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In reply to the discussion: Warren Admits Universal Medicare Would Result in Two Million Lost Jobs [View all]Gothmog
(145,628 posts)166. Elizabeth Warren's latest health plan is causing concerns for some centrist, moderate and rural Demo
I and other true Democrats have been working hard to turn Texas blue. We hope to pick up six congressional seats in addition to the two seats we flipped in 2018. We have a chance to defeat Cornyn in the Senate. The Democrats picked up 12 seats in the Texas House and need 9 more to take control of the Texas House prior to the next redistricting session. If Biden is the nominee, Texas will be a battleground state. If Warren or sanders is the nominee. Texas will not be a battle ground state and we can forget about keeping the two seats that we flipped in 2018
Speaker Pelosi is worried about losing control of the House with a weak top of the ballot ticket with a program that will kill down ballot candidates
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The most-vulnerable Democrat in Colorados state House, Bri Buentello, is dreading door-knocking in her rural district now that Elizabeth Warren dropped her massive Medicare for All plan into the presidential arena.
This is going to cause down-ballot damage in swing districts and states if shes the nominee, Buentello says, describing how her Pueblo-area constituents who voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump in 2016 were already echoing criticisms about a giant, one-size-fits-all big government run plan that cancels private health insurance and raises taxes.
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The fear of blowback is indicative of the broad and largely negative response to Warrens proposal from centrist, moderate and rural Democrats many of whom, like Buentello, back Joe Biden in the primary. And it exposes the fault line between those who fret about winning voters in the center and the activist progressive base propelling Warren to the front of the Democratic pack.
The long-awaited plan to raise the $20.5 trillion she says is needed to pay for single-payer health care in America is Warrens attempt to answer critics after weeks of questions from rival candidates about the cost of her proposal and the prospect of higher taxes. Warren promised, as she has in the past, that "not one penny in middle-class tax increases is necessary to finance the effort.
This is going to cause down-ballot damage in swing districts and states if shes the nominee, Buentello says, describing how her Pueblo-area constituents who voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump in 2016 were already echoing criticisms about a giant, one-size-fits-all big government run plan that cancels private health insurance and raises taxes.
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The fear of blowback is indicative of the broad and largely negative response to Warrens proposal from centrist, moderate and rural Democrats many of whom, like Buentello, back Joe Biden in the primary. And it exposes the fault line between those who fret about winning voters in the center and the activist progressive base propelling Warren to the front of the Democratic pack.
The long-awaited plan to raise the $20.5 trillion she says is needed to pay for single-payer health care in America is Warrens attempt to answer critics after weeks of questions from rival candidates about the cost of her proposal and the prospect of higher taxes. Warren promised, as she has in the past, that "not one penny in middle-class tax increases is necessary to finance the effort.
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Warren Admits Universal Medicare Would Result in Two Million Lost Jobs [View all]
George II
Oct 2019
OP
I just heard her say that these people will get jobs in other insurance sectors like automobile
UniteFightBack
Nov 2019
#162
Why? It takes an education to be a health care provider. Who is going to pay for the education?
wasupaloopa
Oct 2019
#92
Maybe they added the extra people needed in doctor's practices who need to deal with the
karynnj
Oct 2019
#56
Jobs that drive the cost of US healthcare to twice anyone else's with worse outcomes. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Oct 2019
#53
There were roughly 50,000 coal miners in 2016, according to Wikipedia. Warren was
highplainsdem
Oct 2019
#145
Not my headline. In this context though, could/would are essentially interchangeable. Remember....
George II
Oct 2019
#18
That's funny. I added the video at 6:37, you criticized it at 6:59, the video is 58 minutes long....
George II
Oct 2019
#89
Yes, she did. Here is the section with what she agreed was "part of the cost issue"
ehrnst
Oct 2019
#124
As they say, "the truth will set you free!" Thanks ehrnst for that mega dose of truth and reality..
George II
Oct 2019
#140
To repeat the obvious, the National Review headline which the OP adopted is bullshit
BeyondGeography
Oct 2019
#121
So you don't see the issue with posting right wing garbage from the National Review?
melman
Oct 2019
#29
National Review was only reporting on Warren's interview, which is now in the OP...
George II
Oct 2019
#58
"Shoot the messenger", George. It doesnt matter if the message is true. Here's the full interview.
oldsoftie
Oct 2019
#45
Thank you. I'll add that to the OP to soothe those who don't think Warren said such words.
George II
Oct 2019
#47
So that's how many unnecessary middle men we've been supporting all this time?
Aaron Pereira
Oct 2019
#19
She's someone who has the capacity to change her mind when new data come available.
ehrnst
Oct 2019
#20
National Review twists key facts to dupe a gullible audience anxious to attack Warren
blm
Oct 2019
#31
It will take tremendous personal and political courage to move beyond the Status Quo nt
Fiendish Thingy
Oct 2019
#48
I bet the blacksmiths didn't care if it was a major advancement in technology
Fiendish Thingy
Oct 2019
#148
The coal jobs and jobs in other industries mentioned her migrated to other jobs....
George II
Oct 2019
#57
Except that the current employees are spread over all 50 states, PR, Guam, and other territories....
George II
Oct 2019
#63
My proposal would employ all rank and file workers in the related fields in the new govt
Eliot Rosewater
Oct 2019
#54
When factory workers lost their job the response was pretty much, "Get bent."
Downtown Hound
Oct 2019
#61
People seem to think it's no big deal to pick up and move hundreds/thousands of miles....
George II
Oct 2019
#67
K&R as our history shows, with any major change of course, from the new deal to
Kurt V.
Oct 2019
#64
So, someone who does data entry and clerical work at an insurance company can become a nurse?
George II
Oct 2019
#82
Depending on their age, availability of nursing programs and spaces in them, ability to repay
emmaverybo
Oct 2019
#102
Its rough I agree, but better than system with millions uninsured and dying too early
aikoaiko
Oct 2019
#104
M4All is simply not the only option to provide healthcare for all. Do you realize millions
emmaverybo
Oct 2019
#134
Even if one over looks the job losses. The CBO study says mfa...32 trillion over 10 years
Thekaspervote
Oct 2019
#79
that is more jobs than the *entire* United States economy will create this year.
Gothmog
Oct 2019
#86
There is going to be hugh structural changes for whatever plan eventually gets adopted.
OAITW r.2.0
Oct 2019
#88
There will be no omelet because we will lose the 2020 election if we run on MFA.
Demsrule86
Oct 2019
#105
I would more than gladly turnover the $100,000 that I paid in medical bills
Farmer-Rick
Oct 2019
#119
Oh that's a minor complication. Why does the real estate have to change hands?
Farmer-Rick
Oct 2019
#137
Bernie Was Never Held to Account for the Jobs, Cost and Tax Implications of His Healthcare Plans.
Indykatie
Oct 2019
#135
This is at least as bad for Warren & MFA as a sound bite admitting taxes will have to go up.
highplainsdem
Oct 2019
#142
Regardless, this will not play well...AT ALL. What don't people get about that???? nt
UniteFightBack
Nov 2019
#163
Elizabeth Warren's latest health plan is causing concerns for some centrist, moderate and rural Demo
Gothmog
Nov 2019
#166
Nancy Pelosi is "not for doing away with Obamacare" and prefers to give people choices.
Gothmog
Dec 2019
#171