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Adrahil

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3. We need to talk about funding up front.

Reply to Pugster (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 13, 2017, 08:58 PM

Sep 2017

I mean, other countries manage to do this, so it can be done. But we have to be brutally honesr up front and any proposal must include funding as a fundamental aprt of the proposal.

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Vox, on how much taxation would be required to pay for Sanders' Medicare for All [View all] Pugster Sep 2017 OP

Insurance companies charge premiums. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #1

Why did Vermont give up on the idea? Pugster Sep 2017 #2

We need to talk about funding up front. Adrahil Sep 2017 #3

Other countries were rebuilding from WWII mostly when they did it. Blue_true Sep 2017 #5

Yes, of course, but the point is... Adrahil Sep 2017 #10

Medicare for All spreads the cost over the entire population. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #4

They had problems with funding for a couple of reasons. Egnever Sep 2017 #7

Another explanation Egnever Sep 2017 #9

It's a little disingenuous to post this without comment... TCJ70 Sep 2017 #6

At the very best it would simply regulate private insurance plans. ucrdem Sep 2017 #8

Make it a Premium, not a tax JCMach1 Sep 2017 #11