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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'The Time for Incrementalism Is Over': Jayapal Launches Medicare for All PAC
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With support for single-payer spreading rapidly among current members of Congress, congressional candidates, and the American public, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) launched the first-ever Medicare for All political action committee (PAC) on Wednesday in an effort to accelerate this momentum ahead of the upcoming midterm elections and funnel small-dollar financial contributions to candidates who want to guarantee healthcare to all as a right.
"It's time for public officials around the country to stand with the American people, the majority of whom, according to the latest polling, believe Medicare for All is the best path forward," reads the PAC's new website, alluding to a recent survey that found 70 percent of Americans support Medicare for All. "Insurance companies, drug manufacturers, and special interest groups have been standing in the way of real progress for too longit's time we fought back."
"It's time for public officials around the country to stand with the American people, the majority of whom, according to the latest polling, believe Medicare for All is the best path forward," reads the PAC's new website, alluding to a recent survey that found 70 percent of Americans support Medicare for All. "Insurance companies, drug manufacturers, and special interest groups have been standing in the way of real progress for too longit's time we fought back."
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/09/12/time-incrementalism-over-jayapal-launches-medicare-all-pac?cd-origin=rss&utm_term=%27The%20Time%20for%20Incrementalism%20Is%20Over%27%3A%20Jayapal%20Launches%20Medicare
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'The Time for Incrementalism Is Over': Jayapal Launches Medicare for All PAC (Original Post)
guillaumeb
Sep 2018
OP
I'll never cease to be puzzled by those who proudly refuse a few slices of bread...
NurseJackie
Sep 2018
#6
The luxury of never having experienced hunger, of course they hold out for the whole loaf.
betsuni
Sep 2018
#8
But we STILL need to have the votes in congress, right? That hasn't changed, right?
NurseJackie
Sep 2018
#5
pnwest
(3,266 posts)1. YESSSSSSSSSSS
leftstreet
(36,111 posts)2. Outstanding!
Also happy to see:
the Medicare for All PAC will also aim to educate candidates on the specifics of single-payer so they can better explain the immense benefits and potentially massive cost savings of the program to their constituents.
Some candidates really need help in this area
Great ideas!
DURec
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)3. Wake me whenever we have the requisite votes in a paralyzed Congress.
betsuni
(25,598 posts)4. "Incrementalism" (ACA) saved lives. But sure, who cares if people die.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)6. I'll never cease to be puzzled by those who proudly refuse a few slices of bread...
I'll never cease to be puzzled by those who proudly refuse a few slices of bread... and continue to demand the ENTIRE loaf instead... and boast about how they "wouldn't settle"... yet they starve.
Pride must be VERY filling.
betsuni
(25,598 posts)8. The luxury of never having experienced hunger, of course they hold out for the whole loaf.
Bankrupt consciences.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)9. Where exactly did you read this sentiment?
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)5. But we STILL need to have the votes in congress, right? That hasn't changed, right?
And they actually need legislation to vote FOR, right?
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)10. Of course.
But we also need to change the framing of the debate about health care.
Tavarious Jackson
(1,595 posts)7. Real Change....
enduring change, happens one step at a time. ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg