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Celerity

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24. Biden calls for everyone having the choice to buy into Medicare
Thu May 16, 2019, 05:05 PM
May 2019
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/441232-biden-calls-for-giving-everyone-the-choice-to-buy-into-medicare

"Whether you're covered through your employer or on your own or not, you all should have a choice to be able to buy into a public option plan for Medicare," Biden said in a speech in Pittsburgh, the first major address of his presidential campaign, which he announced last week.
"Your choice," Biden added. "And if the insurance company isn't doing the right thing by you, you should have another choice."


Limiting it to only 55yo and up is not remotely good enough.

I also agree with Joe on 4 years of free public university for all.

Biden Calls for 4 Years of Free College

https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/10/22/biden-calls-for-4-years-of-free-college

"I believe we have to level the playing field for the American people," Biden said. "And that's going to take access to education and opportunity to work."

"We need to commit to 16 years of free public education for all our children," he said, adding two years to the president's previous proposal of free community college for all.

"We all know that 12 years of public education is not enough," Biden continued. "As a nation, let's make the same commitment to a college education today that we made to a high school education a hundred years ago."




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

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A higher minimum wage and the public option are hardly moves to the left of Obama LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #1
True, but obnoxiousdrunk May 2019 #2
I don't mind that; bogus claims should be refuted. LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #3
A prolonged surge to the left would be extremely refreshing tho. Magoo48 May 2019 #18
Obama favored a public option. crazytown May 2019 #4
Joe Lie-berman and a few blue-dogs also helped kill Public Option groundloop May 2019 #16
The Publuc Option could have been included through Reconciliation crazytown May 2019 #19
Doesn't necessarily look like he is breaking with Obama. SouthernProgressive May 2019 #5
surprising. yaesu May 2019 #6
These are NOT "breaks." Good grief. The Hill Hortensis May 2019 #7
Good points. Learning those fact would be, like, too much work. George II May 2019 #20
Joe - You're going to have to keep moving left, and then further left, and then more.... IndyOp May 2019 #8
NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN SWING STATES: JOBS! And in case you didn't get that ... Auggie May 2019 #9
Not yours, but the headline is an unnecessarily negative spin on Biden "vs." Obama. George II May 2019 #10
From the article: "None of the three examples are dramatic R B Garr May 2019 #11
yes, that is why I included that in the excerpt Celerity May 2019 #12
Obamas hands were tied a lot of the time.. He would have been a LOT more left.. samnsara May 2019 #13
what is the premise of this article - he should be welded to Obama? I don't get it. EveHammond13 May 2019 #14
But as with all of them, you have to ask yourself if you believe they'll actually DO what they say pdsimdars May 2019 #15
If we do not take back the Senate, there will not be shit getting done. I am really starting Celerity May 2019 #17
Really? George II May 2019 #22
K&R nt NYMinute May 2019 #21
Biden has endorsed people 55+ buying into Medicare. Not everyone. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #23
Biden calls for everyone having the choice to buy into Medicare Celerity May 2019 #24
I'm glad to hear that. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #25
TOTAL student debt is 1.6 trillion, we spend that each YEAR on the war/surveillance state Celerity May 2019 #27
It costs a lot more than that, though. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #28
there are around 13 million public university students (2 and 4 years) in the US Celerity May 2019 #29
Okay. If it's doable. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #30
comparison purposes Celerity May 2019 #32
That was in 2015. He's dialed that back to 2 years of community college. Demit May 2019 #31
do you a link? Celerity May 2019 #33
It's a C-Span video-- Demit May 2019 #34
Thanks! Celerity May 2019 #35
Finally got around to watching those 2 videos Celerity May 2019 #36
It's been a long time since I went to college, but Demit May 2019 #38
+10000 Celerity May 2019 #39
I want to call this draining trumps base, BootinUp May 2019 #26
RW-serving The Hill and Celerity. I haven't even read Hortensis May 2019 #37
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