Debate about health care plans

[mindfulNJ]

are so ridiculous in a debate because whoever is elected will NEVER have their plan implemented exactly as they want it. Why can't the candidates just say hey...this is what I believe will work but I'm willing to listen to other solutions as President, just so we do as much as we possibly can to make the system work for the best for the most people. That is what they will have to do in the long run anyway! Why not be honest? The debates are all about getting the "gotcha" moment.

[empedocles]

1. Actually, there are health plans that are financially feasible, and those that are not

[mindfulNJ]

2. Do you think 30 seconds is enough time

to be able to explain how a health care plan will work in detail for a country of 300 million people?

[DownriverDem]

6. I think it's up

to the candidates to explain where they are coming from. Too many folks have their heads in the sky. Do you honestly think Medicare for All will appeal to all? Just ask Seniors who vote big time how they feel about it.

[mindfulNJ]

8. No it won't appeal to all.

Nothing ever does. We need to start down a path to a universal system like the rest of the world has already. I don't know many seniors who aren't happy to have their Medicare benefit.

[empedocles]

7. 30 minutes would not make it realistic

[mindfulNJ]

9. why is it not realistic?

The rest of the world seems to be able to do this for their people.

[Act_of_Reparation]

13. Because they said so.

Everyone's a wonk. Everyone's a pundit. Everyone's a fucking expert at everything.

[empedocles]

10. EW herself kept dodging that very issue last night

[mindfulNJ]

11. I don't think she was dodging.

She was refusing to be trapped by the gotcha that they were trying to get her with. It's a complicated issue that a yes or no question doesn't fully explain...this is why I hate debates.

[empedocles]

12. The underlying reality here, is single-payer, [which makes good conceptual sense

to me], is political gold for socialist voters in primaries, and political poison, in the general election.

Debates, like them or not, [trump hates any actual debates], do have their place in a democracy - [which trump hates].

[wellst0nev0ter]

14. She should reframe the question

And ask which idiot would pass up the chance to keep $9,000 of their own money every year -- and much more if they suffer from a catastrophic illness?

Also the total health care cost is premised on a status quo in which insulin that costs $4 to make is sold for $400 a month. You have to be insane to accept and defend such a system.

[samnsara]

3. unless we get the senate no plans will ever be carried out.

...and i agree about the gotcha... thats why i have not watched a single debate. we are all going to vote for the dem nom anyway..why watch this blood bath?

[mindfulNJ]

5. Totally agree

I think I watched my last Dem debate last night. I'll wait for our eventual candidate to debate whoever the Repubs are "stuck with" as Elizabeth said last night.

[myohmy2]

4. there maybe a bigger concern...

...many believe trump was elected because Dems had lost their way over the years and now Dems taking a strong stand on where and how we want to lead the country is imperative...

...I think that could be part of it...