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Hoyt

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5. Not lying, and plenty of good Democrats - Krugman, Klein, etc. - believe his numbers
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 12:18 PM
Jan 2016

are BS. Single payer is worthy, but be honest about cost and chances of passing with today's Congress.

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Actually, she was promoting locally controlled health plans that would help contain cost. Hoyt Jan 2016 #1
Sanders has already lined up how it would be paid for and over a hundred well know economist DhhD Jan 2016 #2
Yeah, Sanders is another one of those who thinks negotiating drug prices will save $300 Billion, Hoyt Jan 2016 #3
Bullshit. 99Forever Jan 2016 #4
Not lying, and plenty of good Democrats - Krugman, Klein, etc. - believe his numbers Hoyt Jan 2016 #5
Just stop. 99Forever Jan 2016 #6
So your are ok with Hillary's New Plan. Give all healthcare over to Profiteer Privatizers like DhhD Jan 2016 #10
Sanders' plan won't pass and the numbers don't add up. Is that your idea of a solution? Hoyt Jan 2016 #13
Hillary's Drug Cost Plan was to ask big Pharma for a 20% decline in prices. That was before DhhD Jan 2016 #8
Is that the same plan that claimed we'd wind up with negative pharmaceutical spending? Recursion Jan 2016 #7
Clinton never, ever said the words 'single payer' Dems to Win Jan 2016 #9
Universal Healthcare is and was no HMO. It is a single payer program like Medicare and Medicaid. DhhD Jan 2016 #11
I have no idea what you are talking about Dems to Win Jan 2016 #12
That would mean that the Clinton's are not in favor of Medicare, a single payer system. DhhD Jan 2016 #14
Here are Clinton's won words about single payer system. DhhD Jan 2016 #16
Hillarycare failed because of Hillary's inept leadership. She couldn't even get it out of askew Jan 2016 #15
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