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crazytown

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Fri Sep 13, 2019, 12:31 PM Sep 2019

When Medicare for All came to Australia (1983)

Public Information Ad for enrollment in Medicare in Australia. The man behind the desk was the then Labor PM, Bob Hawke. Medicare was, and is, regarded as the greatest achievement of his government.

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When Medicare for All came to Australia (1983) (Original Post) crazytown Sep 2019 OP
I am so glad Warren is on board with M4A 100%. HerbChestnut Sep 2019 #1
Ironic, isn't it Ohiogal Sep 2019 #2
Just that simple. The Aussies get it. Just as they did a buy back on weapons in the 90s after ... brush Sep 2019 #3
 

HerbChestnut

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1. I am so glad Warren is on board with M4A 100%.
Fri Sep 13, 2019, 12:36 PM
Sep 2019
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Ohiogal

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2. Ironic, isn't it
Fri Sep 13, 2019, 12:49 PM
Sep 2019

Other countries have figured this out decades ago, while the USA still argues among ourselves over whether healthcare is even a right.

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brush

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3. Just that simple. The Aussies get it. Just as they did a buy back on weapons in the 90s after ...
Fri Sep 13, 2019, 12:59 PM
Sep 2019

mass shooting. And they haven't had on since.

The Canadians also have a universal health care system.

What is up with us, the other country of British colonization? Why are we so backwards?

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