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2. The 'Public Option' on Health Care Is a Poison Pill

Thu Nov 21, 2019, 12:59 AM

Nov 2019

Some Democratic candidates are pushing it as a free-choice version of Medicare for All. That’s good rhetoric but bad policy.
By David U. Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler
October 7, 2019
https://www.thenation.com/article/insurance-health-care-medicare/

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

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Ending the Stranglehold of Health Care Costs on American Families ( Elizabeth Warren ) [View all] BeckyDem Nov 2019 OP

The 'Public Option' on Health Care Is a Poison Pill BeckyDem Nov 2019 #2

That's not why they're against it. BeckyDem Nov 2019 #6