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drray23

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11. well we had socialized medicine for a long time

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #8)

Fri Sep 8, 2017, 04:00 PM

Sep 2017

just not accessible to everyone. vets have va benefits, tricare for life. medicaid and medicare are also pretty much (but not quite) universal health care.

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Message auto-removed [View all] Name removed Sep 2017 OP

Supporting it and getting there are (unfortunately) two different things. LisaM Sep 2017 #1

+1 Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2017 #2

Bernie Sanders is out pounding the pavement and it's working. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2017 #3

Single payer will never, ever, ever happen. n/t QC Sep 2017 #4

My parents said the same thing. They said that BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #8

I was quoting someone. n/t QC Sep 2017 #10

well we had socialized medicine for a long time drray23 Sep 2017 #11

I'm a veteran and I never was eligible for Tricare. comradebillyboy Sep 2017 #12

i think you need 20 years in the service to qualify. drray23 Sep 2017 #14

Love Max Baucus LiberalLoner Sep 2017 #5

Of course he is now that he's no longer in the Senate Thrill Sep 2017 #6

Max has been in the MSM news lately. MontanaMama Sep 2017 #7

Thanks for nothing, you jerk shanny Sep 2017 #9

The basic software...connections to medical providers etc is all in place Rene Sep 2017 #13