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Donkees

(31,372 posts)
Wed Jan 22, 2020, 06:50 PM Jan 2020

Bernie's Damn Bill Pt. 1: What Is Medicare for All? (Narrated by H. Jon Benjamin)



Jan 22, 2020

From Roosevelt’s attempt to create a New Deal national health insurance program, to the Trump administration’s repeal of the Obamacare individual mandate-the three-part “Bernie’s Damn Bill” video series reveals how decades of influence by greedy special interests have led to the present health care crisis.

Bernie has waged a four decades-long fight to implement Medicare for All and explains how his administration will take on corporations and the billionaire class to finally make it happen.

The series is narrated by H. Jon Benjamin, the accomplished voice actor who stars as Bob Belcher in Fox’s Bob’s Burgers and Sterling Archer in FX’s Archer. Benjamin is an outspoken progressive advocate who is endorsing Bernie’s presidential campaign.
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Donkees

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1. Bernie's Damn Bill Pt. 2: How Did We Get Here? (Narrated by H. Jon Benjamin)
Wed Jan 22, 2020, 06:51 PM
Jan 2020
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guillaumeb

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2. The US already has "Medicare for some".
Wed Jan 22, 2020, 06:51 PM
Jan 2020

So what is so threatening about Medicare for All?

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Donkees

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3. Bernie's Damn Bill Pt. 3: How to Pay for It (Narrated by H. Jon Benjamin)
Wed Jan 22, 2020, 06:52 PM
Jan 2020
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Thekaspervote

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4. Once again...promises promises with no clear path to actual law
Wed Jan 22, 2020, 06:55 PM
Jan 2020
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pfeiffer

(280 posts)
5. Well actually...
Wed Jan 22, 2020, 07:05 PM
Jan 2020

there IS a clear path for this - straight through the middle class!

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NCProgressive

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6. It's not Bernie's bill
Wed Jan 22, 2020, 07:06 PM
Jan 2020

Sen. Ted Kennedy proposed this in 1971.

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George II

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7. John Dingell SENIOR proposed something like this in 1943! That's 77 years ago.
Wed Jan 22, 2020, 07:11 PM
Jan 2020
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George II

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8. It's NOT "Bernie's Damn Bill", be it Pt. 1, or Pt. 2, or Pt. 3. It was proposed a number of times..
Wed Jan 22, 2020, 07:13 PM
Jan 2020

...over the years by a number of Representative and Senators. Like other bills and proposals, it's a rehash of someone else's work.

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