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Author: Pieter Vorster

Single Payer is an Issue in California Governor’s Race

Posted on May 15, 2026 by Pieter Vorster

What are the differences between Single Payer, Medicare for All and Universal Coverage? Universal coverage is merely a system where everyone is covered. Obamacare was supposed to be universal coverage because it initially included an individual mandate. Medicare is a type of universal coverage for seniors. Medicare for All would expand eligibility down from age 65 to 0. Medicare for All would require the federal government to expand the program, with states playing a supporting role. It would not necessarily be the same program that exists today, except in name.

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Uncle Sam Wants to Change Your Diet (for the better)

Posted on January 8, 2026January 9, 2026 by Pieter Vorster

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture under Trump plans to upend the food pyramid of recommended dietary guidelines. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. has definite ideas about what constitutes healthy food. It seems like every few years public health officials decide to change dietary recommendations. Usually, it’s about eating more salad, but Kennedy has other ideas. 

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Monday Links

Posted on August 11, 2025August 11, 2025 by Pieter Vorster
  • How OBBBA liberates direct primary care.
  • Elon Musk: “AI is already better than most doctors.”
  • CDC: Most Americans get more than half their calories from ultra-processed foods.
  • The International Space Station is the most expensive item humans have ever created.
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Bernie Sanders Acolyte in MAHA Drag

Posted on July 28, 2025 by Pieter Vorster

Vinay Prasad, an FDA Commissioner, wields more power than Anthony Fauci ever did at the National Institutes of Health.
Source: Allysia Finley, Wall Street Journal

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