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In reply to the discussion: Sanders will argue that the ACA should stay in place for now [View all]LWolf
(46,179 posts)26. If what's Sanders?
I'm not really understanding your response.
The public prefers the ACA to the Republican plan; they also embrace Medicare for all.
The public supports Obamacare over the proposed Graham-Cassidy bill by 56-33 percent in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll. Intensity of sentiment also is on the current laws side: Forty-two percent strongly prefer it, nearly twice as many as strongly prefer the GOP plan.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/public-prefers-obamacare-graham-cassidy-56-33-poll/story?id=50031499
This most recent poll also found:
Only 22 percent of Democrats want to keep Obamacare as it is, and 64 favor changes to the law.
80 percent of Democrats believe it is the federal government's responsibility to ensure coverage for all.
80 percent of Americans believe Republicans should work with Democrats to improve Obamacare.
13 percent of Americans support the Republican plan to repeal Obamacare without a replacement, a proposal the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates would leave 32 million more Americans uninsured.
Only 22 percent of Democrats want to keep Obamacare as it is, and 64 favor changes to the law.
80 percent of Democrats believe it is the federal government's responsibility to ensure coverage for all.
80 percent of Americans believe Republicans should work with Democrats to improve Obamacare.
13 percent of Americans support the Republican plan to repeal Obamacare without a replacement, a proposal the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates would leave 32 million more Americans uninsured.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/07/20/new-poll-shows-nation-moving-left-healthcare-embracing-medicare-all
But polls show that support for single-payer health care is growing in the U.S. According to a recent poll by Kaiser Health News, 53 percent of adults, and one-third of respondents who identified as Republicans, support a single-payer government health-care system.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/13/bernie-sanders-unveils-medicare-for-all-plan-with-16-co-sponsors.html
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Exactly, that's what people who are hyperventilating over his Medicare bill don't get
Warpy
Sep 2017
#2
See, I believe BOTH Sanders and HRC are decent people, That would be a good starting point.
Old Vet
Sep 2017
#36
Bernie is not the most popular politician in America right now because he's dumb
StrictlyRockers
Sep 2017
#4
You are employing a logical fallacy. The burden of proof for an assertion is on the person
pnwmom
Sep 2017
#15
I have cited a poll and mention others that lead me to believe that Bernie is the most popular.....
virtualobserver
Sep 2017
#30
there was at least one poll that showed his favorabilities over other well known public figures.
JCanete
Sep 2017
#20
Lol. You've been proven demonstrably wrong on this time and time again. Give it up.
Hassin Bin Sober
Sep 2017
#24
Because he's not the only one who gets to talk. They will throw his own words back at him,
pnwmom
Sep 2017
#5
That actually gives him a more credible position from which to defend the ACA. He won't come across
JCanete
Sep 2017
#21
Because he said a lot of other things, too, denigrating the ACA, and his debate opponents
pnwmom
Sep 2017
#13
Yes...they have tons of yummy hateful quotes for him which is why they are so happy he is coming...
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#17
Great... should stay for now...not really good maybe not fixable but for now until we win
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#16
If it's Sanders, the other side can use his own past attacks on the ACA against him.
pnwmom
Sep 2017
#19
If Sanders goes through with the debate. It doesn't matter that the majority of the public
pnwmom
Sep 2017
#27
The facts don't bear anything out. The only thing that will prove this one way or another
pnwmom
Sep 2017
#38
They will be more than likely to accept G-C if he keeps messing about.
Are_grits_groceries
Sep 2017
#35