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In reply to the discussion: I want Medicare for All, but for this election prefer Biden's plan [View all]Demsrule86
(68,576 posts)90. I agree completely. I like our insurance and Medicare would cost us a fortune and we would still be
dealing with insurance companies and paying higher taxes...all Democrats would be tossed out the first midterm and God knows if any health care would survive.
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What exactly is the difference between a public option and Medicare for All? The name?
LonePirate
Jul 2019
#1
Sorry to disagree. Any public option would be almost as expensive as all private insurance
Tiggeroshii
Jul 2019
#17
The reason why a public option wont work is that you have to convince people to buy into it
Tiggeroshii
Jul 2019
#25
No it can't. There are not enough votes for it...and even with the Senate...we won't have 60 votes..
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#55
That is a bill that will spend huge amounts of money and it can not be done in reconciliation.
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#89
It has been said/formulated that it's too much too soon, a huge undertaking, not
sprinkleeninow
Jul 2019
#81
I agree completely. I like our insurance and Medicare would cost us a fortune and we would still be
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#90
What's ridiculous is trying the same thing over and over expecting different results
Tiggeroshii
Jul 2019
#84
Somehow the US is the only modern industrialized nation that doesnt have a single payer option
Tiggeroshii
Jul 2019
#41
When people realize ... how are you going to get them to realize this?
Drunken Irishman
Jul 2019
#109
There are folks who's states did not expand medicaid...we shouldn't do a buy in to
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#57
You can disagree, but you would be wrong. The overhead for Medicare is two percent if memory serves.
Politicub
Jul 2019
#69
Creating an option doesnt disconnect that insurance option from the private medical industry
Tiggeroshii
Jul 2019
#75
M4A is just single payer healthcare, which is widely used around the world.
HerbChestnut
Jul 2019
#24
The same arguments were used during the last election before Trump was in office.
HerbChestnut
Jul 2019
#28
Its not tax misinformation I think bothers the voters. Its the fear of losing something they
ooky
Jul 2019
#74
Only 15 % support it if work place/private insurance goes away. The GOP are already running
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#63
Not true...most countries have a hybrid system. Single payer is the exception not the rule.
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#60
There are other options...it makes no sense to attempt to redo health care...we may end up
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#91
It would be far easier to fix it than to start over...do you have any idea how long it took Canada
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#97
It is true actually...but MFA is a losing issue politically...it isn't going to happen.
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#99
Trump promised to make it better...different election with Trump trying to destroy it...but that was
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#114
And has zero chance of passing...total waste of time and politically foolish.
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#70
It won't happen no matter who gets elected...and running on MFA will get Trump reelected.
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#93
The difference is the number of people enrolled in the program, which is massively important.
HerbChestnut
Jul 2019
#7
More people in an already large risk pool does not necessarily mean lower cost. And, those new
Hoyt
Jul 2019
#73
You also have to consider consolodating all private insurance pools into one public pool.
HerbChestnut
Jul 2019
#79
And other Democrats' idea, too, before the 2008 election and while the ACA was being debated.
highplainsdem
Jul 2019
#11
I disagree...we need to get business to pay their fair share....breaking the connection would be
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#68
Removing the corporate/health insurance connection is an extremely important part...
SouthernProgressive
Jul 2019
#72
Yes, and lots of doctors have stopped accepting new patients who are on Medicare, too, though
highplainsdem
Jul 2019
#35
The same will happen to me...Medicare sucks unless you are poor enough to get Medicaid...and
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#65
I heard Steyer say something close, like a public option working toward phasing out
brewens
Jul 2019
#61