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In reply to the discussion: Other than Katie Porter & a couple others, the Democratic Party STILL doesn't know how to fight back [View all]George II
(67,782 posts)....look at that early in the year poll that said around 70% of Americans are in favor of "Universal Health Care". So, they lumped Amy Klobuchar's proposal, Pete Buttigieg's proposal, Kamala Harris' proposal, Joe Biden's proposal, etc. all into one number that comprised that "70%". Then they renamed all of those proposals together and called it "Medicare for All".
The fact is less than 30% of Americans want that pure "Medicare for All", probably much less! Sanders' keystone proposal was "M4A", and he got less than 27% of the votes, even after the field was narrowed down to only two.
As far as Medicare is concerned, yesterday we got our notice of what the 2021 monthly premium would be: $148 per month deducted from our Social Security payment.
I did a quick calculation - $148 X 12 X 61 million (number of people on Medicare) and that equals $108 BILLION. The "M4A" proposal calls for $0 premiums, expanded to 200 - 300 million people. So where is that hundreds of billions of dollars going to come from?
All we hear is "we're going to tax the rich", "we're going to tax corporations", etc. What constitutes "rich", and by how much, and how much revenue would that generate? All we hear is vague claims, or more slogans. Never anything specific.