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In reply to the discussion: The Key to Selling Medicare for All to Voters Is Simple [View all]Eliot Rosewater
(31,106 posts)29. This whole thing can work, I am not a fan of doing it without full party support but that aside
for now, this can work.
It hast to, when you think about it.
Now you know me, I am pretty sure he is gonna get us all killed tomorrow in a world wide thermonuclear war, but if we somehow manage to avoid that, I am SICK of dealing with healthcare cost issues.
I suppose if he does get us all killed, he will have long last finally solved the health care crisis.
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Not a bad approach. It is significantly different from Sanders' plan which has no coinsurance
Hoyt
Sep 2017
#1
I agree. It's got to be simple, show real savings, and make the change palatable/unconcerning.
Hoyt
Sep 2017
#5
To move it forward, I think you need to be able to tell the Average Jane about what it
Hoyt
Sep 2017
#9
I don't buy that reduction in admin cost. Fact is, docs submit the same claim to any payer and
Hoyt
Sep 2017
#15
Today, most insurers pay a percentage of Medicare's Fee Schedule. Providers don't set the payments
Hoyt
Sep 2017
#22
Your points are well taken. If only we all will have the patience to work through the political
haveahart
Sep 2017
#6
Not quite that simple-- who actually analyzes costs/benefits when making decisions?
TreasonousBastard
Sep 2017
#3
I hear you. I do think that if everyone, but a few, had the standard plan -- Doctors
Hoyt
Sep 2017
#12
You are talking about selling Medicare for All in the context of Bernie's plan being released
berni_mccoy
Sep 2017
#24
One GREAT way to sell this to those who cant be sold, is to relieve employers entirely
Eliot Rosewater
Sep 2017
#27
This whole thing can work, I am not a fan of doing it without full party support but that aside
Eliot Rosewater
Sep 2017
#29
We are our own worst enemies; same reason trump has the ability to cause
Eliot Rosewater
Sep 2017
#33