Democratic Primaries

OnDoutside

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45. I think people were almost afraid to speak up about it. When

Sat Feb 15, 2020, 11:59 AM

Feb 2020

Bernie came out with this great big idea, Kamala and Elizabeth jumped on his coattails, but none of them had thought through the implications and the potential blowback. Kamala got holed almost immediately when asked if it meant doing away with private healthcare, saying yes, and then ran away from that almost as quickly. It took Warren longer to suffer for it, and now Bernie is getting it from the Nevada union.

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AOC says the quiet part out loud about Medicare for All: It has virtually no chance of becoming law [View all] George II Feb 2020 OP

I guess people prefer overpriced health care that leaves a lot of people sick or on death's door. LonePirate Feb 2020 #1

I guess people in this country prefer freedom of choice. dware Feb 2020 #2

So you oppose everyone having health care because you think your health care quality will lessen? LonePirate Feb 2020 #5

Let me rephrase, dware Feb 2020 #6

So you'd prefer a more expensive, incomplete product over something cheaper and more comprehensive? LonePirate Feb 2020 #9

That would be up to the individual now wouldn't it. dware Feb 2020 #10

You must like throwing your money away. I hope you don't give investment advice for a living. LonePirate Feb 2020 #14

I'm not throwing my money away. dware Feb 2020 #15

.. Cha Feb 2020 #18

You're "satisfied" RhodeIslandOne Feb 2020 #24

Freedom to be scammed by private health insurers and hospitals. YOHABLO Feb 2020 #11

Freedom to choose what's best for them. dware Feb 2020 #12

Maybe you should actually read the bill and the cost analysis/funding proposal. Gravitycollapse Feb 2020 #26

Glad you only care about yourself. Gravitycollapse Feb 2020 #25

What utter bullshit. dware Feb 2020 #38

you got yours huh Blues Heron Feb 2020 #27

Yeah, I got mine because I worked my tail end off to earn them dware Feb 2020 #34

So you are on the government teat Blues Heron Feb 2020 #40

I have no problem with that, dware Feb 2020 #41

Wow. This party has changed more than I realized. KPN Feb 2020 #29

BS, dware Feb 2020 #35

I couldn't disagree more. KPN Feb 2020 #43

We'll just have to agree to disagree. nt. dware Feb 2020 #46

Poor, working class, un and underinsured people are not "choosing" to die. They. Have. No. Fucking. Magoo48 Feb 2020 #33

M4A would be one of the choices available, but it shouldn't be dware Feb 2020 #37

It's great if every citizen has the option to choose M4A. Magoo48 Feb 2020 #47

Perhaps more people would be receptive to "m4a" if they were ever told how much it would cost. George II Feb 2020 #4

No one seems to care that trillions go unaccounted for from the Defense Dept., yet YOHABLO Feb 2020 #17

Your concern will be even more important to those sick people under a second Trump term, OnDoutside Feb 2020 #30

You are spot on. dware Feb 2020 #39

I think people were almost afraid to speak up about it. When OnDoutside Feb 2020 #45

Reality. democratisphere Feb 2020 #3

I consider this progress tishaLA Feb 2020 #7

My low opinion of her just went up a tick. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #8

You and the author must not be familiar with the phrase "worst case scenario" Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2020 #13

I'm an engineer, that's in my DNA. This has nothing to do with "worst case scenario". George II Feb 2020 #16

Except those were the words she actually "said out loud" melman Feb 2020 #21

But what she's saying isn't a "worst case scenario", that's the reality of it. George II Feb 2020 #36

AOc, Sanders, Sanders staffer has all dropped that bombshell in the last couple days. krissey Feb 2020 #19

Yes. showblue22 Feb 2020 #44

What do you do when your pitch don't sell? oasis Feb 2020 #20

This is not some unknown experiment dualboy24 Feb 2020 #22

You're not wrong. subterranean Feb 2020 #32

Without a magical voter revolution, none of sanders proposals will be adopted in the real world Gothmog Feb 2020 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author jcmaine72 Feb 2020 #28

Running on it has every chance of weakening support for the ACA. ucrdem Feb 2020 #31

No country in the world Zeus69 Feb 2020 #42

Bernie's strongest electability argument for the middle would be that he is a harmless old man andym Feb 2020 #48