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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders opposes House bill to strengthen the Affordable Care Act. [View all]True Blue American
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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