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fightforfreedom

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7. We have a new healthcare system for all within our reach. We just need the courage to do it.
Fri Dec 2, 2022, 09:11 AM
Dec 2022

Medicare for All. Medicare part A and B work great. They are one plan for all. Easy to figure out and people like it. The problem is Medicare part C and D. They are convoluted. Dozens of insurances companies offering different plans. It's impossible to figure out.

If we created a Medicare part C and D that was one plan for all, people would like it. Once we did that we could expand Medicare to all Americans which would drive all our costs down.

We as a people, a nation, simply don't have the courage to do it.


I can assure everyone, when you get something like cancer the last thing you want to deal with is insurance companies and bills. Medicare for All would remove a lot of stress and worries from our lives. You can't put a price tag on that.

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Throw more money at it bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 #1
K&R burrowowl Dec 2022 #2
We've seen private sector efficiency make things very slow, poor quality, and expensive IronLionZion Dec 2022 #3
Facts about American Healthcare? We don' need no stinkin' facts about American Healthcare. jaxexpat Dec 2022 #4
I believe the system is broken for many. Between co-pays, deductibles, "out-of-network", and Evolve Dammit Dec 2022 #5
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2022 #6
We have a new healthcare system for all within our reach. We just need the courage to do it. fightforfreedom Dec 2022 #7
Let's add mental health coverage as well as dental, optical. erronis Dec 2022 #10
I think all of us deserve the I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2022 #22
Very well said! nightwing1240 Dec 2022 #11
And get rid of Medicare Advantage. Lonestarblue Dec 2022 #15
Medicaid I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2022 #23
TFG has a plan. The Jungle 1 Dec 2022 #8
But, but national healthcare would be socialism nightwing1240 Dec 2022 #9
+1 n/t area51 Dec 2022 #14
And healthcare in the US is treated as a "benefit" for companies to use as leverage. erronis Dec 2022 #12
I have wondered why US companies have not been pushing for Medicare-for-all. 70sEraVet Dec 2022 #20
Also consider the takeover of all of human life activities by capitalists erronis Dec 2022 #13
I so dispise capitalism. I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2022 #24
The plan is working. The one where we all get screwed. twodogsbarking Dec 2022 #16
Yes, voter/vassals dependent on corporations for their very health and well being, as god intended! Alexander Of Assyria Dec 2022 #21
It is another universe worse. onecaliberal Dec 2022 #17
We don't have a Health Care System, we have a Health Care Industry... Wounded Bear Dec 2022 #18
The ACA expanded access to "coverage" dflprincess Dec 2022 #19
Kick. Feels kind of relevant today. ck4829 Dec 4 #25
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