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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: Wednesday Debate #1 [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)152. Better? Like waiting another 20-40 years for something that could get passed?
Ted Kennedy put single payer on the table in 1971.
Nixon rejected it and offered a plan that was to the left of the ACA. Democrats told Ted to walk away from anything but single payer, ostensibly because they thought they could do better. He did.
Kennedy said it was one of the biggest regrets of his political career, because if he hadn't walked away, we might actually have something near to what Canada has.
The ACA is the farthest down the road we have ever come to universal health care.
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Where is the debate? I see a test of how people need to put their hand over their heart
Pachamama
Jul 2019
#9
I know the history of that bill. It was HRC and Schumer that pushed it immediately.
hlthe2b
Aug 2019
#163
There were four during the last debates, remember? We're a big place. There's room enough for two.
ancianita
Jul 2019
#109
Could anyone make out what was being shouted while Booker was making his opening statement? nt
dflprincess
Jul 2019
#36
Most guys pecked Kamala and Kirsten. If Biden had done it, there would have been outrage. NT
gateley
Jul 2019
#42
Making "better" the enemy of "getting actual care to more people now, not years from now"
ehrnst
Jul 2019
#158
Yup. We let the perfect become the enemy of the good, and we ended up with nothing.
SunSeeker
Jul 2019
#159
It is continuing a terrific program Obama started which Trump blocked. Under Biden, it can be
emmaverybo
Jul 2019
#78
Sorry, but it's NOT a terrific plan. Having paid $900 per month for just myself I should know.
Goodheart
Jul 2019
#90
Costs must come down. The coverage is good. Premiums can be brought down. The income
emmaverybo
Jul 2019
#155
Now. And because you and Warren say so. And the replacement MUST be M4A despite many
emmaverybo
Aug 2019
#161
Wow why does Harris have the knives out for Biden? She's almost coming across as angry --
gateley
Jul 2019
#79
Okay, found you. I see you started this first, but the other was the first I saw. I'll be around.
ancianita
Jul 2019
#85
I hate the way they question....Con so and so how do you feel about cong so and so
demtenjeep
Jul 2019
#88
I like Kamala a lot, but is she going to do anything but attack Biden all night?
bearsfootball516
Jul 2019
#101
Joe grew up with a debilitating stammer that he overcame by reciting poetry while
gateley
Jul 2019
#112
Me either, he seems to have done a remarkable job conquering it. n/t
customerserviceguy
Jul 2019
#118
I think this is different, though -- like he's trying to think of a bunch of things at once and
gateley
Jul 2019
#124
Tired of candidates trying to deflect criticism from their own party members by calling it
emmaverybo
Jul 2019
#121
I don't care whose point it is. Answer the question. Rebut the argument rather than label it to
emmaverybo
Jul 2019
#154
Biden and Bennet don't understand the economics of our healthcare situation.
Goodheart
Jul 2019
#129
Good grief is there no other way to talk about immigration than decriminalization?
tulipsandroses
Jul 2019
#148