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BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 08:45 PM Mar 2020

A dozen things we learned on #SuperTuesday, all of which bode well for the #SinglePayer movement

Here are a dozen things we learned on #SuperTuesday, all of which bode well for the #SinglePayer movement:

1. Alabama supports #MedicareForAll (51%)
2. California supports #MedicareForAll (55%)
3. Colorado supports #MedicareForAll (57%)
4. Maine supports #MedicareForAll (69%)
5. Massachusetts supports #MedicareForAll (50%)
6. Minnesota supports #MedicareForAll (62%)
7. North Carolina supports #MedicareForAll (55%)
8. Oklahoma supports #MedicareForAll (53%)
9. Tennessee supports #MedicareForAll (53%)
10. Texas supports #MedicareForAll (64%)
11. Vermont supports #MedicareForAll (73%)
12. Virginia supports #MedicareForAll (52%)

https://www.facebook.com/doctorsforsinglepayer/?pageid=122302489227&ftentidentifier=10157760629559228&padding=0


MEDICARE FOR ALL

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Joe Biden
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A dozen things we learned on #SuperTuesday, all of which bode well for the #SinglePayer movement (Original Post) BeckyDem Mar 2020 OP
Good. If true, Biden will get us there much quicker than . . . . . . Hoyt Mar 2020 #1
They weren't asked specifically about Medicare for All. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #2
This wasn't an MFA question, it was related to single payer uponit7771 Mar 2020 #3
Were they asked if making private healthcare nonexistent by law was something they want? tirebiter Mar 2020 #4
That's nice. You'll have to go with Biden's plan of a public option, though AGeddy Mar 2020 #5
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
1. Good. If true, Biden will get us there much quicker than . . . . . .
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 08:47 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

TwilightZone

(25,472 posts)
2. They weren't asked specifically about Medicare for All.
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 08:51 PM
Mar 2020

The question was more generic: "A government plan for all instead of private insurance?"

And those numbers are from exit polls of Democratic primary voters, not overall numbers for the states.

Here's their original source:

https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/entrance-and-exit-polls

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

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)
3. This wasn't an MFA question, it was related to single payer
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 08:54 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

tirebiter

(2,538 posts)
4. Were they asked if making private healthcare nonexistent by law was something they want?
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 09:11 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

AGeddy

(509 posts)
5. That's nice. You'll have to go with Biden's plan of a public option, though
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 09:12 PM
Mar 2020

...which will eventually grow into a single payer.

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