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OKNancy

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1. I prefer public option at this time

Reply to luvtheGWN (Original post)

Thu Jun 27, 2019, 10:42 AM

Jun 2019

1. Too many people like and/or will get a better deal with their private insurance if supplied by their employer
2. Lots of people in the US like the freedom to choose.
3. Medicare is not free and does not cover all costs so many are better off with the ACA or other plans
4. Getting rid of private insurance would create lots of unemployed people.
5. Democrats have to realize that not everyone thinks like we do, so to be pragmatic, at least in this election, we need a more
realistic plan

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This doesn't mean that we could eventually get total free healthcare.

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Medicare for all: Why not? [View all] luvtheGWN Jun 2019 OP

I prefer public option at this time OKNancy Jun 2019 #1

Every one of your five points is flawed. Goodheart Jun 2019 #4

There are millions of people that like their employer based insurance redstateblues Jun 2019 #2

One's medical coverage shanti Jun 2019 #14

i would like to have a hybrid..medicare doesnt pay for crappola now.....and everyone on medicare samnsara Jun 2019 #3

A Public Option will likely get us to Medicare-for-All/Most quicker than Hoyt Jun 2019 #5

In short-trust and vagueness. marylandblue Jun 2019 #6

We need a system like Britain's NHS. Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #7

"Let them prove it first". luvtheGWN Jun 2019 #11

Universal health care does not equal Medicare 4 All. marylandblue Jun 2019 #12

Not that it doesn't happen but Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #13

You are not lucky, I am unlucky in health matters. marylandblue Jun 2019 #16

We agree there. Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #17

Don't forget shanti Jun 2019 #18

Thank you for all your opinions luvtheGWN Jun 2019 #8

realistically, it won't pass through Congress NewJeffCT Jun 2019 #9

unless you are actually on Medicare, you don't know the hoops you have to jump through and Javaman Jun 2019 #10

What we need is a plan that voters can clearly understand and trust. ooky Jun 2019 #15