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egbertowillies

(4,058 posts) Mon Jul 3, 2017, 04:46 PM Jul 2017

Democrats: Use Trumpcare chaos to push single-payer Medicare for all

Now is the time to educate Americans about health care in other countries and to bring single-payer Medicare for all into the debate. It is imperative that Democrats use the current chaos and state of flux to promote significant change in Obamacare that morphs it into the best system.
https://egbertowillies.com/2017/06/29/democrats-trumpcare-medicare/

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Democrats: Use Trumpcare chaos to push single-payer Medicare for all (Original Post) egbertowillies Jul 2017 OP

Why is Sanders waiting till after the discussion of ACA repeal? bettyellen Jul 2017 #1

If we lose ACA...we get nothing...don't kid yourself...Sanders doesn't want to see thousands die. Demsrule86 Jul 2017 #2

I don't understand why he's taking about it now, but saying the time to discuss it is after? bettyellen Jul 2017 #5

It's really pretty simple; Single payer would make American's lives better, so Republicans will world wide wally Jul 2017 #3

And that is why the dumpster fire Motownman78 Jul 2017 #4

This liberal does not support single payer GulfCoast66 Jul 2017 #6

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)

1. Why is Sanders waiting till after the discussion of ACA repeal?

Reply to egbertowillies (Original post)

Mon Jul 3, 2017, 04:52 PM

Jul 2017

Demsrule86

(68,929 posts)

2. If we lose ACA...we get nothing...don't kid yourself...Sanders doesn't want to see thousands die.

Reply to bettyellen (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 3, 2017, 05:49 PM

Jul 2017

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)

5. I don't understand why he's taking about it now, but saying the time to discuss it is after?

Reply to Demsrule86 (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 3, 2017, 08:22 PM

Jul 2017

world wide wally

(21,762 posts)

3. It's really pretty simple; Single payer would make American's lives better, so Republicans will

Reply to egbertowillies (Original post)

Mon Jul 3, 2017, 06:55 PM

Jul 2017

fight against it tooth and nail.

Motownman78

(491 posts)

4. And that is why the dumpster fire

Reply to egbertowillies (Original post)

Mon Jul 3, 2017, 08:19 PM

Jul 2017

is talking about the kid in England. He is trying to make a single payer system look bad.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)

6. This liberal does not support single payer

Reply to egbertowillies (Original post)

Mon Jul 3, 2017, 10:35 PM

Jul 2017

Instead I support common sense mixed type insurance like that in France and Germany.

Many European citizens, and a handfull I personally know in France, consider single payer(Medicare for all) only marginally better than what the US has now.

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