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Second verse, same as the first…
‘Stop Sanders’ Democrats Are Agonizing Over His Momentum
Saw something on Yahoo News over this past weekend about Bernie going after Neera Tanden due to a perceived anti-Bernie write-up in the Center's newsletter. Didn't retain details; you'll have to google it if interested.
Sanders going after someone who criticized him.
WAPO/J Rubin: Sanders proves his critics right: Thin skin, sharp elbows and not a team player
Yeah, I wouldn't call that letter vitriolic.
Not agreeing with and supporting 100% of everything Bernie thinks is exactly the kind of unjust, unfair, egregious personal attack he just can’t countenance . . .
. . . in that respect he’s got alot of orange tinting.
JiD: thanks for the link.
Sanders is protecting his "brand" – his signature achievement, his baby, Medicare for All. Opportunistic politicians are trying to steal the brand and re-label some mix of private – public insurance as "Medicare for All". The only Presidential candidate embracing the Sanders plan is Elizabeth Warren.
In my opinion, that's why he's in the presidential race – to keep people honest when they're trying to capitalize on MFA's popularity without really supporting universal health insurance.
Looks like a couple more senators-in-waiting have joined the race.
John Walsh
Dan Baer
Gonna be a long line on The Big Line 2020.
Pragmatically, how soon would people (esp. Neguse) need to decide in order to have a reasonable chance of success in the race? And if Hickenlooper says:
does anyone really believe he's going to jump into the race?
Neguse isn't going to give up his seat in the House to do this. He just got in there 5 minutes ago. I doubt he's in a hurry.
Hickenlooper raised only $2 million in the first quarter, and only 10% of that number was from small donors less than $200 each. Ouch.
A fine example of why most people don't want to ask questions without knowing the answer. But "news" people — even those on Fox — jump in.
"How many are willing to transition to a government run system?" To a room of people, almost certainly NOT vetted to be like their wider audience, to include people strongly interested in Sanders, and without any details. Funny that it happened — not a particularly good indicator of the overall judgment on the complexities involved.
No surprise. Americans of all political persuasions are looking for answers to the high cost of health care. Obama Care failed ever deliverable advertised and lead to the extreme cost increases. Big Medicine, Big Doctors, Big Pharma, Big Insurance, Big Hospital’s, seized the opportunity to exploit the fire hose of revenue sanctioned by the Federal Government at the expense of patients.
The question is where is the solution? Government that promoted a system of high cost, or something else. Until Republicans offer a plan, it is perfectly logical for people to consider the idea that is most talked about, Medicare for all.
Government will never be able to control cost of Medicare. Big Medical Lobby will always be successful in increasing “the Doctor fix” that will pop up each year.
If voters want to adopt a failed Medicare system that will evolve into rationing of health care and poorer quality, that is a decision for voters to make.
Medicare for all is like applying for a credit card with 50% interest. Economic slavery to the State.
”Choose wisely.”
Are you seriously advocating for the end of TRICARE and the VA healthcare system?
Why do you hate vets?
C’mon??! . . .
. . . it’s been close to a decade now, and every Pfruit knows it’s as simple as their ABCs . . .
G is for: Got nuthin’ (still)! — Never have. Never will.
(. . . cuz’, “gubbermint is never the solution – gubbermint is the problem.” How freakin’ hard is it to remember that?! Dumbass.)
You’re welcome.
PS — here’s a little something else you’ve apparently also forgotten that’s sure to leave some orange streaks in your tighty-whitey MAGAroos — Obamacare was the Republican plan . . . (before it wasn’t).
Trot out those talking points, Pear. You sure you don't want to throw in "death panels", too?
The fact remains that a public health care option is what every other industrialized country has. The USA is backward in this regard, and needs to come into the twenty first century.
Mostly what people are debating is not whether we should have a public health option, but how to transition to it, and how to preserve some private insurance for those who want it. Otherwise, there is near universal agreement that what we have now isn't working, that people are spending too much money for substandard care and dying from it, that the simplest solution is Medicare for All.
Oh those death panels. https://www.ortl.org/2018/02/hb4135passedsenate/
I love it when people use justification to be just like “every other industrialized country”, no need to be better, be just as bad, is good enough for Democrats. Wonder why Mick Jagger decided to have his heart valve replaced in the US……. NHS in the UK not quite good enough?
FOXNews Alert . . .
. . . When you post stupid, stupid shit like Jagger’s heart valve, or ORTL death panel blargle blather, you’re not just pretending, are you Pfruit???
Thanks for the link, MJ. There are two critical components missing from the several Medicare for All proposals.
One is what happens to the 18 million persons who obtain Medicare coverage through private insurers (the Medicare Advantage plans).
Two, none of the plans, at least in your link, talk about personal responsibility in living healthy lifestyles. As the fittest state in the country, we in Colorado may take our lifestyle for granted. But even people in Mississippi and West Virginia can walk. One plan does talk about excise taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks, which is good.
Overall, the buy-in proposals that make use of existing programs without raising taxes seem to be the best, plus the proposal by the Urban Institute which does have a modest tax increase.
When you say "the simplest solution," I'm reminded of Amendment 69 in 2016 that would have tripled my state taxes and provided nothing in return. 69 hasn't been forgotten, especially since it lost by a 22% to 78% margin.