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Showing Original Post only (View all)Why is it that so many people who are ON Medicare, and by-and-large love it....... [View all]
...are against having Medicare-for-all?
The GOP's biggest supporters are those over 65 years old, in every poll. Almost all of these people are on Medicare. In poll after poll, they love Medicare.
Why do they think it is a bad idea for everyone else to be on it?
And forget the "it will cost 30 trillion dollars!" bullshit. All of us under 65 who are paying for our private insurance are paying WAY MORE than 30 trillion over 10 years into the medical system.
All that Medicare-for-all would do would be to shift that money THAT WE ARE ALREADY PAYING from going to private insurance to going into Medicare.
ps. Here's a fun fact. If we get a Dem President and Senate in 2020.... we can lower the Medicare age to 0 with simple budget reconciliation. Don't even need to be filibuster proof!