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WestMichRad

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11. There was no precedent for...

Wed Aug 20, 2025, 02:45 PM

Aug 2025

Social Security …
ANY government medical care assistance …
ANY social services…
Military equipment manufacturing …
Food safety laws and inspections…
… before these services were first introduced.

No precedent for Medicare for All? Meaningless. Our government, lest some forget, is for serving the people. Someday, when we finally have enough elected officials who care about serving the people, we will get Medicare for all. Hopefully, it will be soon. There is no law granting health insurance companies the right to operate in perpetuity.

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They really don't want us to have Medicare for all [View all] dcmfox Aug 2025 OP

Medicare for all would eventually replace private insurance gab13by13 Aug 2025 #1

They don't want us to have edhopper Aug 2025 #2

Bingo JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #4

And apparently they hate us - enough to kill us. erronis Aug 2025 #13

They are the party of sadists. BigmanPigman Aug 2025 #16

+1 leftstreet Aug 2025 #6

Beat me to it. rsdsharp Aug 2025 #7

I prepaid into it for 45 years before I became eligible MichMan Aug 2025 #3

They don't even consider us as human beings Matthew28 Aug 2025 #5

No precedent in america, but universal healthcare mwmisses4289 Aug 2025 #8

Sad fact is that all major healthcare legislation in last 30 years has involved private insurers-- ACA, Part D, Part C, Silent Type Aug 2025 #9

Oh, and can I just say fawk em all!!!!!!! a kennedy Aug 2025 #10

There was no precedent for... WestMichRad Aug 2025 #11

How about a trade? homegirl Aug 2025 #12

Great idea! And the NRA can collect the gun insurance and be in charge of Medicare payments.... erronis Aug 2025 #14

There was a time when I believed that America Dan Aug 2025 #15