Its not just the number of endorsements and but who is supporting/endorsing Sanders that interests me.

The Sunrise Movement recently endorsed Sanders.

Quality of endorsements? You said it!

Watch Varshini explain the intersection of movement politics and the climate crisis.

Link to tweet

Forget the name though

Kinda like the AMA, I guess...

Because it isn't "hundreds of doctors," but rather "hundreds of doctors and other health care providers.



Part of a bad pattern of shading the truth.

called "Doctors for Bernie," invites cynicism.

Do you not see that?

reaching here. Just another example of dissing a Sanders endorsement.

that employees the dirty-trickster David Sirota.

Claiming "other heath care workers" as "doctors" breeds cynicism and distrust.

How is that truth stretching. I think the stretching is coming from another direction.

It is called "Doctors for Bernie."

Words have meanings. "Re-framing" the truth makes others not trust groups that engage in such behaviors, especially when it seems like a patten.

Do you not see that?

of their organization. It is just abhorrent that they could engage in such behavior in forming a group that supports Medicare for All and lies about who belongs to the group, even though their press release states "other healthcare providers". We can't possibly trust doctors that support medicare for all.

A group of doctors and other health care providers have announced the formation of Doctors for Bernie, an independent grassroots organization dedicated to advocating for Senator Sanders for the 2020 Democratic nomination. While each physician in the group has unique motivations for supporting Senator Sanders, they are brought together by the common belief that his policies would have the greatest impact on the health, safety, and well being of their patients.

Only (medical) doctors are (medical) doctors.

Words matter. Truth matters.

This is the sort of "re-framing" that causes people have serious issues with this campaign.

Press
US doctors create advocacy group in support of Senator Bernie Sanders
Hundreds of doctors and health care providers across the country have joined Doctors for Bernie, a group that believes the Senator’s campaign for the presidency offers an historic opportunity to advance an agenda for public health



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, January 10, 2020

Contact: Scott Goldberg, MD, Doctors for Bernie media contact, info@docs4bernie.org



New York -- A group of doctors and other health care providers have announced the formation of Doctors for Bernie, an independent grassroots organization dedicated to advocating for Senator Sanders for the 2020 Democratic nomination. While each physician in the group has unique motivations for supporting Senator Sanders, they are brought together by the common belief that his policies would have the greatest impact on the health, safety, and well being of their patients.



“I have seen too many patients struggle with affording their medications or falling into debt because of illness,” said Dr. Harrison Kalodimos, a primary care doctor in Seattle. “I spent months studying the details of reform proposals from the public option to all-payer rate setting, but Bernie Sanders’ Medicare For All proposal is the only plan which will guarantee every US resident comprehensive health care while eliminating medical debt and bankruptcies.”



For Dr. Uma Tadepalli, a geriatrician in North Carolina, it was the expansion of Medicare to cover all medically necessary services including hearing, dental, vision, and importantly, long term care that brought her to the campaign. “Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All plan is the only way to meet the health needs of our aging population,” said Dr. Tadepalli.



Medical students have flocked to the group as well. Umer Waris, a fourth-year medical student in California, remarked that: "I wish to one day practice medicine in a health care system without interference from insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, and other corporate interests. These for-profit interests only drive a wedge between a patient and their doctor and threaten the very essence of the healing relationship.”



Doctors for Bernie state that Medicare for All is just one part of the Senator’s broad agenda for improving the public’s health, an agenda that would have the greatest impact on minority and marginalized communities. "From education to incarceration to the environment, the ill-effects of institutionalized corporate greed disproportionately impact black, indigenous, and people of color," says Dr. Milan Satcher, a black family physician in Maine. "It will take policies that enact systemic, large-scale changes in order to achieve tangible improvements in the lives of our communities. Senator Sanders has consistently advocated for this."



If you are interested in having a guest from Doctors for Bernie on to your show, please contact info@doctors4bernie.org. We think your audience would benefit from a physician’s perspective on why Senator Sanders has the most progressive agenda for improving the nation’s health.

of such a group. First, it isn't large enough to be significant. Second, it's name doesn't reflect its membership, and third, nobody cares what a few dozen medical people think.

It's just something to post in discussion forums.

Might as well have a group called "Old Bearded Geezers for Biden."

If he be going to win, I would being voter.

Thanks for the thread Donkees.

and it only exists as a google group.

Usually doctors that treat patients in nursing homes and hospices want M4A because they'll get paid more.

Doctors who are in good private or group practices don't want M4A because it will severely restrict their freedom in treatments and the compensation they get.

This is typical of the Sanders campaign to make a piddly group's endorsement like it came from the AMA.

only the BIG groups count with Biden supporters.

It is a numbers game. What would you rather have? Endorsement from a 300K member organization or one from 82 members?

attitude, that if your not big or important you don't count.

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