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In reply to the discussion: The Key to Selling Medicare for All to Voters Is Simple [View all]Grammy23
(5,810 posts)30. Yes, yes, yes to everything you said.
And the test case is already done. We KNOW how it works and anything that needs improvement, such as making it include vision, dental and drugs. The Congress could utilize those of us who already know how well it works. The problem, as I see it, is that the misinformation and propaganda against an insurance program run by the government has got a lot of people biased against it without knowing the facts. In truth, a surprising number of the elderly have no idea that their Medicare is a government run program. But most of us DO know and they'd have a real fight on their hands if they ever try to take it away.
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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