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Ferd Berfel

(3,687 posts) Mon Dec 28, 2015, 08:18 PM Dec 2015

Single Payer: I had a visit with my Doctor today. [View all]

HE said that he and the other doctors he knows all support SINGLE PAYER!
HE said that they are sick of dealing with Insurance Companies.

My doctor and his buddies support Single Payer. Why Doesn't Hillary?

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Single Payer: I had a visit with my Doctor today. [View all] Ferd Berfel Dec 2015 OP

She waited for the revolution. tazkcmo Dec 2015 #1

BERNIE! BERNIE! n/t truedelphi Dec 2015 #2

Bernie's own state of Vermont couldn't figure out a way to pass single payer, pnwmom Dec 2015 #3

It's not that she doesn't support it...it's that she's smart enough to know that... brooklynite Dec 2015 #4

makes no difference what democrats do on health care rurallib Dec 2015 #6

^^this^^ Pharaoh Dec 2015 #14

Zackly. There are enough Americans that support it.....so stop trianglulating and be a DAMNED LEADER Ferd Berfel Dec 2015 #20

A close friend of mine is a doctor who supports single payer. CharlotteVale Dec 2015 #5

She was for it before the insurance companies Cassiopeia Dec 2015 #7

That is... gordyfl Dec 2015 #10

As a general rule, I have found doctors to be far more liberal than pharmicists. Hiraeth Dec 2015 #8

yep, she opposes it in principle and practice stupidicus Dec 2015 #9

Because it won't make it through congress. MeNMyVolt Dec 2015 #11

Politicians have no idea how insurance works that is why health care in the USA is so screwed up. rladdi Dec 2015 #12

I don't call it, "Single Payer".... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #13

That would work. SammyWinstonJack Dec 2015 #15

Still could use some tweaks jeff47 Dec 2015 #17

Those "part B" things were partial privatization.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #18

Half of my doctor's staff is involved in billing. jeff47 Dec 2015 #16

she and the president work for the insurance companies, not the people Doctor_J Dec 2015 #19