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In reply to the discussion: Urban Institute analysis of Sanders Single Payer Plan: May 2016 [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Expand Medicare gradually - letting 55 year olds buy in at a slightly higher premium, give it time to adjust and tweak it. Then expand CHIP to all kids through age 18, and give it time to fine tune and tweak. Add a public option for those who qualify, then expand the pool that qualifies gradually, and tweak.
Because as we all know, nothing that involves an expansion of public service is going to be perfect out the box - and the minute there is a problem (ACA website rollout, for example) it will be used as amunition by the GOP to stir public sentiment against it.
The claim that the reason that anyone wouldn't be on board with his plan is that they "hate" Sanders, isn't valid. You don't hate Sanders, and yet you see that there are some definite compromises that could be made.
That just makes people dig in and make it about defending Bernie, instead of looking at the plan with a clear eye, and accepting that independent analysis that doesn't back up the costs in Sanders' bill, or makes the case that implementing it isn't "attacking" Bernie.