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MannyGoldstein

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8. I fundamentally agree with you, but...

Reply to edhopper (Reply #7)

Sun Apr 1, 2012, 04:34 PM

Apr 2012

ACA is something really new and different (at the federal level), and most Americans don't want it, so it's easy for them to blow it up. Medicare is old stuff and is loved by the vast majority of Americans - I don't think they'd go that far (but it wouldn't be totally shocking if they did).

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I don't doubt that if they passed Single Payer or Medicare For All [View all] edhopper Apr 2012 OP

I'm afraid you are right. Cleita Apr 2012 #1

Yeah, they'd ProSense Apr 2012 #2

Looks like for them the ultimate c-word is not Constitution, but... polichick Apr 2012 #3

After 40+ years they'd strike down Medicare as unconstitutional? MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #4

Not Medicare as it exist now for seniors, edhopper Apr 2012 #5

If it was the same program, just expanded for everyone MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #6

The point of my OP edhopper Apr 2012 #7

I fundamentally agree with you, but... MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #8

True, walking into a trap just means they are more likely to get away with it. TheKentuckian Apr 2012 #9