legislation pushed by 2020 rival Sen. Bernie Sanders, even though Harris co-sponsored the legislation.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: 2020, Bernie Sanders, Colin Kaepernick, Ed Markey, Jay-Z, Joseph Kennedy, Kamala Harris, medicare, National Review, NFL, Senate, Three Martini Lunch

Harvard Boots Kashuv, Medicare-for-All Confusion, O.J. Makes Twitter Worse

June 18, 2019 by GregC

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David French of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America discuss Harvard’s decision to rescind the admittance of Kyle Kashuv, a Parkland shooting survivor and conservative, for controversial past statements. They analyze the general misinformation and public ignorance about Medicare-for-All. And for today’s crazy martini, they discuss O.J. Simpson joining the Twittersphere.

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Dems Launch ‘Medicare for All’ Push

May 2, 2019 by GregC

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House Democrats are launching a serious effort to create a single-payer health care system branded as ‘Medicare for All,’ but a leading health care policy expert says the idea is a Utopian fantasy that is unaffordable and will lead to far worse care.

Galen Institute President Grace-Marie Turner joined experts from multiple perspectives testifying Tuesday before the House Rules Committee.  Chairman James McGovern is an enthusiastic supporter of eliminating private health insurance and tasking the federal government with running health care on the U.S.

“People aren’t going to lose their healthcare with Medicare for All.  You would actually get to keep your doctors and go to the hospitals you currently have.  The only difference is you wouldn’t have to deal with insurance companies,” said McGovern.

Turner told McGovern we’ve heard promises before about keeping doctors that were not true.

But while three House committees are pushing forward on Medicare for All, Turner says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seems less convinced it is a good idea.

“Even Speaker Pelosi has been reluctant to get behind Medicare for All, I think because she sees how incredibly disruptive this would be to our health sector.  Everybody, except people in the VA and Indian Health Service, everybody else would lose their coverage.

“That means 173 million Americans with coverage through the workplace would lose their coverage.  People on Medicare would lose Medicare because this will be a new program replacing it.  People on Obamacare, people on the Children’s Health Insurance Plan; all of that would be wiped out,” said Turner.

In addition to imploring lawmakers to have less government involvement in the health care sector, Turner says a single payer program is impossible, with estimates suggesting a $32-38 trillion price tag over ten years.  She says Democrats are promising excellent care, quick access, and low costs and Medicare for All simply won’t achieve those goals.

“That’s not the way the world works.  Resources are limited.  Doctors will leave.  We can’t afford the Medicare program we have now.  In other countries, we see the vulnerable, people who are the sickest are the ones who are put at the back of the list for care.  That’s not the kind of system we want,” said Turner.

Listen to the full podcast to hear what Turner detail what life is like for patients in single payer systems and what approach she thinks would bring us quality, affordable, accessible care.

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Fire Ravages Notre Dame, Hope Amid the Ashes, Bernie’s Big Problem

April 16, 2019 by GregC

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David French of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America discuss the devastating fire that destroyed much of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris and how the event struck a deep chord with many people around the world.  They also are encouraged by how much of the 800-year-old cathedral was saved and discuss what it will take to rebuild the structure and revitalize the church in western Europe.  Finally, they pivot back to politics to discuss the Bernie Sanders town hall on the Fox News Channel, and David explains why Bernie – or who whoever the Democrats nominate – will have a very tough time defending Medicare for All once a few simple facts are known.

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Medicare for All = End of Health Care Choice

March 6, 2019 by GregC

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House Democrats are now formally pushing the “Medicare for All Act of 2019,” which would put an end to private health insurance, but a leading health policy expert is warning that government-run health care is more of a nightmare than a dream come true when it comes to your health care options and access to prompt care.

Galen Institute President Grace-Marie Turner says this is the Democrats’ version of repeal and replace, noting they are not trying to shore up the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, but are instead blowing it up in favor of a government-run health system.  She says eliminating private health insurance only weakens the consumer.

“You wind up eliminating choice.  Your only choice is the plan that the government offers,” said Turner.

The plan Democrats say they all want is put all Americans into the Medicare program, which currently provides care for Americans 65-years-old and older.  But Turner says Medicare won’t look the same when you throw more than 300 million people into it.

“If you have all Americans on Medicare at rates that are often below the cost of physicians providing that care, you’re also going to change the program for 60 million Americans on Medicare, who are going to have a much harder time finding a physician to see them,” said Turner.

Turner says the program will essentially become Medicaid for All, meaning the poor reimbursement rates for physicians will lead to fewer doctors staying on the job and seeing fewer and fewer patients.  She says some doctors now only get a few cents for treating Medicaid patients.

If government-run care were to become law, Turner says lobbyists would be flooding Washington to make sure their particular treatment is covered.

“We think we have lobbyists here now.  Wait until everyone being paid in the health care system has to argue to have their service included in this one government-run plan,” said Turner.

Listen to the full podcast to hear Turner explain why hospitals could close for months at a time each year if the U.S. adopts a single-payer system and why cancer patients and other people with major health problems would suffer the most.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: democrats, Healthcare, medicare, news, single payer

Media Buries Terrorist Compound Story, No Death in Single Payer? Nelson Cries Russia

August 9, 2018 by GregC

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Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America are baffled by the lack of media coverage about a New Mexico compound where starving children were reportedly being trained to carry out school shootings, and they find, once again, that the FBI responded slowly to compelling tips.  They also continue to find entertainment in socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is now claiming that medicare-for-all would eliminate funeral expenses.  And they wonder why Florida Sen. Bill Nelson had made claims about Russian interference in the election when no state official has heard anything about it.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: 3MartiniLunch, Bill Nelson, FBI, Florida, medicare, National Review, Ocasio-Cortez, russia, school shooting, singlepayer, Terrorism

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