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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton Takes a Step to the Left on Health Care [View all]islandmkl
(5,275 posts)60. typical Hill and friends...she "says" something left of her previously stated position(s)...
and suddenly that is a "MOVE"...
if you keep track of all these " position statements" you will merely find what could be best described as "dance steps'...
the only plan HRC has for moving any direction is moving into the White House...
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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
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
She said that just to get that headline, and then immediately backed off. She reversed.
Cheese Sandwich
May 2016
#11
It's funny. So many justify Bernie's continued presence in the race by saying he needed to push her
pnwmom
May 2016
#12
It could be handled as it is with the ACA marketplace -- if there was the Congressional support.
pnwmom
May 2016
#27
Hard to take a candidate seriously, when they've been on literally every side of an issue...
AzDar
May 2016
#22
This article from 2009 shows that an age-related Medicare buy-in has been discussed
pnwmom
May 2016
#34
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
Medicare has to be fixed. There is no eye care and there is no dental care ... FIX IT.
YOHABLO
May 2016
#49
And as always: she only takes it after all other steps have been tried and tested first
Betty Karlson
May 2016
#56
typical Hill and friends...she "says" something left of her previously stated position(s)...
islandmkl
May 2016
#60