Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Michael Moore just said FDR was a democratic socialist. [View all]emmaverybo
(8,147 posts)burden should fall more heavily on those who benefit the most within our economic system. As you say, a rise in taxes will be offset by drastically reduced medical costs. Now not all people on
Medicare pay monthly fees. Some retirement benefits pay those and the full cost of premiums,
Perhaps neither here nor there in the larger scheme, but the sell has to be for the greater good to those lucky folks, many of whom traded that benefit for higher salaries, not you dont have a good deal and will get better. They wont get better.
Medicare for all would need to be drastically transformed from todays Medicare to serve the needs of those currently on Medicaid, including disabled with in-home care benefit which some states are, tragically, cutting. I would hope that attendant care benefit would be extended to seniors, which would be a beautiful thing, giving them a choice to get care at home or in a facility.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden