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52. so that people can buy into Medicare at a certain age

Reply to Maedhros (Reply #25)

Wed May 11, 2016, 03:56 AM

May 2016

but we all ain't going to live to be a hundred!

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Hillary Clinton Takes a Step to the Left on Health Care [View all] TomCADem May 2016 OP

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Don't care what her reasoning, but Public Option is fastest way to single payer, at this point. Hoyt May 2016 #2

What a joke she is pangaia May 2016 #3

Damned if she does and damned if she doesn't. Chicago1980 May 2016 #17

She should of evolved on this when it was Hillarycare Omaha Steve May 2016 #21

Well, we HAVE seen her spin like a pinwheel on just about every issue. Maedhros May 2016 #25

so that people can buy into Medicare at a certain age erlewyne May 2016 #52

Quit the 'you people' shit. pangaia May 2016 #48

Like I said.... Chicago1980 May 2016 #50

and that's all you got... Javaman May 2016 #54

There should be an intelligence test for voting.. pangaia May 2016 #55

Listen up, you prick. RiverNoord May 2016 #70

Oh no. Duckfan May 2016 #4

Hasn't the Public Option Always Been Part of Her Proposals? TomCADem May 2016 #9

goggle It will never ever happen (said this year) Omaha Steve May 2016 #23

didn't answer his question. apnu May 2016 #71

Radical, lol. nt thereismore May 2016 #78

You can laugh but to most Americans it is radical. apnu May 2016 #80

The public option is not the medicare buy-in after age 50 JonLeibowitz May 2016 #5

There are a number of possible public options. This is one of them. n/t pnwmom May 2016 #7

"I support a Medicare buy-in for those over 59" --JonLeibowitz JonLeibowitz May 2016 #8

I Think Bernie Sanders and Sherrod Brown Were Very Rational TomCADem May 2016 #13

I support the public option as envisioned 6-8 years ago which Brown and Sanders supported JonLeibowitz May 2016 #14

What we DO need- To protect the RIGHT TO HAVE PUBLIC SERVICES-like healthcare Urgently needed- Baobab May 2016 #83

Good. We can convert the whole system to Medicare, one age group at a time. n/t pnwmom May 2016 #6

wets thumb, holds it up in the air, for but a day tomm2thumbs May 2016 #10

She said that just to get that headline, and then immediately backed off. She reversed. Cheese Sandwich May 2016 #11

She was so close... GummyBearz May 2016 #69

It's funny. So many justify Bernie's continued presence in the race by saying he needed to push her pnwmom May 2016 #12

+1 Chicago1980 May 2016 #18

What's funny is you implying that a move to the left is "progress." truebluegreen May 2016 #32

Yes. She moved. And she moved to the left. So that's progress. n/t pnwmom May 2016 #33

I Would Be Satisfied if I Could Trust Her McKim May 2016 #57

Key phrasing here is "buy in" Geronimoe May 2016 #15

It could be handled as it is with the ACA marketplace -- if there was the Congressional support. pnwmom May 2016 #27

Medicare is not being run by the government zalinda May 2016 #65

That is so believable. Skwmom May 2016 #16

If I had a dollar for every flip flop, I could Doctor_J May 2016 #19

Only because she was cornered by a voter AgingAmerican May 2016 #20

Hard to take a candidate seriously, when they've been on literally every side of an issue... AzDar May 2016 #22

A step? Or a jump to the left? AgerolanAmerican May 2016 #24

Bravo DebbieCDC May 2016 #26

LOLOL, huge thums up!!! AntiBank May 2016 #47

So glad I'm not the only one Liz_Estrada May 2016 #61

I think it depends on what the meaning of "is", is tularetom May 2016 #28

Thanks. Now I have "Let's Do the Time Warp Again" as an earworm... n/t TygrBright May 2016 #29

Four Sticks by the mighty Zeppelin! Glamrock May 2016 #43

Actually, the "no-fail" earworm dismissal technique I use... TygrBright May 2016 #44

That's freaking great! Glamrock May 2016 #45

You're a genius. beerandjesus May 2016 #67

Funny, the "public option" is not and never was truebluegreen May 2016 #30

This article from 2009 shows that an age-related Medicare buy-in has been discussed pnwmom May 2016 #34

UUUMMMM Omaha Steve May 2016 #36

Ummm . . . Bernie has a completely different single payer plan. nt pnwmom May 2016 #37

So Hillarycare from 1993 SUDDENLY changes and that is your retort? Omaha Steve May 2016 #38

1993 was 23 years ago. Doesn't seem sudden to me. n/t pnwmom May 2016 #39

Today after 23 years is sudden in my book Omaha Steve May 2016 #40

From your own quote: truebluegreen May 2016 #42

Seems she has backed off of this story already Omaha Steve May 2016 #72

And Hillarians wonder why we are unappreciative truebluegreen May 2016 #77

Oh, bullshit. The only thing that takes a step left is her rhetoric. If she becomes Gene Debs May 2016 #31

She should campaign hard for single payer, then we might GET the Public Option. yodermon May 2016 #35

Ughh. The time to get the Public Option or a Medicare Buy In was when the Democrats had a majority andym May 2016 #41

Don't panic; Hillary's fake leftward won't last past July. Vote2016 May 2016 #46

Medicare has to be fixed. There is no eye care and there is no dental care ... FIX IT. YOHABLO May 2016 #49

"... buy into Medicare at a certain age" area51 May 2016 #51

Medicare needs FlaGranny May 2016 #63

[cough] bullshit EdwardBernays May 2016 #53

And as always: she only takes it after all other steps have been tried and tested first Betty Karlson May 2016 #56

"Step to the Left...Step to the Right, drag your parnter all Around...!" Katashi_itto May 2016 #58

Oh, I believe her now! Kip Humphrey May 2016 #59

typical Hill and friends...she "says" something left of her previously stated position(s)... islandmkl May 2016 #60

projected cost: $600/month back in 2009 jman0war May 2016 #62

Why bother? Nobody believes her. fbc May 2016 #64

K&R. Glad to hear it. Overseas May 2016 #66

Colorado and Alberta Canada turbinetree May 2016 #68

Very Discouraging! Furbug May 2016 #73

This message was self-deleted by its author NRaleighLiberal May 2016 #74

AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service eggplant May 2016 #75

Jury Decision Furbug May 2016 #79

Very Encouraging! Furbug May 2016 #76

Clinton's positions continue to evolve left-of-center2012 May 2016 #81

Why would I have to buy in to something I have already paid for? Agony May 2016 #82

“Bernie Sanders’s campaign is having an effect on Hillary Clinton’s policies,” sendero May 2016 #84