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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders’s single-payer plan isn’t a plan at all [View all]in_cog_ni_to
(41,600 posts)5. It gives people a very good look at what to expect. Do all candidates release massive, completed
policy papers before they know whether or not they're the nominee? I'm sure we'll get all the details when he's the nominee?
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It gives people a very good look at what to expect. Do all candidates release massive, completed
in_cog_ni_to
Jan 2016
#5
You're right, but I think he needs more evidence that what he is proposing can work.
JonLeibowitz
Jan 2016
#6
Oh I think it *can* work, but it requires diligence to ensure that the plan put forward will.
JonLeibowitz
Jan 2016
#18
+1. You're right. I just hope they have more specifics in mind, that this isn't the extent
JonLeibowitz
Jan 2016
#23
We are fortunate in that we can look at the many existing single payer plans to see what
JDPriestly
Jan 2016
#35
No, I'm not kidding. Yes it answers HRC's disingenuous attacks. It does not completely satisfy me.
JonLeibowitz
Jan 2016
#27
If your claims are true, then why do France and the UK, just to cite two examples,
JDPriestly
Jan 2016
#31
Considering the fact this is Sanders wheelhouse and it's the best he can come up with?
KittyWampus
Jan 2016
#48
Oh, she loves insurance companies leeching off of us! Do you too! Yay for you!
cascadiance
Jan 2016
#28
The only reason that Bernie's plan seems vague is that those who criticize it have not
JDPriestly
Jan 2016
#30
I am not saying that Single Payer isn't cheaper than the overall system we have right now.
Meldread
Jan 2016
#38
His plan does indeed cost 'essentially nothing' when compared to what we now have
eridani
Jan 2016
#40
That was snuffed out in the first line where employers were to pay 6.2% and not pass a dime of it ..
uponit7771
Jan 2016
#32
employers currently providing health insurance will on average be paying much less
Warren Stupidity
Jan 2016
#43
"Underfunding" is pure unadulterated horseshit. We are currently paying nearly twice--
eridani
Jan 2016
#66
wtf - it is almost identical to the bill he filed in 2013 in the senate and is a plan.
Warren Stupidity
Jan 2016
#42