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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders supported the ACA. His support was crucial. [View all]Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)There is a theory floating around that Bernie is covertly working to destroy the ACA, that he knew that supporting single payer (which covers more people) would somehow strengthen the case for Graham-Cassidy (which covers fewer people), and that he also cunningly realized that the choice of specific date on which to introduce his Medicare for All bill would cause some (unnamed) Senator(s) to vote to repeal the ACA.
My point is that this theory is utter bullshit.
So it's not that he should get special thanks, but neither should he get special condemnation for supporting Medicare for All as a change for the better compared with the ACA, while of course continuing to oppose the changes for the worse offered by the Republicans.
The people who should get thanks are all the elected officials working to improve health care -- including Booker (whom I generally dislike but credit where it's due), Gillibrand, Harris, and over in the House Conyers and his 117 co-sponsors.