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In reply to the discussion: Bernie is Beating the Demonic Duo Punch by Punch! Edit: Added Video [View all]Voltaire2
(12,626 posts)70. The funding for that would be a bit of a nightmare.
Unless it is a fairly rapid phase in - say five years to full coverage, this just bails out the insurance companies and saddles the tax payers with the most expensive segment of the population. It is the equivalent of letting charter schools take all the good students. The payroll tax would go up for everyone working in order to cover the new medicare population, but most of those paying would get nothing in return.
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Bernie is Beating the Demonic Duo Punch by Punch! Edit: Added Video [View all]
JoeOtterbein
Sep 2017
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It still holds. Wait for tomorrow. Bernie is good tonight but we are dealing with not only a
haveahart
Sep 2017
#10
Graham keeps talking about 'the deficit,' while his party is ready to vote for a $700 billion....
LongTomH
Sep 2017
#19
We have the ACA now, MFA won't pass until we control both houses and the presidency.
George II
Sep 2017
#22
We will win control when we make it clear what we want. Healthcare for ALL.
JoeOtterbein
Sep 2017
#23
I like that you like that you also think we should should think morally dae!
JoeOtterbein
Sep 2017
#31
But I thought Sanders was going to sabotage the ACA and that this debate was going to be a disaster.
Voltaire2
Sep 2017
#69
If you consider that we are now paying much more than the world market pays; gives us Leverage for a
JoeOtterbein
Sep 2017
#34
Somehow I don't think ER would have taken that tack. The, "it ain't happenin' one.
pangaia
Sep 2017
#45
First, how do you think "what's her name did. you know the person that was the other half....
George II
Sep 2017
#77
And they said it like they did not know it made Bernie more honest than them! LOL!
JoeOtterbein
Sep 2017
#66
Nonsense...we need to save the ACA and strengthen it. Single Payer can't pass for years.
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#76
Wrong... You ask for pieces...demanding the entire thing will get you exactly nothing.
Demsrule86
Oct 2017
#83