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In reply to the discussion: If Warren were to drop Medicare for all [View all]Gothmog
(146,293 posts)43. Obamacare Has Made People Healthier
Getting rid of Obamacare is a bad move https://politicalwire.com/2019/09/30/obamacare-has-made-people-healthier/
Washington Post: Poor people in Michigan with asthma and diabetes were admitted to the hospital less often after they joined Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. More than 25,000 Ohio smokers got help through the states Medicaid expansion that led them to quit. And around the country, patients with advanced kidney disease who went on dialysis were more likely to be alive a year later if they lived in a Medicaid-expansion state.
Such findings are part of an emerging mosaic of evidence that, nearly a decade after it became one of the most polarizing health-care laws in U.S. history, the ACA is making some Americans healthier and less likely to die.
Such findings are part of an emerging mosaic of evidence that, nearly a decade after it became one of the most polarizing health-care laws in U.S. history, the ACA is making some Americans healthier and less likely to die.
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Societal savings are not tax revenues and cannot be used to pay for this program
Gothmog
Sep 2019
#22
I will probably get ripped for this, but I see sticking with the ACA as a liability
rurallib
Sep 2019
#2
Yes, I see it as problematic in general compared to a public option for the reasons that
themaguffin
Sep 2019
#5
It's certainly better than nothing, but I think there's a widespread belief
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2019
#10
It isn't free of course; I can use it now because I paid for it in advance
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2019
#18
If Warren were to drop MFA at this point, that would be seen as betrayal by many of her
highplainsdem
Sep 2019
#15
I understand where you are coming from. And you are right to have that position.
Blue_true
Sep 2019
#21
I feel like there's a lot of fear/angst by people that think they somehow won't have their same doc-
NCLefty
Sep 2019
#29
NBC/WSJ poll shows Biden's healthcare stance (optional Medicare buy-in) much more popular
Gothmog
Sep 2019
#30
"Run away" might be a stretch, but it help convince a lot of people...myself included
brooklynite
Sep 2019
#32