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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders' Bill Gets America Zero Percent Closer to Single Payer [View all]mentalslavery
(463 posts)38. and a little context to boot
Hillary is talking about her loss....bernie is talking about single payer
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Bernie Sanders' Bill Gets America Zero Percent Closer to Single Payer [View all]
brooklynite
Sep 2017
OP
Unless you have some kind of advantage plan, dental is not covered, and vision for glasses is not
still_one
Sep 2017
#66
"Pointing out the immense political obstacles to single-payer is NOT the same as being against it."
NurseJackie
Sep 2017
#2
I join you in wondering the same...why are all "tax increases" still dirty words???
Moostache
Sep 2017
#65
Better still, lets not threaten to Primary every otherwise reliable Democrat who doesn't sign on
brooklynite
Sep 2017
#14
so we are in agreement: we should all get on board and stop fighting over this issue.
Voltaire2
Sep 2017
#19
This is not a parade but a funeral march for the many who depend on the ACA.
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#72
More specifically regarding the already insured is that those 155 million must get equal or better
stevenleser
Sep 2017
#6
They don't want to change...and that is why Hillarycare went south...find a plan like a public
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#73
Do you think the majority of insured who get it at work will support single payer?
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#50
We need to protect what we have now...while we wage this 'war' which we may not win.
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#74
Yes they are ...single payer won't work anyway, but we won't ever get it in the first place.
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#47
Throwing up your hands saying it's never ever going to happen means you might as well be against it
Hassin Bin Sober
Sep 2017
#15
That is not how we got the ACA...tell me right now how this bill becomes law.
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#60
Are you telling me that our Dems didn't work on the ACA until Obama signed it into law?
Autumn
Sep 2017
#61
We had the Congress and the presidency...did we 'work' on it during the Bush years other
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#68
We must only discuss/ attempt important things when we have Congress and the presidency. Right.
Autumn
Sep 2017
#69
Well introducing this bill when it has no chance of passing reminds me of the 50 times the GOP
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#70
This isn't really an equitable comparison because single payer costs literally
R B Garr
Sep 2017
#67
I never said that...civil rights are not part of politics...but consider those on the left left
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#78
So true...I do not believe single payer is possible...in a bill like Sen. Sanders is
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#41
To what end? It won't become law...would that he would persist in saving the only health care we
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#79
All I want to know is what protects us from the liars who say we have the "greatest healthcare
ck4829
Sep 2017
#52
No it is not...when you have a plan that needs to be saved and instead you go all out on a plan
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#80
I would bet, and I will save this post that a year from now...single payer will not be
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#81
The problem with this approach is that Republicans are going to dictate the negatives
Calista241
Sep 2017
#92