Forbes: Hillary Won the Nomination, But Bernie Won on Health Care

[brooklynite]

Many pundits speculated that Hillary Clinton would devote a significant portion of her Democratic Convention speech to health care. But she dedicated just one sentence to the topic.

The reason? Earlier in the week, Bernie Sanders had already laid out her campaign’s position.

In exchange for her formal rival’s endorsement, Clinton fully embraced his vision for a single-payer system. The only difference is that Clinton says she’ll do it gradually rather than immediately after taking office.

“Hillary Clinton wants to see that all Americans have the right to choose a public option in their healthcare exchange,” Sanders said. “She believes that anyone 55 years or older should be able to opt in to Medicare.” And, he said, Clinton now wants “a major expansion of community health centers.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/sallypipes/2016/08/08/hillary-won-the-nomination-but-bernie-won-on-health-care/#f774f7420e04

[TexasBushwhacker]

1. Being able to opt in to Medicare is YUUUUGE

There are a lot of younger Baby Boomers who are discriminated against in hiring because their insurance premiums cost too much. There are also 55+ folks who might want to gear down to working part time or even retiring early but can't because they need health insurance and individual policies still aren't affordable.