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bluewater

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2. For the sake of discussion, would you explain how that will make health care affordable?

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 3, 2019, 03:17 PM

Aug 2019

One major complaint against Medicare for All is the claim it will cost too much.

But, so far at least, I have not heard how alternative policies would cover everyone AND make health care affordable.

There is no free lunch, if people want health care coverage that they can actually use, it would have to be paid for somehow.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Democrats Are Having the Wrong Health Care Debate [View all] bluewater Aug 2019 OP

as an option, medicare for those who want it nt msongs Aug 2019 #1

For the sake of discussion, would you explain how that will make health care affordable? bluewater Aug 2019 #2

i'm leaning toward Warren right now. She needs to tell us what happens to all the money employers brewens Aug 2019 #5

I'd hope that employers could still offer private supplemental plans Backseat Driver Aug 2019 #8

I haven't assumed that MFA would have the same terms as Medicare, including the 80% brewens Aug 2019 #11

it is an option, could create a trend towards MFA. I am pro-choice on health care msongs Aug 2019 #10

Why do the Feds allow investigations of fraud go on so long that Backseat Driver Aug 2019 #3

Sorry, the heat's getting to me and I didn't get all my Backseat Driver Aug 2019 #6

One thing that Medicare does poorly is detecting fraud. Medicare, unlike most private insurers, is Hoyt Aug 2019 #9

I suspect a lot of Americans take a lot more drugs than they need. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2019 #4

Agree with article, but saving $200 Billion out of our $3.5 B annual healthcare budget ain't much. Hoyt Aug 2019 #7

Fighting over the details of their healthcare proposals won't help them beat Donald Trump Gothmog Aug 2019 #12