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In reply to the discussion: Joe Biden's health plan looks like the winner [View all]AncientGeezer
(2,146 posts)61. A person that passed the vetting of the NYT's.....
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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while the young basically healthy peops pay into the private system
questionseverything
Oct 2019
#28
one small problem, MFA will never get passed in Congress, even if we have 53+ seats in the Senate
Celerity
Oct 2019
#40
No one is under the illusion that M4A would be passed in the next 4-8 years.
Act_of_Reparation
Oct 2019
#84
Being "pro-M4A" doesn't mean you think it's an immediate possibility.
Act_of_Reparation
Oct 2019
#87
show me where a major candidate who supports MFA says that they know it will not pass
Celerity
Oct 2019
#88
Isn't it Joe's plan to strengthen the ACA? That's been an effective and popular program until the
abqtommy
Oct 2019
#12
The NYT has a good article on how sanders failed to get a plan adopted in Vermont
Gothmog
Oct 2019
#57
I am living atm in a country (Sweden) that has HC similar to MFA, and grew up with the NHS in the UK
Celerity
Oct 2019
#49
I posit that IF a MFA proponent gets elected in 2020, then their presidency is already set up for
Celerity
Oct 2019
#52
Support for a public option has been increasing, and for Medicare-for-All has been decreasing
Gothmog
Oct 2019
#22
The politician himself established the premise from which the opposing point of view is argued.
lapucelle
Oct 2019
#81
Read the article which is not an editorial but a history of why sanders failed to get a plan adopted
Gothmog
Oct 2019
#58
Agreed, absolutely. NONE of these plans will see the light of day as written.
TreasonousBastard
Oct 2019
#43
Biden is a veteran in the health care fight. He was around when the Clinton effort failed...
Poeraria
Oct 2019
#104
"Other polling shows support for Medicare for All plummets when people realize it would mean
R B Garr
Nov 2019
#110
Nancy Pelosi is "not for doing away with Obamacare" and prefers to give people choices.
Gothmog
Dec 2019
#112