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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders - saving ACA is first priority [View all]tymorial
(3,433 posts)5. Then why push a bill which has zero possibility of happening
While also creating distraction for the GOP as they attempt to again repeal the ACA?
The only logic to this that I can even remotely see is this bill generates tremendous excitement among the population which puts pressure on Congress to act. Even though this bill will not happen, Republicans could feel pressure enough that it forces them to compromise by dropping the repeal action. I suppose this is possible but it feels too much of a gamble and Sanders has been pressing Medicare for All for a very long time, long before we learned Trump was president.
Words mean less than action.
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I disagree with what they did...they are all running for president...and I would not vote any of
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#66
It will generate criticism...already it begins...with the CBO scoring...next
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#67
And the millions that lose healthcare? I guess they don't matter in this 'quest'?
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#68
Medicare for all is essentially a replacement plan for the ACA...why would anyone think it is a
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#63
He's very much in tune with the people he is leading, and feeling no heat. It's not the first time
Autumn
Sep 2017
#4
The dawn of a new era demand facts be ignored when they don't suit popular alternative facts .
Autumn
Sep 2017
#23
Aren't Pelosi bashers still bashing her for saying exactly this just recently?
BlancheSplanchnik
Sep 2017
#15
Ayup. Geez, I started noticing it, and being outraged, when I was in early elementary school.
BlancheSplanchnik
Sep 2017
#60
Oh look, another one (of the hundreds of times he's mentioned the ACA by name on social media)
Arazi
Sep 2017
#32
Strange last I knew Bernie's Medicare for All doesn't cover millions of people yet and as far as I
Autumn
Sep 2017
#52
The tweet that was quoted referenced 'yet another disastrous Republican proposal'
white_wolf
Sep 2017
#47
The problem is that he fails to mention the ACA. I think we've established that.
ucrdem
Sep 2017
#50
lets always make our gestures as small as possible...don't push for the dream and undershoot...
JCanete
Sep 2017
#55
of course we need a bill to fix some things...that is what we needed...we didn't need a
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#65