Democratic Primaries

kcr

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68. Special education? Public defender? Those prove my point. Not yours.

Reply to question everything (Reply #62)

Fri Feb 21, 2020, 12:15 AM

Feb 2020

Everyone has access. No one is left out. Unlike our current healthcare system. And, yes. I will get those benefits someday. That would be the point.

As to your cute and clever comments at the end of your post. It's clear you aren't aware that many of the candidates in the current race at some point supported a form of universal healthcare.

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

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With all due respect to Jon Oliver who dedicated his whole show to Medicare for All [View all] question everything Feb 2020 OP

Hoo boy, that OP is dripping with RW talking points. HerbChestnut Feb 2020 #1

Well, you see, it's just too hard, and it sounds scary, so let's go back to sleep. AtheistCrusader Feb 2020 #3

Why so defensive? awesomerwb1 Feb 2020 #27

So most every other country in the World can have healthcare for all, except US womanofthehills Feb 2020 #64

Those talking points are deeply ingrained MoonlitKnight Feb 2020 #28

As a cancer survivor I am alive today thanks to my health insurance and the pharmaceutical companies question everything Feb 2020 #38

And the poor people who died taking the drug trials for the pharmaceutical companies MoonlitKnight Feb 2020 #40

Unless you can prove it you should go to the fiction section question everything Feb 2020 #42

I lived it MoonlitKnight Feb 2020 #44

Happily, since we are not innovating in this space, we can look around the world and find a template AtheistCrusader Feb 2020 #2

And in many of these systems many can choose private plans question everything Feb 2020 #4

Yep, we can't have single payer healthcare because people of color live here. HerbChestnut Feb 2020 #5

I am not seeing a material reason why 'we just cannot'. AtheistCrusader Feb 2020 #6

And there you have it. Sanders does want to do away with supplemental plans question everything Feb 2020 #10

That's neat, we have a president, not a king. AtheistCrusader Feb 2020 #12

Sanders isn't the only one advocating a plan MoonlitKnight Feb 2020 #30

No he doesn't. HerbChestnut Feb 2020 #37

Maybe, just maybe Sanders thinks healthcare is a human right womanofthehills Feb 2020 #65

I agree, but that doesn not mean we can't adapt an existing system to our needs. CTyankee Feb 2020 #7

Actually, that kind of thing Bettie Feb 2020 #24

So do you also like the way they PAY for it? oldsoftie Feb 2020 #22

I do. Cost and ROI are critical considerations. AtheistCrusader Feb 2020 #25

The pass it along to the candidates. And i appreciate your answer oldsoftie Feb 2020 #29

It's difficult to calculate how much, ultimately they will save but it's always been considerable. AtheistCrusader Feb 2020 #34

I agree. But we've got to be honest about how to pay & its going to require EVERYONE. nt oldsoftie Feb 2020 #47

The Public Option is a compromise course. Frasier Balzov Feb 2020 #8

Agree. And this is what the other candidates should emphasize question everything Feb 2020 #18

It's not a bridge MoonlitKnight Feb 2020 #31

Medicaid already bears the adverse risk pool burden. Frasier Balzov Feb 2020 #39

The problem with that is it does not cover a lot of people until they already have advanced illnesse MoonlitKnight Feb 2020 #43

Why should care be deferred? Frasier Balzov Feb 2020 #45

If its an option then can't people opt to get into the Public Option? Why would it be defered until uponit7771 Feb 2020 #56

John Oliver thinks Jeremy Corbyn style socialism can win in the U.S. CalFione Feb 2020 #9

Welcome to DU, CalFrione question everything Feb 2020 #13

Meanwhile, last week, the socialist won Ireland. floppyboo Feb 2020 #16

Oh, good. When all else fail, bring the "Zionists" into the picture question everything Feb 2020 #17

There it is, everyone, its the JEWS! When all else fails........... oldsoftie Feb 2020 #23

Oh come one. It was widely reported. Not a theory. Just the facts. floppyboo Feb 2020 #32

Regular people will vote against someone who goes along with anti-Jewish nonsense. oldsoftie Feb 2020 #48

And informed people know that anti-Jewish has eff all to do with anti-Zionism floppyboo Feb 2020 #49

The same UN who puts countries like Sudan on the human rights council. HA. oldsoftie Feb 2020 #50

That's ridiculous. Mosby Feb 2020 #71

Ah, blaming the Jews. How very progressive of you. Jeremy Corbyn is POS. Thank God he lost. grossproffit Feb 2020 #59

Ireland Newly elected Sinn Fein parliamentarian apologizes for antisemitic Tweets grossproffit Feb 2020 #70

That's a ridiculous post. Codeine Feb 2020 #11

Revolutions that led to universal health care - Winnipeg General Strike floppyboo Feb 2020 #14

LOL. "Communist countries" like Canada? Really? DanTex Feb 2020 #15

He asks "is that what we want" No, that's what you obviously want. YOHABLO Feb 2020 #19

Most M4A opponents seem to be on Medicare IronLionZion Feb 2020 #20

Or they apparently have fabulous employer Voltaire2 Feb 2020 #35

Sounds pretty fabulous for them IronLionZion Feb 2020 #46

We have three systems currently we can invest in to improve. We know they do work, but can emmaverybo Feb 2020 #21

Just to have Republicans change it again MoonlitKnight Feb 2020 #33

That's possible. Mainly, for now, a bit of flexibility on keeping private insurance will help emmaverybo Feb 2020 #51

Many are being sacrificed RIGHT NOW to sustain the current system Fiendish Thingy Feb 2020 #26

We can't afford to keep the system we have. Voltaire2 Feb 2020 #36

We are not getting M4A-AOC acknowledged it...there is not enough support in Congress...a public Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #41

Didn't someone tell him its been conceded that M4A doesn't have the votes and is now aspirational? Scurrilous Feb 2020 #52

"And... has anyone heard about how social programs take the major part of the budget? " choie Feb 2020 #53

i submit that hardly anyone likes their insurance when they have to use it. We've been engineered Kurt V. Feb 2020 #54

As I posted above, as a cancer survivor I am alive thanks to some expensive treatments question everything Feb 2020 #55

I'm a cancer survivor also. Kurt V. Feb 2020 #58

I was not impressed with Oliver's treatment of this issue Gothmog Feb 2020 #57

"You cannot have anything one size fits all" kcr Feb 2020 #60

I thought the same thing. All my docs are "in network"... Beartracks Feb 2020 #61

In the unlikedly event that Sanders win, you can kiss your doctors goodbye question everything Feb 2020 #63

They're already doing that. kcr Feb 2020 #69

Special education. Public defender question everything Feb 2020 #62

Special education? Public defender? Those prove my point. Not yours. kcr Feb 2020 #68

social security persists Tweedy Feb 2020 #66

There are problems with Medicare For All that does not get discussed at all... cynatnite Feb 2020 #67