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applegrove

(130,654 posts) Sat Jan 17, 2026, 09:16 PM Saturday

One recent survey found that 65% of voters support a Medicare for All-style system. [View all]

Every other comparably wealthy country has some version of universal healthcare, and none of them would trade their systems for the wasteful and haphazard US system, writes Eagan Kemp of @publiccitizen.bsky.social.
— Common Dreams (@commondreams.org) 2026-01-17T12:59:41.357261Z

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One recent survey found that 65% of voters support a Medicare for All-style system. [View all] applegrove Saturday OP

Yup, America is a progressive nation on most issues Fiendish Thingy Saturday #1

Then they vote for Trump twice. Anxy Sunday #2

DURec leftstreet Sunday #3

The spiking insurance premiums are finally moving the needle Arazi Sunday #4

But will 65% of the people vote to move the needle? Buckeyeblue Sunday #5