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In reply to the discussion: Warren Admits Universal Medicare Would Result in Two Million Lost Jobs [View all]Fiendish Thingy
(15,555 posts)48. It will take tremendous personal and political courage to move beyond the Status Quo nt
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Warren Admits Universal Medicare Would Result in Two Million Lost Jobs [View all]
George II
Oct 2019
OP
I just heard her say that these people will get jobs in other insurance sectors like automobile
UniteFightBack
Nov 2019
#162
Why? It takes an education to be a health care provider. Who is going to pay for the education?
wasupaloopa
Oct 2019
#92
Maybe they added the extra people needed in doctor's practices who need to deal with the
karynnj
Oct 2019
#56
Jobs that drive the cost of US healthcare to twice anyone else's with worse outcomes. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Oct 2019
#53
There were roughly 50,000 coal miners in 2016, according to Wikipedia. Warren was
highplainsdem
Oct 2019
#145
Not my headline. In this context though, could/would are essentially interchangeable. Remember....
George II
Oct 2019
#18
That's funny. I added the video at 6:37, you criticized it at 6:59, the video is 58 minutes long....
George II
Oct 2019
#89
Yes, she did. Here is the section with what she agreed was "part of the cost issue"
ehrnst
Oct 2019
#124
As they say, "the truth will set you free!" Thanks ehrnst for that mega dose of truth and reality..
George II
Oct 2019
#140
To repeat the obvious, the National Review headline which the OP adopted is bullshit
BeyondGeography
Oct 2019
#121
So you don't see the issue with posting right wing garbage from the National Review?
melman
Oct 2019
#29
National Review was only reporting on Warren's interview, which is now in the OP...
George II
Oct 2019
#58
"Shoot the messenger", George. It doesnt matter if the message is true. Here's the full interview.
oldsoftie
Oct 2019
#45
Thank you. I'll add that to the OP to soothe those who don't think Warren said such words.
George II
Oct 2019
#47
So that's how many unnecessary middle men we've been supporting all this time?
Aaron Pereira
Oct 2019
#19
She's someone who has the capacity to change her mind when new data come available.
ehrnst
Oct 2019
#20
National Review twists key facts to dupe a gullible audience anxious to attack Warren
blm
Oct 2019
#31
It will take tremendous personal and political courage to move beyond the Status Quo nt
Fiendish Thingy
Oct 2019
#48
I bet the blacksmiths didn't care if it was a major advancement in technology
Fiendish Thingy
Oct 2019
#148
The coal jobs and jobs in other industries mentioned her migrated to other jobs....
George II
Oct 2019
#57
Except that the current employees are spread over all 50 states, PR, Guam, and other territories....
George II
Oct 2019
#63
My proposal would employ all rank and file workers in the related fields in the new govt
Eliot Rosewater
Oct 2019
#54
When factory workers lost their job the response was pretty much, "Get bent."
Downtown Hound
Oct 2019
#61
People seem to think it's no big deal to pick up and move hundreds/thousands of miles....
George II
Oct 2019
#67
K&R as our history shows, with any major change of course, from the new deal to
Kurt V.
Oct 2019
#64
So, someone who does data entry and clerical work at an insurance company can become a nurse?
George II
Oct 2019
#82
Depending on their age, availability of nursing programs and spaces in them, ability to repay
emmaverybo
Oct 2019
#102
Its rough I agree, but better than system with millions uninsured and dying too early
aikoaiko
Oct 2019
#104
M4All is simply not the only option to provide healthcare for all. Do you realize millions
emmaverybo
Oct 2019
#134
Even if one over looks the job losses. The CBO study says mfa...32 trillion over 10 years
Thekaspervote
Oct 2019
#79
that is more jobs than the *entire* United States economy will create this year.
Gothmog
Oct 2019
#86
There is going to be hugh structural changes for whatever plan eventually gets adopted.
OAITW r.2.0
Oct 2019
#88
There will be no omelet because we will lose the 2020 election if we run on MFA.
Demsrule86
Oct 2019
#105
I would more than gladly turnover the $100,000 that I paid in medical bills
Farmer-Rick
Oct 2019
#119
Oh that's a minor complication. Why does the real estate have to change hands?
Farmer-Rick
Oct 2019
#137
Bernie Was Never Held to Account for the Jobs, Cost and Tax Implications of His Healthcare Plans.
Indykatie
Oct 2019
#135
This is at least as bad for Warren & MFA as a sound bite admitting taxes will have to go up.
highplainsdem
Oct 2019
#142
Regardless, this will not play well...AT ALL. What don't people get about that???? nt
UniteFightBack
Nov 2019
#163
Elizabeth Warren's latest health plan is causing concerns for some centrist, moderate and rural Demo
Gothmog
Nov 2019
#166
Nancy Pelosi is "not for doing away with Obamacare" and prefers to give people choices.
Gothmog
Dec 2019
#171