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bluepen

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5. 100% agree. I thought from the start the health reform

Reply to HughBeaumont (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 20, 2017, 11:07 AM

Sep 2017

should have done one major thing (among other relatively minor tweaks): repeal the barriers to Medicare. That’s it. Open it up. Let people buy in at the current premium, and have a subsidy of some kind for those who need it.

If “gubmint health care” (as they call it) is SO bad, then people who oppose it shouldn’t worry one bit about private companies having to compete, right?

This is my #1 voting issue. I’m at different points on the political spectrum for some issues, but guaranteed access to health care, to me, is non-negotiable in terms of it having to be there for people. The only debate, for me, is how to get there, and my starting point is opening up Medicare as an option.

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It really is this simple [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2017 OP

Multi-payer should be the REAL litmus test. HughBeaumont Sep 2017 #1

I don't think there's anybody on this board who opposes a public option. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2017 #2

I'd really like so much to believe that. HughBeaumont Sep 2017 #3

lots and lots of RWNJ's on this board ..... stonecutter357 Sep 2017 #11

That should be the party consensus from now on and BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #4

The party platform has in it securing Universal Health Care as goal. ehrnst Sep 2017 #9

The big lie. Yup. SusanaMontana41 Sep 2017 #25

100% agree. I thought from the start the health reform bluepen Sep 2017 #5

I think it's because with a public option driving costs instead of private SETTING costs . . . HughBeaumont Sep 2017 #13

"Support universal health coverage" ehrnst Sep 2017 #28

Yes ismnotwasm Sep 2017 #6

I wish that Universal Health Care was the goal for everyone ehrnst Sep 2017 #8

It should be ismnotwasm Sep 2017 #16

Those are vital details. They can't be brushed off. (nt) ehrnst Sep 2017 #24

"We can't do it because we've never done it that way." SusanaMontana41 Sep 2017 #30

I understand that ismnotwasm Sep 2017 #32

Saying universal health care can only be done with M4A is "commentary" ehrnst Sep 2017 #7

I hear the echos of Hillel... Expecting Rain Sep 2017 #10

Oh that's right Ligyron Sep 2017 #14

Every American should have quality health care. hamsterjill Sep 2017 #12

Americans have had a steady diet of propaganda and misinformation Grammy23 Sep 2017 #18

Although I agree with your post, I'm not sure you were replying to MY post. hamsterjill Sep 2017 #20

No, absolutely not disagreeing with you! Grammy23 Sep 2017 #23

+1000 hamsterjill Sep 2017 #27

Abraham Lincoln entered office without abolishing slavery as a political goal. Trust Buster Sep 2017 #15

Lincoln's heart was always with the abolitionists... DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2017 #19

I think the challenge we will always have is the studies that show so much of health is behavioral. MadDAsHell Sep 2017 #17

So much is genetic. hamsterjill Sep 2017 #22

Well put. But then we'll be told that "saving lives" should also include ending abortion. MadDAsHell Sep 2017 #31

The devil is in the details, and it's not simple. I think the big sticking point is what is covered? JoeStuckInOH Sep 2017 #21

health care is a HUMAN RIGHT- UN Universal Declaration of Rights niyad Sep 2017 #26

I believe in access for all! VaBchTgerLily Sep 2017 #29