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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Which do you Favor and Why: Medicare for All or ACA expansion? [View all]Nanjeanne
(5,003 posts)27. Medicare For All because it is immoral to make profits from denying people healthcare.
And M4All is the only cost effective way to go. It must be all in for effective cost sharing. And I do not like the idea of my tax dollars going to profitable insurance companies in the form of subsidies. But first and foremost it is a morality issue for me.
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I favor which ever one is most popular and will win us the election. Then get to work on the best
dem4decades
Sep 2019
#1
How will you pay for it-societal savings are not tax revenues and cannot be used to pay for MFA
Gothmog
Sep 2019
#53
It is so easy to knock something with made up assumptions when what you support isn't even defined.
wasupaloopa
Sep 2019
#9
This whole debate is about adding a public option. With that all your points are null and void
wasupaloopa
Sep 2019
#51
This is rediculous. Desease prevention starts and ends with the individual. You can't force
wasupaloopa
Sep 2019
#10
Medicare For All because it is immoral to make profits from denying people healthcare.
Nanjeanne
Sep 2019
#27
Warren and Sanders say Americans don't like their health insurance. Polls don't back that up.
Gothmog
Sep 2019
#30
Speaker Pelosi-There's no need to reinvent health care -- just improve Obamacare
Gothmog
Sep 2019
#43
NBC/WSJ poll shows Biden's healthcare stance (optional Medicare buy-in) much more popular
Gothmog
Sep 2019
#58
The ACA...MFA will never happen and why would we start over? Americans like the ACA and would
Demsrule86
Sep 2019
#59
Voters will not tolerate an additional 10 or 15% paycheck deduction to fund M4A
madville
Sep 2019
#60
I'd like to go to Medicare for all; I don't think you can sell it in this election.
brooklynite
Sep 2019
#61
She now has. She claims it will put 11 trillion dollars of savings in the pocket of the middle class
andym
Nov 2019
#87
I'm tired, and I could (really) write a short book on this, so I'll keep it short
Algernon Moncrieff
Sep 2019
#65
Improve BOTH Medicare and Obamacare and begin phasing out the patchwork...
TreasonousBastard
Sep 2019
#67
73% of people favor [the] public option that would keep private insurance in place
Gothmog
Oct 2019
#69
Support for a public option has been increasing, and for Medicare-for-All has been decreasing
Gothmog
Oct 2019
#70
If those projection are anywhere close, MFA ain't gonna happen without big changes. That's unlikely.
Hoyt
Oct 2019
#77
That's depressing. But why Vermont, Colorado and Cal abandoned consideration of single-payer quickly
Hoyt
Oct 2019
#78
Yep. I figured the legislators in all those states just didn't have the guts to tell voters what it
Hoyt
Oct 2019
#81
ACA expansion. Because it is feasible in any congress makeup we could imagine in 2021
scheming daemons
Nov 2019
#88