Editor’s note: I’m just now reading last week’s Newsweek, and  saw this column by Jane Bryant Quinn. She exposes the fear-mongering myths about universal healthcare. And she’s not exactly known for being a radical socialist, either. Click on link to see entire story. 

“Prepare to be terrorized, shocked, scared out of your wits. No, not by jihadists or Dementors (you do read “Harry Potter,” right?), but by the evil threat of … universal health insurance! The more the presidential candidates talk it up, the wilder the warnings against it. Cover everyone? Wreck America? Do you know what care would cost? …

… I do agree that we can’t afford to cover everyone under the crazy health-care system we have now. We can’t even afford all the people we’re covering already, which is why we keep booting them out. But we have an excellent template for universal care right under our noses: good old American Medicare. When you think of reform, think ‘Medicare for all.’ …”