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Tom Rinaldo

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9. Democrats who supported Medicare for All in 2008 were told they held a fringe position

Reply to Trust Buster (Reply #5)

Tue Sep 4, 2018, 08:23 AM

Sep 2018

It was said to lack enough support to even receive serious consideration during preliminary hearings about health care reform. Supporting Medicare for All in 2008 was not a fringe position. Opposing it now isn't literally a fringe position either, but if you consider a "fringe" description fair for those who supported Medicare for All in 2008, it is just as fair to say that about a position opposing Medicare for All now.

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The times are changing -- Republicans want single payer [View all] SkyDancer Sep 2018 OP

Of course republicans want it, they just don't want democrats to get it. Meadowoak Sep 2018 #1

Republican PEOPLE may want it, but .. JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2018 #2

Precisely Sherman A1 Sep 2018 #3

And if it hsppens greymattermom Sep 2018 #4

Well, let's not go crazy here ... JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2018 #16

Who the hell is AOC to claim that any Democrat that dosen't support Medicare for All should be Trust Buster Sep 2018 #5

If 85% want something, and 15% don't... thesquanderer Sep 2018 #8

Democrats who supported Medicare for All in 2008 were told they held a fringe position Tom Rinaldo Sep 2018 #9

In the 2016 primaries, Hillary Clinton held the position that Medicare for All was not politically Trust Buster Sep 2018 #11

First off, you seriously distorted what was said Tom Rinaldo Sep 2018 #14

Who the hell is AOC? SkyDancer Sep 2018 #10

It lowers costs for employers IronLionZion Sep 2018 #6

Employers should never have been involved in health insurance in the first place Xipe Totec Sep 2018 #7

And to think, not long ago, on this very website, you were called a radical, a dreamer hueymahl Sep 2018 #12

Where is the poll? George II Sep 2018 #13

They want good healthcare. They want THEIR name on it. Hortensis Sep 2018 #15