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haveahart

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10. Any words about what happens to the employees caught up in the private sector insurance companies?

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Wed Sep 13, 2017, 09:04 PM

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The relatively quick acceptance of the ACA shows why Medicare for All will win. [View all] guillaumeb Sep 2017 OP

The tax point is spot on. zentrum Sep 2017 #1

And the Insurance companies donate to politicians from both parties. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #2

Egg-zactly. nt zentrum Sep 2017 #4

That and the GOP is why it will stall leftofcool Sep 2017 #3

But if people demand loudly enough, even the deafest politicians will hear the sound. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #5

Yes! zentrum Sep 2017 #7

It will stall forever.. zentrum Sep 2017 #6

Excellent response. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #8

This will make the likelihood of de-funding the ACA likely with millions losing insurance. Trust Buster Sep 2017 #9

Pure speculation, unsupported by evidence. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #11

Not unsupported at all. After repeal and replace failed, Republicans were beginning to seriously Trust Buster Sep 2017 #14

Speculation. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #17

It is not speculation. The ACA will die without a fix. There isn't a clear majority of Dems on this Trust Buster Sep 2017 #19

What I said: guillaumeb Sep 2017 #21

Any words about what happens to the employees caught up in the private sector insurance companies? haveahart Sep 2017 #10

An argument for what exactly? guillaumeb Sep 2017 #12

They'll work zentrum Sep 2017 #15

What about the blacksmiths who lost their jobs Bradshaw3 Sep 2017 #27

I think the first step is a public option within the ACA ismnotwasm Sep 2017 #13

Yes, a public option in the form of enrollment in Medicare guillaumeb Sep 2017 #16

The reason chronic renal failure got in ismnotwasm Sep 2017 #20

Excellent points. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #22

Not so fast Hoyt Sep 2017 #26

From the second link, guillaumeb Sep 2017 #30

Your earlier post was that even foreign conservatives supported of national health plans. Links show Hoyt Sep 2017 #34

I did not say "every single conservative in every country" supported single payer. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #36

The articles are about major conservative parties and candidates. You can still support single payer Hoyt Sep 2017 #39

We all know how the GOP will frame things. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #40

Overall, 33% of the public now favors a single payer approach to health insurance. Hoyt Sep 2017 #41

Would Medicare or Medicaid be better as a public option? white_wolf Sep 2017 #18

Medicare because Medicaid is income based ismnotwasm Sep 2017 #23

Yeah, right. It only took 30 years or so. n/t pnwmom Sep 2017 #24

I was speaking of the ACA. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #25

Quick? Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2017 #28

Another issue entirely. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #31

I'm 63 and never thought I would see legal marijuana in my lifetime Bradshaw3 Sep 2017 #29

Agreed. An avalanche also starts out small and slow. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #32

And I can't believe they want to go back Bradshaw3 Sep 2017 #37

Agreed. And it is moving the goalposts to the left, instead of constantly shifting to the right. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #38

And Medicare doesn't have CEOs skimming obscene salaries off the top. nt tblue37 Sep 2017 #33

But it sure has providers that do that. Hoyt Sep 2017 #35