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TCJ70

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2. It sounds like a M4A/single-player system would have helped you out...

Reply to Politicub (Original post)

Thu Apr 11, 2019, 10:45 AM

Apr 2019

...in that you wouldn’t have felt tied to your job. I’m glad you’re in a decent place now. A public option is absolutely not an extension of the ACA. The ACA specifically keeps private insurance in power.

I think we’ll eventually have the same system the rest of the world does. I think Sanders also understands that it will take time. But you don’t make progress by asking for the compromise. You ask for the world and compromise from there.

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

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Why Sanders' Medicare for All approach is seen as a threat. A public option is a better way forward. [View all] Politicub Apr 2019 OP

Because he calls for the elimination of the Health Insurance Industry..... ProudMNDemocrat Apr 2019 #1

I would submit that a greater proportion of medical bankruptcies happen with uninsured people Politicub Apr 2019 #3

It sounds like a M4A/single-player system would have helped you out... TCJ70 Apr 2019 #2

A public option is not in the exhange now. It can be. Politicub Apr 2019 #4

Sanders is not known for his ability to compromise and neither are Republicans marylandblue Apr 2019 #10

Then threaten with it. shanny Apr 2019 #5

Because when you threaten, you lose. It puts you in a spot of weakness for negotiation. Politicub Apr 2019 #7

So if I want something in politics, I should ask for that exact thing? shanny Apr 2019 #12

If you start with a non-starter, they laugh at you. marylandblue Apr 2019 #11

ah, reductio ad absurdum shanny Apr 2019 #13

Oh brother, it's called exagerated for effect and humor marylandblue Apr 2019 #14

1. Never say never. shanny Apr 2019 #16

If you are not telling me shit, what exactly are you telling me in your posts? marylandblue Apr 2019 #18

You must be fun at parties. Politicub Apr 2019 #15

I am, thanks...and you too! shanny Apr 2019 #17

You bring up an interesting point; area51 Apr 2019 #6

That site is all conjecture and no evidence Politicub Apr 2019 #8

Thank you. brer cat Apr 2019 #9