Health Care and Insurance Industries Mobilize to Kill 'Medicare for All'

[PatrickforO]

31. I think we need to revise the way we are looking at this.

'Drift to the left' seems pretty passe.

First of all, we ALREADY pay out the nose for health insurance, and a third of that money is wasted on profits.

Second, I very much dislike my employer-provided coverage. This idea that most Americans like their coverage is quite likely untrue.

Third, I really can't choose my own doctor. I have an HMO because it is all my employer can afford and it would cost me dearly to go 'out of plan.' Yet the total cost is nearly 18% of my gross. And I have crummy, rationed care with financially crippling copays - every year the costs have gone up, the copays have gone up, and the services I actually have access to (can afford) have gone down.

That SUCKS. It is UNACCEPTABLE.

It seems to me we'd be a LOT better off removing profit from the system and allowing the government to negotiate prices.

That said, in terms of 'realpolitik,' what we'll probably end up with is either Medicare eligibility lowered to age 55, or maybe a public option, or maybe both. The writing is on the wall, and it is now a national conversation.

Oh, AND IF YOU LIKE THE IDEA OF MEDICARE FOR ALL, then it would be a good idea to:
1. Call your US Senators and Representative weekly on the issue. I always like to do something pithy like ask how a $13 trillion tax cut for billionaires and corporations is better for me and my family than healthcare.

2. Register with Disqus and go on sites like The Hill and fight the good fight. People, policymakers actually read those things.

3. Get active in your local Dem party and educate people about health care. Trump doesn't get it because he's a dumb-ass, and people like McConnell are being paid well to ensure we don't get it (pardon the play on words), but the reality is there are many, many more of us than there are lobbyists.