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Jakes Progress

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49. I prefer that everyone have access to medical care

Thu Oct 17, 2019, 11:19 PM

Oct 2019

in the United States.

If that is not a goal for you, then your premise is perfectly valid.

The ACA has not limited corporate profits. And even if that had been successful, do you have any idea how much 10% of America's medical spending is?

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

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My scorecard for tonight's debate. [View all] Jakes Progress Oct 2019 OP

Sherrod Brown just came out against M4A. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2019 #1

You can be against M4A. Jakes Progress Oct 2019 #2

Wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is about losing employer provided health insurance that many people like and wasupaloopa Oct 2019 #4

Biden backed credit card companies while Warren backed working families when it came to bankruptcy JonLP24 Oct 2019 #6

"Some" is the acting word here. Most do not. wasupaloopa Oct 2019 #7

A public option still leaves many uninsured or bankrupt JonLP24 Oct 2019 #8

Anything can be fixed! M4A is just words! wasupaloopa Oct 2019 #10

The reality is other countries do this successfully JonLP24 Oct 2019 #15

Anything can be fixed. But not if you Jakes Progress Oct 2019 #18

the CBO study is out. Cost for mfa 32 trillion over 10 yrs. Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #51

They did not say how much Jakes Progress Oct 2019 #57

How much should I have to pay Jakes Progress Oct 2019 #16

Warren was a Republican until what her forties? Please they all have baggage...and Joe hails Demsrule86 Oct 2019 #24

Wrong. That is a simple minded response. Jakes Progress Oct 2019 #9

Only one answer needed. NO BODY KNOWS WHAT M4A IS OR WILL BE! wasupaloopa Oct 2019 #13

Only one answer, that you did not give. Jakes Progress Oct 2019 #17

Yes , No. wasupaloopa Oct 2019 #19

So many area of misinformation and uninformed thinking. Jakes Progress Oct 2019 #21

MFA will never happen...those with insurance from their jobs will rise up and strike it and us down, Demsrule86 Oct 2019 #25

Then just be honest about it. Jakes Progress Oct 2019 #38

That is not true...and if you have the public option for those who's states didn't expand Demsrule86 Oct 2019 #45

That is not true Jakes Progress Oct 2019 #46

Obama limited the money corporations could make...had to spend 90% on health care. We will never Demsrule86 Oct 2019 #47

I prefer that everyone have access to medical care Jakes Progress Oct 2019 #49

This!! Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #53

Addition isn't difficult. Jakes Progress Oct 2019 #61

Universal healthcare simply means everyone is covered. It is not one and the same with M4All, one emmaverybo Oct 2019 #56

Not the same. Just the least expensive. Jakes Progress Oct 2019 #59

Mathematical simplicity to the tune of 32 trillion says the CBO Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #52

Why do you spout the insurance lobby line? Jakes Progress Oct 2019 #58

Sorry, "take away the insurance of working Americans." is not a republican talking point. Bernie wasupaloopa Oct 2019 #3

+1000 nt PhoenixDem Oct 2019 #11

So sad that you don't understand. Jakes Progress Oct 2019 #14

So uninformed. Jakes Progress Oct 2019 #12

When pigs fly...the corporations will buy back their stock or whatever. Demsrule86 Oct 2019 #26

Hell NO it's NOT a "repub talking Point".. that's just Cha Oct 2019 #29

The false meme is "take away insurance". Jakes Progress Oct 2019 #39

It is absolutely true...I would lose my work insurance. Demsrule86 Oct 2019 #48

Several problems with your concept of insurance. Jakes Progress Oct 2019 #50

most of us would not have the money added dsc Oct 2019 #62

That's what unions are for. Jakes Progress Oct 2019 #63

We are literally banned from unionizing dsc Oct 2019 #64

Another reason for M4A Jakes Progress Oct 2019 #65

I give CNN an F and the debate hasn't even started yet JonLP24 Oct 2019 #5

I wish they would stop calling health insurance healthcare... cannabis_flower Oct 2019 #20

Exactly. Jakes Progress Oct 2019 #22

It isn't just people posting here.. cannabis_flower Oct 2019 #31

Some here are uninformed and have fallen Jakes Progress Oct 2019 #40

And you think EW evading answering the question of cost for mfa is not to curry votes? Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #54

Can you add? Jakes Progress Oct 2019 #60

Agree.. maddening. mountain grammy Oct 2019 #27

Yes, health insurance is anti-healthcare!! MFA is the ONLY way forward!! InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2019 #55

What we really need is MediCAID for all dflprincess Oct 2019 #23

big problem with that is the MEDICAID reimbursement rates will crush rural healthcare Celerity Oct 2019 #30

I think we should introduce the public option as a new thing and then have a plan that overtime... phleshdef Oct 2019 #32

+10000 Celerity Oct 2019 #33

The problem with a public option while we still have the private crooks in the game dflprincess Oct 2019 #35

Well it could work but there is a kind of a dark truth behind how... phleshdef Oct 2019 #36

Nobody says that employers won't have to pay a percentage of the new M4A premium. hedda_foil Oct 2019 #42

I never said that anyone said that. I'm talking about something entirely different. phleshdef Oct 2019 #43

Fine. If you can afford it. Jakes Progress Oct 2019 #41

If we're all in one system dflprincess Oct 2019 #37

Is it honest to say, "a lot of people -- rightly or wrongly -- don't want it now, and don't want it Hoyt Oct 2019 #28

Bernie has won, Warren, Biden, Yang and Gabbard lost ground JCMach1 Oct 2019 #34

With You 100% corbettkroehler Oct 2019 #44