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leftofcool

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8. Medicare for all is unpopular

Reply to Lazy Daisy (Original post)

Sun Feb 24, 2019, 09:55 AM

Feb 2019

People who work like the insurance they have since much of it is paid by the employer.

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

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Health Care and Insurance Industries Mobilize to Kill 'Medicare for All' [View all] Lazy Daisy Feb 2019 OP

No real surprise Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #1

And how many humans? Soxfan58 Feb 2019 #2

Of course..... Ohiogal Feb 2019 #3

The problem is a majority of the country gets insurance through their employer, and likes it Recursion Feb 2019 #6

Then let the employer pay for the MFA. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #17

I believe, but could be wrong Lazy Daisy Feb 2019 #21

Just like now. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #23

somewhat Lazy Daisy Feb 2019 #27

They love their employer insurance until they don't DBoon Feb 2019 #30

Yep. But they love it now Recursion Feb 2019 #34

has he ever gotten a bill for $14,000 DBoon Feb 2019 #15

It works for the insurance companies ZeroSomeBrains Feb 2019 #24

Well adopting unpopular stances like Medicare for all replacing work place insurance will lead Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #29

I haven't seen the polling you have on MFA ZeroSomeBrains Feb 2019 #35

No not if you ask about replacing workplace insurance which MFA does. Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #36

I respectfully disagree ZeroSomeBrains Feb 2019 #37

It won't take much. Just say a dem candidate farted wrong lancelyons Feb 2019 #4

not at all Lazy Daisy Feb 2019 #5

Replacing private insurance with universal Medicare is incredibly unpopular Recursion Feb 2019 #7

That's why our candidate needs a proposal to help the people who "need" help MH1 Feb 2019 #13

The only people who it really helps are the 6% of the country on the individual market Recursion Feb 2019 #14

Well there's the 40,000 plus people who die every year due to lack of healthcare. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #18

Many of them have (and even like) their insurance Recursion Feb 2019 #22

The issue is the states who refuse to expand medicaid and who are those states who are Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #26

you don't get enrolled in medicare for all Lazy Daisy Feb 2019 #20

This led to our defeat in 94 also. Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #28

Ain't that the truth? Politicub Feb 2019 #32

Medicare for all is unpopular leftofcool Feb 2019 #8

Let the employer pay for the MFA Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #19

The AMA tried to stop Medicare, and neither the AMA nor the insurance industry is really c-rational Feb 2019 #9

Red Meat Meet Political Reality! kennetha Feb 2019 #10

Gosh, I'm going to have to disagree with you. PatrickforO Feb 2019 #33

People are so often self-centered and don't give a sh** about others as long as they have what RKP5637 Feb 2019 #11

Guerrilla strategy is required. MH1 Feb 2019 #12

My view is if we don't go after single payer, KPN Feb 2019 #16

This belongs in GD crazytown Feb 2019 #25

I think we need to revise the way we are looking at this. PatrickforO Feb 2019 #31

The American Criminal Enterprise Healthcare System MUST democratisphere Feb 2019 #38

Locking... DonViejo Feb 2019 #39