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applegrove

(131,055 posts)
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 09:16 PM Jan 17

One recent survey found that 65% of voters support a Medicare for All-style system.

Every other comparably wealthy country has some version of universal healthcare, and none of them would trade their systems for the wasteful and haphazard US system, writes Eagan Kemp of @publiccitizen.bsky.social.

Common Dreams (@commondreams.org) 2026-01-17T12:59:41.357261Z
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One recent survey found that 65% of voters support a Medicare for All-style system. (Original Post) applegrove Jan 17 OP
Yup, America is a progressive nation on most issues Fiendish Thingy Jan 17 #1
Then they vote for Trump twice. Anxy Jan 18 #2
DURec leftstreet Jan 18 #3
The spiking insurance premiums are finally moving the needle Arazi Jan 18 #4
But will 65% of the people vote to move the needle? Buckeyeblue Jan 18 #5

Arazi

(8,777 posts)
4. The spiking insurance premiums are finally moving the needle
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 11:10 AM
Jan 18

Too late for many Americans who will needlessly die this year (and over the next few years) but I hope this will save people someday in the future



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