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Gothmog

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86. A good rule of thumb: Don't get to Pelosi's left

Wed Oct 30, 2019, 06:33 PM

Oct 2019

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She is openly dubious of the left’s top priority in 2020: the push to establish a single-payer health-care system that will replace private health insurance. It would be better for Democrats to “begin with where we have agreement,” she said. “Let’s not start with: ‘You have private insurance—forget about it.’” She wants to begin by bolstering the Affordable Care Act, adding a public competitor to private insurance, and restoring provisions in the law that Trump has weakened. “Maybe Medicare for All is a destination,” Pelosi said. “But it’s certainly not a starting point.”

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Which do you Favor and Why: Medicare for All or ACA expansion? [View all] kennetha Sep 2019 OP

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

Medicare for all HopeAgain Sep 2019 #2

Care to elaborate kennetha Sep 2019 #3

She just gave you a serious argument. DemocracyMouse Sep 2019 #52

Not in my case... OneGrassRoot Sep 2019 #5

Affordable for you, maybe HopeAgain Sep 2019 #36

I absolutely agree it should be a right for all... OneGrassRoot Sep 2019 #44

ACA expansion would work better if EVERY state takes the Medicaid yellowdogintexas Sep 2019 #16

Right that was the law! kennetha Sep 2019 #20

How will you pay for it-societal savings are not tax revenues and cannot be used to pay for MFA Gothmog Sep 2019 #53

My mom was on ACA when she got cancer. Eko Oct 2019 #85

ACA has too many short falls. Prosper Sep 2019 #4

Poor people subsidizing rich people??? kennetha Sep 2019 #6

Traditional Medicare has copays and deductibles too but they are yellowdogintexas Sep 2019 #15

In 2019 the maxmium deductible allowed by the ACA is dflprincess Sep 2019 #33

Almost half of the members can't afford co-pays Prosper Sep 2019 #38

Underinsured means having insurance and can't use it. Prosper Sep 2019 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author Prosper Sep 2019 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author Prosper Sep 2019 #40

See 38 Prosper Sep 2019 #41

It is so easy to knock something with made up assumptions when what you support isn't even defined. wasupaloopa Sep 2019 #9

Nothing made up about ACA. Prosper Sep 2019 #31

This whole debate is about adding a public option. With that all your points are null and void wasupaloopa Sep 2019 #51

Completing the ACA would allow anyone who wanted it to sign Hortensis Sep 2019 #22

Good ideas posted 9/14 Pantagruel Sep 2019 #7

Private insurance gains nothing from disease prevention ?? kennetha Sep 2019 #8

This is rediculous. Desease prevention starts and ends with the individual. You can't force wasupaloopa Sep 2019 #10

Offering important screenings without deductible or copay yellowdogintexas Sep 2019 #18

Offering the screening with copays & deductibles is great dflprincess Sep 2019 #34

Thank you. Prosper Sep 2019 #56

So are you, or are you not, a Blue Dog Democrat? Could we clarify that? YOHABLO Sep 2019 #11

No kennetha Sep 2019 #12

Why did you give two of the same option? TCJ70 Sep 2019 #13

Universal Coverage is the end kennetha Sep 2019 #14

Medicare For All Who Want It. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2019 #17

Vote DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2019 #19

Offer both. Seriously. yellowdogintexas Sep 2019 #21

The Supremes said the law authorizing Medicaid would have to be rewritten! kennetha Sep 2019 #23

Yes. Anything that leaves no Americans without healthcare coverage is Politicub Sep 2019 #24

ACA Expansion Baked Potato Sep 2019 #25

Medicare for all - we need to nationlize healthcare bitterross Sep 2019 #26

Medicare For All because it is immoral to make profits from denying people healthcare. Nanjeanne Sep 2019 #27

Medicare for All. Why? KPN Sep 2019 #28

Medicare for all. ACA really was unaffordable for too many. Joe941 Sep 2019 #29

Warren and Sanders say Americans don't like their health insurance. Polls don't back that up. Gothmog Sep 2019 #30

MFA is a pipe dream & promises everything but has little to no chance elocs Sep 2019 #32

I'm not in favor of leaving 10 million people uninsured wellst0nev0ter Sep 2019 #35

Medicare buy in option for the ACA exchanges krawhitham Sep 2019 #37

Speaker Pelosi-There's no need to reinvent health care -- just improve Obamacare Gothmog Sep 2019 #43

Buttigieg tells Medicare-for-all proponents to show their cards Gothmog Sep 2019 #45

+10000 emmaverybo Sep 2019 #55

Interesting thread... Zaphod42 Sep 2019 #46

Why is healthcare more expensive here? Blue_true Sep 2019 #48

I favor ACA expansion if the following are met. Blue_true Sep 2019 #47

Medicare for all, but I absolutely believe that the ACA, if allowed... SKKY Sep 2019 #49

The ACA actually exists in the real world. People are much more comradebillyboy Sep 2019 #50

It's not completely a binary choice Midnightwalk Sep 2019 #54

Start with Medicare for all and compromise down to ACA/public option IronLionZion Sep 2019 #57

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

ACA expansion. nt Blue_true Sep 2019 #62

I'll go first. ACA expansion. trueblue2007 Sep 2019 #63

MFA with an optional opt-out andym Sep 2019 #64

Why Elizabeth Warren won't talk about the cost of 'Medicare for All' Gothmog Oct 2019 #71

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

Medicare for All Eric J in MN Sep 2019 #66

Improve BOTH Medicare and Obamacare and begin phasing out the patchwork... TreasonousBastard Sep 2019 #67

Obamacare Has Made People Healthier Gothmog Oct 2019 #68

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

Choices for Financing Medicare for All: A Preliminary Analysis Gothmog Oct 2019 #72

If those projection are anywhere close, MFA ain't gonna happen without big changes. That's unlikely. Hoyt Oct 2019 #77

I favor not being lectured to about what's "possible" Act_of_Reparation Oct 2019 #73

MFA. There is really nothing else that will work. nt Autumn Oct 2019 #74

A dose of reality for Medicare-for-all Gothmog Oct 2019 #75

That's depressing. But why Vermont, Colorado and Cal abandoned consideration of single-payer quickly Hoyt Oct 2019 #78

Vermont was unable to adopt a single payer plan Gothmog Oct 2019 #79

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 redstatebluegirl Oct 2019 #76

ACA expansion. nt lamp_shade Oct 2019 #80

MFA: everyone should have comprehensive health care. Voltaire2 Oct 2019 #82

Based on tax revenue JT45242 Oct 2019 #83

Honestly not sure. redqueen Oct 2019 #84

A good rule of thumb: Don't get to Pelosi's left Gothmog Oct 2019 #86

ACA expansion. Because it is feasible in any congress makeup we could imagine in 2021 scheming daemons Nov 2019 #88