How the GM workers strike makes Bernie Sanders's case for Medicare-for-all

[PatrickforO]

30. Unfortunately, due to the primacy of the shareholder doctrine, over the last several decades,

union membership has decreased significantly.

I'm fine with you keeping your union coverage - cool with me. But I want Medicare, because I have employer provided insurance in a non-union (actually anti-union) environment, and it is shitty, rationed healthcare with financially crippling copays.

That said, ANYONE who is elected will have to negotiate with both houses of Congress, and that negotiation will result in a compromise. Even though there is a lot of corporate money from big pharma and big health insurance lobbies lined up against even a public option, my guess, if we sweep in 2020 like I think we will, is that ACA will be fixed, including a strong individual mandate, mandatory coverage for pre-existing conditions, and high-deductible policies eliminated, as well as states being forced to expand Medicaid. AND a public option.

In our current corrupt situation, where those we elect ignore our interests and bow craven before corporate pressure and money, that's the best we'll get, I fear.