Public support for Medicare for All is rising. Why?

[Uncle Joe]

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[PETRUS]

1. It would probably be much higher if not for all the "FUD" being spread around about it. nt

[brewens]

2. Whynot?

I'd say a public option hoping to work in that direction may go over better, but what's going on now sucks.

[DownriverDem]

3. We need the details

Those on Medicare get Part A which were paid for through their payroll deductions. Part B is usually paid for through Social Security deductions or monthly invoice. Then you have to get some type of Medicare supplemental policy to cover what Part A and Part B doesn't cover. So it looks like folks will get a monthly charge.

[George II]

4. On what is "Public support for Medicare for All is rising" based?

[left-of-center2012]

5. Is there a poll? What does he base this "rise in support" on?

Have Medicare for those who need it, and can not afford private insurance,
but let people who want their private insurance through their job, union, etc keep it.

[guillaumeb]

7. Many with private insurance have junk insurance.

If Medicare were an option for all, private insurance would slowly go away.

[left-of-center2012]

9. That was not my experience when I was working.

At one time I was in the hospital one week for major abdominal surgery; had a private room.
Did not pay one cent. My job's private insurance paid it all.
..................................

Today my Medicare deductibles for some needed procedures are too expensive and I have to turn them down.

This year my copay for physical therapy was to be $400, and
copay for a sleep study for apnea was to be $425.

I'm on Social Security and can't afford them.

[guillaumeb]

11. Ask people who have special needs children.

Or who have a family member with a chronic condition.

Medical bills are still the main cause of personal bankruptcy.

[left-of-center2012]

13. As I said ...

Give it to those who want it and need it.

[guillaumeb]

19. We agree. eom

[George II]

16. Many with employer provided private insurance, depending upon the employer of course....

....have excellent coverage.

When she was working, my wife's employer's coverage cost $19.50 per week for both of us, including dental and prescription coverage. Co-pays were about the same as Medicare but some procedure out of pocket was higher. Still, $19.50 per week is $1014 annually for both of us. Our Medicare now is $3,000 + $624 for supplementary coverage with no dental coverage.

[DownriverDem]

18. Dental Coverage

You can get Delta Dental through AARP.

[guillaumeb]

20. I pay $325 monthly as a Federal annuitant. 22% of the total premium.

Self and family. And the Government pays 78% of the total premium.

I have no dental coverage.

[guillaumeb]

6. Recommended.

It is simple.

Single payer works, and the current US system of monetized health care does not. And no talk about "we cannot do that here" can disguise that fact.

The US healthcare system is designed to maximize profits, not health.

[bluewater]

22. "The US healthcare system is designed to maximize profits, not health."

The super high deductibles prove that point.

Many people simply can't afford those so they don't go to the doctors to catch a health problem in its early stages.

[guillaumeb]

27. True. Thes insurance companies are massively profitable. eom

[JudyM]

30. True also for the medical malpractice side of insurance. Docs have to pay excessively high premiums

so the insurance companies make out like the bandits they are. Then they blame the lawyers for the need for premiums to be that high but the truth is they’re rolling in dough.

[guillaumeb]

31. IN Illinois, after a change to workers compensation laws that the insurance companies

lobbied for, the premiums for companies actually increased. The companies, of course, reported higher earnings.

[jalan48]

8. I guess because folks aren't happy with their insurance industry healthcare.

[left-of-center2012]

10. Public support for Medicare for All is rising ???

Show us the numbers.

[NurseJackie]

12. I doubt it.

[George II]

17. I'm tempted to post a 15-second George Costanza video here, but.............................

[BeckyDem]

14. There is no good reason to defend not having Medicare for All.

Those against it know why they are and it has nothing to do with savings. The savings are best with Medicare for All.

Single-Payer National Health Insurance

Single-payer national health insurance is a nonprofit system in which a single public or quasi-public agency organizes health financing, but delivery of care remains largely in private hands.

Currently, the U.S. health care system is outrageously expensive, yet inadequate. Despite health expenditures of $10,348 per person in 2016, more than twice that of other industrialized nations, the United States performs poorly in comparison on major health indicators such as life expectancy, infant mortality, and chronic disease.

http://pnhp.org/what-is-single-payer/policy-details/

[Uncle Joe]

21. Thank you for the addition BeckyDem.

[BeckyDem]

23. My pleasure.

[BeckyDem]

24. Oh, have you seen this too?

Dr. Carol Paris
@CarolParis7
Get the facts? Please show me the source for all the so-called facts you are spreading which are, in fact, falsehoods? I’m not falling for your lies, @P4AHCF
. Anybody else falling for this bs?

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[NYMinute]

15. It is yet another slogan divorced from ground reality

Just like "The establishment is shaking in fear"

[wasupaloopa]

26. What's the plan Bernie?

[Progressive dog]

28. Recent actual poll of Democrats shows other options are way ahead

Poll of the week: A new Marist College poll finds that 90% of Democrats believe it is a good idea to have a health care system in which there are private insurers and a government option (i.e. public option).
Meanwhile, a smaller 64% of Democrats say it's a good idea to have "Medicare for All" (i.e. a government-run health care plan that pretty much replaces private insurance).
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/27/politics/medicare-for-all-vs-public-option-black-democrats/index.html

[sheshe2]

29. This is a twitter post.

You have an actual link to the stats. TIA.

[greatauntoftriplets]

32. Where's the beef?