Harry Reid on 'Medicare for All': 'Not a chance in hell it would pass'

[RandySF]

Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) criticized Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.) signature "Medicare for All" health care plan ahead of Wednesday night's Democratic presidential primary debate in Las Vegas.

While Reid said during an interview with ABC News's Rick Klein that he thinks "the world of Bernie Sanders," he called the progressive senator's health care plan "impractical."

"There’s not a chance in hell it would pass," Reid said in the podcast interview.

Reid has spoken out about Medicare for All in the past, telling Vice last year he didn't think the plan could pass and that Democrats should instead focus on strengthening the Affordable Care Act.



https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/483746-harry-reid-comes-out-against-medicare-for-all-not-a-chance-in-hell-it-would

[guillaumeb]

1. MFA does threaten the profits of the insurance industry.

And Big Pharma, and many for profit providers.

And all of the above will spend whatever it takes to protect their profits.

[Dem4Life1102]

6. That's a "My way or the highway" argument

Divisive and dishonest.

[guillaumeb]

7. No, it is the reality of healthcare in the US.

MFA works, and its variants in many other countries do as well, and the US system does not.

The US system is ranked 37th for a reason.

[Dem4Life1102]

10. Not reality

just a divisive and dishonest argument.

[guillaumeb]

12. OK

[Sloumeau]

2. As a former Senate Whip, Reid knows well what kinds of things can pass. :) nt

[Autumn]

3. We concentrated once on the ACA. The republicans have done everything they can to destroy it.

So we fix it again they fuck it up again. "There’s not a chance in hell it would pass," Way to inspire the people.

[OnDoutside]

4. Why not inspire people with something that will pass ? That's what he

is saying. If Sanders said eating shit was the new culinary delight, I wouldn't be shocked if Sanders supporters would be attacking anyone who dared to question it

[Autumn]

5. How about instead of saying "We can't do that" they say "We are going to work our ases off to get

try to get it passed." I don't think we Sanders supporters are ready to eat a shit sandwich, no matter who fucking cooks it and garnishes the damn thing.

[OnDoutside]

8. Well an uncosted M4A which rips the current private healthcare away

from those who are either happy with their policy, or are inately reticent about their policy being taken away from them, is a shit sandwich.

This is too important an election to fuck up on an ideological stand. Four or more years of a tinpot dictator would be the consequence of taking a needless stand on something that hasn't a hope of passing, not least because we'd lose the House, Senate and White House.

Politics is about the art of the possible, while President Obama has rightly spoken about the arc of history of America is all about incremental change.

[Autumn]

9. No ripping to it, it's transitional. nt

[OnDoutside]

11. It won't matter if it's over 20 years, you will have written the GOP script

for them.... Socialist (or Communist as Trump will call him) is coming to take your healthcare away from you.

Democrats had Republicans on the run over healthcare at the midterms, it would be handing that momentum back to them at the most crucial time in American history, for something that isn't necessary to over promise.