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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts)
Sun Sep 15, 2019, 10:42 AM Sep 2019

Medicare Poll


20 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
Medicare For All Who Want It
4 (20%)
Medicare For All
16 (80%)
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Joe Biden
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beastie boy

(9,224 posts)
2. I checked "Medicare for all who want it", but
Sun Sep 15, 2019, 11:10 AM
Sep 2019

I did so because there was no option for "Medicare for all except those who don't want it". Emphasis on passive inclusion and active opt-out. This would reflect my position more accurately.

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Freddie

(9,255 posts)
3. Good
Sun Sep 15, 2019, 11:29 AM
Sep 2019

Too many people have GOOD insurance through their employer and don’t pay that much for it. Telling people they’re going to give that up for something unknown is a big loser IMO.
I like the opt-out idea. A Medicare buy-in option can be eventually transitioned to single payer. But trying to force it all at once is a bad idea.

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HerbChestnut

(3,649 posts)
4. Elizabeth Warren supports Medicare for All...
Sun Sep 15, 2019, 11:32 AM
Sep 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)
5. Please define M4A. People are voting for what they think it means. Only a future Congress
Sun Sep 15, 2019, 11:32 AM
Sep 2019

can define what it will mean.

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Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
9. Boy, isn't this the truth! Congress legislates.
Tue Sep 17, 2019, 05:13 PM
Sep 2019
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Gothmog

(144,832 posts)
6. Warren and Sanders say Americans don't like their health insurance. Polls don't back that up.
Sun Sep 15, 2019, 12:51 PM
Sep 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
8. More importantly-- they don't like it being taken away and replaced by promises.
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 11:07 AM
Sep 2019
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elocs

(22,529 posts)
7. I voted "PASS" since there were only 2 choices offered.
Sun Sep 15, 2019, 05:41 PM
Sep 2019

I doubt if either will become law anyways.

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myohmy2

(3,137 posts)
10. MFA...
Tue Sep 17, 2019, 05:39 PM
Sep 2019

...the only way to be able to adequately squeeze healthcare providers and big pharma is to have everybody in a single pool...

...when Medicare negotiates with these weasels they will either go along with Medicare or be denied access to the Medicare pool via no coverage...few will be able to pay out of pocket and there will be no other private insurance to skim the healthy with alternative coverage...

...only then will we be able to get a proper handle on healthcare costs in this country and be able cover everyone...

...no matter what heathcare system we have, the healthy will be paying for the sick...we need all the healthy in a single pool...

...it'll work...

...trust Bernie, he knows what he's talking about...


https://berniesanders.com/issues/

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