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In reply to the discussion: Does single payer/Medicare for All sound good now? [View all]Bad Dog
(2,025 posts)20. That's a huge amount of money to have to pay out.
Over here he'd probably qualify for free prescriptions.
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Yes. And always remember who voted for Fast track, who votes for the TPP and TTIP, and - who
djean111
Apr 2016
#6
Indeed. Notice we don't have single payer for public utilities. We simply regulate them.
Recursion
Apr 2016
#8
Why are you against drug companies and hospitals being treated like public utilities?
Recursion
Apr 2016
#18
There will be a substantial amount of political pressure working against that n/t
eridani
Apr 2016
#25
If we had that political pressure to summon we wouldn't need single payer in the first place
Recursion
Apr 2016
#27
Medicare isn't really single payer, what with laws against drug price negotiations n/t
eridani
Apr 2016
#33
Yeah, lets ignore the countless examples of this thing being done simply and effectively..
Kentonio
Apr 2016
#35
We are exceptionally bad at stuff like this; I don't see why you don't grasp that
Recursion
Apr 2016
#36