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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders opposes House bill to strengthen the Affordable Care Act. [View all]Cha
(295,925 posts)169. I'm sorry you're "suffering" in a red state.
But that doesn't mean ACA isn't helping Millions of people who are enrolled and getting help with their pre-existing conditions.
5 Ways the Affordable Care Act is Helping Real People
Affordable Care Act Helps People with Pre-Existing Conditions
Based on their past proposals to replace the ACA, the Republican replacement plan would drastically weaken these protections.
Repeal of the ACA threatens against the 133 million people with pre-existing conditions. Share Kimberley's story.
Repeal of the ACA threatens against the 133 million people with pre-existing conditions. Share Kimberley's story.
https://familiesusa.org/5-ways-affordable-care-act-helping-real-people
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Bernie Sanders opposes House bill to strengthen the Affordable Care Act. [View all]
RandySF
Mar 2019
OP
Maybe Bernie DOES & understands that single-payer MFA is the ONLY solution to guaranteeing the right
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2019
#55
A single-payer MFA will never pass. So why not support something that will pass?
George II
Mar 2019
#108
+1000. No way it can even start the process until we have the house, Senate and WH.
ehrnst
Mar 2019
#131
ACA only goes away if MFA passes to replace it... it's not single payer or nothing.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2019
#182
He introduced it in 2017, do you know the status of it? Hearings, committee votes, floor votes?
George II
Mar 2019
#229
I'll support the law we currently have and also support improving it. Not hitching my wagon...
George II
Mar 2019
#251
Senator Sanders is no LBJ. And Sanders doesn't have an MLK making the case to the public.
ehrnst
Mar 2019
#130
Using this analogy, it's like being against Brown vs. Board of Education because....
George II
Mar 2019
#135
Millions of people are going to be hurt. And the civil rights bill was negotiated.
Demsrule86
Mar 2019
#152
Riiiight! Like all those tens of millions who will be given their constitutional right to healthcare
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2019
#179
It's as though the focus is to banish pharma and insurance companies, and people getting health care
ehrnst
Mar 2019
#188
Your daughter and my youngest are to be collateral damage in the eyes of THE REVOLUTION
Maru Kitteh
Mar 2019
#203
In the meantime, people get sick, have pre-existing conditions, etc. What about them?
ehrnst
Mar 2019
#122
It isn't the only solution, and I would expect an experienced senator to know better.
yardwork
Mar 2019
#127
No it isn't. MFA is not likely to work as 0nly 17% of people are for it when told work place
Demsrule86
Mar 2019
#149
Yeah... he only wants everyone in this country to have healthcare, as is their right.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2019
#202
and he needs to make it clear that Insurance will still be available.
SleeplessinSoCal
Mar 2019
#255
It's fun (and certainly ethically convenient) to pretend there's only one solution
LanternWaste
Mar 2019
#260
I don't understand is Sanders willing to have no deal since there is sno way we get MFA
Demsrule86
Mar 2019
#150
What good purpose does "all or nothing" serve when it means we get "nothing"?
NurseJackie
Mar 2019
#134
He knows it's time to go all in on Medicare for All. No more Incrementalism,especially with Trump
Power 2 the People
Mar 2019
#6
So? The bottom line is he's not prepared to support the position of the Democratic Party.
George II
Mar 2019
#45
The world as it is means that bill or any other bill passed by Democrats is going nowhere in...
Hassin Bin Sober
Mar 2019
#69
Did he even introduce "his" bill in the Senate yet? What were the votes for/against it?
George II
Mar 2019
#100
My 22 year old daughter will not survive if the ACA goes down. She can't be without
Demsrule86
Mar 2019
#170
So opposing a bill that is going nowhere is OK now, because the bill is futile?
ehrnst
Mar 2019
#137
Yeah but it sounds more horrendous sensational to accuse Bernie and his policies of killing people.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2019
#254
If It no longer exists there's nothing to improve upon. Drumpf will get his way.Time to go all in.
Power 2 the People
Mar 2019
#18
plus 30 million ( the amount who will lose coverage if Rump wins in the SCOTUS)
Celerity
Mar 2019
#35
Not to mention this bill, or any other bill strengthening ACA, is DOA in the senate and Oval Office.
Hassin Bin Sober
Mar 2019
#14
We don't know that. The Gop is taking heat and this gives the GOP coverage.
Demsrule86
Mar 2019
#160
Don't be so pessimistic. We'll get there. Especially if Trump is dumb enough to kill the ACA.
Power 2 the People
Mar 2019
#30
It's not 'pessimism." If Trump gets help killing the ACA from 'progressives,' that's the opposite
ehrnst
Mar 2019
#133
That is not true. We get nothing if Trump kills the ACA. THE Senate is tough for us,
Demsrule86
Mar 2019
#161
There is no way other than incrementally to retrofit the health care system in this country.
ehrnst
Mar 2019
#132
And yet you tried to push another article in GD that said he would support strengthening it.
MrsCoffee
Mar 2019
#241
Don't be ridiculous. I posted an article from the Huffington Post. I DIDN'T WRITE THE ARTICLE
Power 2 the People
Mar 2019
#252
He came across as unreasonable, especially compared to Pete Buttigieg, who was interviewed next.
highplainsdem
Mar 2019
#9
Again, this is a perfect example of Bernie creating division in the Democratic Party.
Stuart G
Mar 2019
#64
Which is more than my kid will have if this causes us to lose the ACA. WHAT
Demsrule86
Mar 2019
#172
And there are adults who know this symbolic bill is going nowhere in the senate or Oval Office.
Hassin Bin Sober
Mar 2019
#32
Walk me through how this bill does anything other than pass the house?
Hassin Bin Sober
Mar 2019
#43
Beto: We will defend the ACA. We will protect the care of those whose lives depend on it.
Cha
Mar 2019
#21
" He has no concept of making things better instead of failing trying to make things perfect."
Maru Kitteh
Mar 2019
#204
It's known as "party loyalty" and solidarity. The fact that just hours before he said that....
George II
Mar 2019
#41
Sadly, I'm not all that surprised with the answer. What DOES surprise me is Hayes' acknowledging...
George II
Mar 2019
#37
He also just threw the House Dems under the bus...including many who presumably support BOTH
Cha
Mar 2019
#40
No, he supports a single payer plan that does not rely on employers providing a health care plan.
jalan48
Mar 2019
#116
"I helped write the Affordable Care Act. So I don't want somebody suggesting I'm trying to dismantle
betsuni
Mar 2019
#57
I think Chris Hayes, like many former supporters, has moved on at this point. N/T
lapucelle
Mar 2019
#94
Bernie won't support the Dems' efforts to bolster the ACA. Make no mistake: if the ACA goes
Cha
Mar 2019
#59
Bernie resents the Democrats like a deadbeat boyfriend resents his girlfriend's parents.
LuvLoogie
Mar 2019
#53
lol ... I was thinking of it as Bernie being resentful when his ex-girlfriend moves on from their
SFnomad
Mar 2019
#56
It was that all or nothing principle which facilitated putting trump in the WH
still_one
Mar 2019
#75
Sirota and Briahna were great hires. "Republicans are trying to repeal Obamacare and I don't support
Cha
Mar 2019
#83
If one can't go the first few steps, how can one go "further"? And we should all remember this...
George II
Mar 2019
#101
And that's what the Democrats are trying to do in the House. They introduced a bill...
George II
Mar 2019
#106
Not only will it not pass the Senate, it won't even be brought up in The Senate.
Hassin Bin Sober
Mar 2019
#121
Bernie wants something much much better than the ACA..Medicare for all!
workinclasszero
Mar 2019
#143
Sure, I'm the only person in the entire country that the ACA didn't help
workinclasszero
Mar 2019
#145
It is as ll we got. And all that we may ever have. How can he send thousands to their deaths?
Demsrule86
Mar 2019
#163
Not all burned villages get saved and the harm to folks would be a horrific.
Demsrule86
Mar 2019
#164
All I know, there is no incentive for me to vote for someone in the primaries who appointed three
still_one
Mar 2019
#166
"Single payer" wouldn't have passed, even with Democrats in the majority in both houses....
George II
Mar 2019
#190
Anyone who can sit back and watch millions of Americans suffer and die for lack of health insurance
workinclasszero
Mar 2019
#212
So you understand then why the ACA is a false savior for millions of Americans
workinclasszero
Mar 2019
#224
It's amusing that this country can charge a trillion and a half dollars to throw at billionaires
workinclasszero
Mar 2019
#234
So how much longer do millions of Americans have to wait until we get real healthcare for all?
workinclasszero
Mar 2019
#221
Here are all the details, including summaries, the text of the comprehensive bill,
lapucelle
Mar 2019
#230
I am so very sorry about your sister -- and glad that the ACA gave you a little peace of mind.
pnwmom
Mar 2019
#270
So when it comes time to actually HELP people and protect them he says NO! NOT PURE ENOUGH
Maru Kitteh
Mar 2019
#246
Every time this thread gets kicked to the top, it makes me angry all over again...
NurseJackie
Mar 2019
#273