February 3, 2016

Hillary Clinton Was Liberal. Hillary Clinton Is Liberal.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/hillary-clinton-was-liberal-hillary-clinton-is-liberal/

"...Clinton was one of the most liberal members during her time in the Senate. According to an analysis of roll call votes by Voteview, Clinton’s record was more liberal than 70 percent of Democrats in her final term in the Senate. She was more liberal than 85 percent of all members. Her 2008 rival in the Democratic presidential primary, Barack Obama, was nearby with a record more liberal than 82 percent of all members — he was not more liberal than Clinton.

Clinton also has a history of very liberal public statements. Clinton rates as a “hard core liberal” per the OnTheIssues.org scale. She is as liberal as Elizabeth Warren and barely more moderate than Bernie Sanders. And while Obama is also a “hard core liberal,” Clinton again was rated as more liberal than Obama..."


That said, she talks about the business of governing from the center. Which is necessary in a representative democracy to make any progress at all. It is pretty much designed to work that way, so one faction cannot pass policy that doesn't represent the majority of the people. The only way we have to counter it, is to outnumber the Reps in congress and maintain those numbers, or it would all flip back again when more Reps were elected.

I think the only way to a permanent progressive country, is to move moderate right voters leftward. Then we would have a clear majority. Not an easy talk with 20+ years of people like Rush and Glenn Beck scaring the crap out of people. But I think Trump's popularity shows that they are beginning to get the fact that their elected politicians are actually making things much worse.

February 3, 2016

Not quite. You are linking to an overview not specifics.

A bit more detail here for all the candidates:
https://ballotpedia.org/2016_presidential_candidates_on_healthcare

Out of pocket cost reduction plans:
https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/factsheets/2015/09/23/clinton-plan-to-lower-out-of-pocket-health-care-costs/

And you can do more indepth searching by using drop down or the search function at the second link.

February 1, 2016

Health care is a biggie for me too. I am fairly lucky that my only real issue

is that one of my prescriptions isn't covered via disability. And it's pretty expensive. I know people with ACA coverage that wont seek medical help because the copays are too high. I'm glad that both of those issues are things she is advocating for. I'm so sorry to hear that you've lost people because of lack of care. To me there is no acceptable reason that anyone should have to go without food, shelter, or medical care. We waste billions of dollars that could make such a difference in peoples lives.

I'm not sure where she is on the specifics for consumer protection regarding the health care mergers. I know in the finance industry she talks about oversight and penalties being applied to help prohibit too much consolidation. There also may be things already on the books that may need to be enforced that could provide protection. It's an area I am definitely not up to speed on.

Riversedge gave me this link after I replied to you earlier and it's pretty good. It is searchable, but you can also use the drop down menu just above the video to find fact sheets, videos, and all sorts of info - there are health care related items , as well as other policy positions:

https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/factsheets/


Lucinda

edited to credited riversedge for giving me the link