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Gothmog

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41. Support for a public option has been increasing, and for Medicare-for-All has been decreasing

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Fri Oct 25, 2019, 04:08 PM

Oct 2019

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Speaker Pelosi-There's no need to reinvent health care -- just improve Obamacare [View all] Gothmog Sep 2019 OP

Expanding the already-existing Medicare isn't reinventing the wheel. area51 Sep 2019 #1

Considerable difference between MFA and a Public Option. PNHP represents 2% of physicians. Hoyt Sep 2019 #2

Always thought the public option was an excellent idea. "Try before you buy." n/t Beartracks Sep 2019 #6

You can't expand the existing medicare system for all...it will be a new system and damned expensive Demsrule86 Sep 2019 #13

You wouldn't want Medicare expanded. It's very inadequate. Hortensis Oct 2019 #19

My Medicare coverage is great Bradshaw3 Oct 2019 #29

That "supplemental" you have to purchase out of pocket Hortensis Oct 2019 #32

What we have now is a scam Bradshaw3 Oct 2019 #33

It wouldn't be expanded, it'd completely new with old name on it. Hortensis Oct 2019 #35

Wrong. The system is in place Bradshaw3 Oct 2019 #36

MfA would be profit-based medicine, B3. I suspect Sanders Hortensis Oct 2019 #38

ZIIIINNG!!! Pelosi is doing great on impeachment, but she has this one wrong!! InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2019 #28

Thank you, Nancy Pelosi! Cha Sep 2019 #3

There's so much that's wrong about this Maven Sep 2019 #4

Relative to PO I don't see how MFA is a good idea, MFA would be starting over completely uponit7771 Sep 2019 #9

+1 Joe941 Oct 2019 #24

just do SOMETHING dweller Sep 2019 #5

Nobody willingly gives up the football Nasruddin Sep 2019 #7

K&R betsuni Sep 2019 #8

KICK! Cha Sep 2019 #10

Post removed Post removed Sep 2019 #11

Speaker Pelosi -- always rational and astute. nt BlueMississippi Sep 2019 #12

Pelosi Wants Focus on Obamacare Gothmog Sep 2019 #14

Nancy backs Joe's position Gothmog Sep 2019 #15

NBC/WSJ poll shows Biden's healthcare stance (optional Medicare buy-in) much more popular Gothmog Sep 2019 #16

Obamacare Has Made People Healthier Gothmog Oct 2019 #17

Speaker is absolutely right. It took a tremendous effort to get to Obamacare. We should do as she & onetexan Oct 2019 #22

:) Pelosi's biased. She is, above all the others involved, THE person Hortensis Oct 2019 #18

KICK! Cha Oct 2019 #20

Oh Nancy. We can do better and provide coverage and healthcare to more people. aikoaiko Oct 2019 #21

Billionaire health execs agree. Voltaire2 Oct 2019 #23

K&R Tarheel_Dem Oct 2019 #25

I'm with Nancy on this. calguy Oct 2019 #26

You are so right, Nancy. It's what the people want. emmaverybo Oct 2019 #27

"Improving" the ACA would improve the insurers bottom line Bradshaw3 Oct 2019 #30

Why Elizabeth Warren won't talk about the cost of 'Medicare for All' Gothmog Oct 2019 #42

Mahalo, Goth! Cha Nov 2019 #50

Joe and Pelosi for the win. oasis Oct 2019 #31

30% of US Health Care Expenditures Are Administrative DrFunkenstein Oct 2019 #34

Incrementalism again. We've done 40 years of it. Enough! Doremus Oct 2019 #37

Yeah, and President Obama finally got somewhere.. Cha Oct 2019 #46

One success in 40 years isn't a record I'm proud of. Are you? Doremus Nov 2019 #48

We're very proud of ACA.. the foundation Cha Nov 2019 #49

73% of people favor [the] public option that would keep private insurance in place Gothmog Oct 2019 #39

K&R Scurrilous Oct 2019 #40

Support for a public option has been increasing, and for Medicare-for-All has been decreasing Gothmog Oct 2019 #41

Choices for Financing Medicare for All: A Preliminary Analysis Gothmog Oct 2019 #43

A good rule of thumb: Don't get to Pelosi's left Gothmog Oct 2019 #44

Nancy knows how to WIN.. she handled it Well.. Cha Oct 2019 #45

Joe Biden's health care plan will be ready to go the day he's sworn into office Gothmog Oct 2019 #47

She is right. And you are selling her short if you think it's political. Chemisse Nov 2019 #51

yeah. no. *health care* will still be beholden to the all mighty dollar. that is not sustainable. Kurt V. Nov 2019 #52

Pelosi: 'I'm not a big fan of Medicare for All' Gothmog Nov 2019 #53

From Harry Reid Gothmog Nov 2019 #54

Bullshit. Act_of_Reparation Nov 2019 #55

A good rule of thumb: Don't get to Pelosi's left Gothmog Nov 2019 #56

I assume there is some sort of point you're trying to make with this. Act_of_Reparation Nov 2019 #57

According to this poll, MFA is a bad idea Gothmog Nov 2019 #58

Yes. Just finish and build on Obamacare as always planned. Hortensis Nov 2019 #59

When it comes to Medicare-for-all, listen to Nancy Pelosi Gothmog Nov 2019 #60

Nancy Pelosi is "not for doing away with Obamacare" and prefers to give people choices. Gothmog Dec 2019 #61