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Old 09-01-2017, 08:42 PM
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Medicare for all by Bernie Sanders

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I just got an email from Senator Sanders. He is going to be introducing legislation in the next couple of weeks to create a single payer medicare insurance program for all. I am not quite sure what to think of this. I don't know how it will work, but it may appeal to the repeal and replace crowd,


I know I am kind of sweating the upcoming changes. I have one prescription that cost about $5k per month. No insurance means no meds. I'll likely end up in wheel chair or bed ridden within 5 years.
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Old 09-01-2017, 09:39 PM
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If he had come up with this instead of the impractical promises during the campaign, he might have had a better chance.
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Old 09-01-2017, 10:01 PM
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No changes are upcoming in the foreseeable future, least of all any introduced by Bernie Sanders. No Sanders idea will appeal to the 'repeal and replace' crowd.
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Old 09-01-2017, 11:44 PM
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Hey Folks,
I just got an email from Senator Sanders. He is going to be introducing legislation in the next couple of weeks to create a single payer medicare insurance program for all. I am not quite sure what to think of this. I don't know how it will work, but it may appeal to the repeal and replace crowd,


I know I am kind of sweating the upcoming changes. I have one prescription that cost about $5k per month. No insurance means no meds. I'll likely end up in wheel chair or bed ridden within 5 years.
To be frank Sanders pushed back single payer much further by running against Clinton in 2016. So I tend to scoff at anything he says right now.

No Republican Senate is going to pass single payer anytime soon. The only chance is that in 2018 both Houses go Democrat and they pass it and Trump signs it because he has not had any sort of legislative success. That is a very long shot. But possible I imagine. Other than that the USA must look toward 2020.

I thought about Houston and was sad that the poorer people in the crisis would have been better covered under the Medicaid expansion had the Texas government accepted the roll out.

Sorry about your medical issues. $5000k a month is a lot. I hope everything works out ok for you.

Senator Harris from my state has come out in support of single payer.
Whether Americans will elect her President is another issue. I will vote for her is she is the nominee of the Democratic party.
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Old 09-03-2017, 09:47 AM
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I don't like lefty populists much more than I like right-wingjob populists.
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Old 09-03-2017, 11:52 AM
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I don't like lefty populists much more than I like right-wingjob populists.
Making promises one can't keep to get votes kept me from supporting Bernie
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Old 09-03-2017, 01:57 PM
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Making promises one can't keep to get votes kept me from supporting Bernie


It's too bad Trump voters didn't feel the same.
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It's too bad Trump voters didn't feel the same.
I expect there are some significant and common cognitive challenges in that cohort.

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Old 09-03-2017, 02:38 PM
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Making promises one can't keep to get votes kept me from supporting Bernie
They all do it. Some are just more blatant than others.
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Old 09-03-2017, 07:39 PM
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If he had come up with this instead of the impractical promises during the campaign, he might have had a better chance.
This isn't "practical" either. Just ask the folks in Cali, whose legislature punted on a similar proposal because of the anticipated costs, and no way to pay for it.
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