Obama did what he thought was best. Progressives must accept no less than Medicare for All--and more

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3. I agree with you about the public option.

Medicare is great, I am on it, but Medicare is not free, premiums are deducted from my SS, and there is a small deductible to pay. Also, Medicare only pays about 80% of the bill so people have to buy a supplemental insurance or hope that they don't have a major expense.

I assume that all of the people on Medicaid will get to stay on Medicaid? They have a much better deal than people like me who have Medicare. I'm not complaining, we should certainly take care of the poor and disabled and the children in our country.

The real answer is a single payer plan that covers everyone, good luck getting there. The notion that a new plan is too expensive doesn't compute with me when we already pay more for our health insurance than any other country, and by the way, our life expectancy has fallen 3 years in a row now.