Have to give credit to Bernie

[woolldog]

He has a silver tongue. Very good at talking and debating.

[Cassiopeia]

1. That's called honesty.

It's easy to speak about issues and the needs of our nation when you truly believe in them and have a consistent record fighting for them.

[MissDeeds]

12. Right

It has nothing to do with a silver tongue. It's all about honesty.

[Cheese Sandwich]

2. Hillary's health care answer was awesome: "I want you to keep shopping"

That was brilliant

[woolldog]

4. That was a tough question

I mean really what can you tell the woman? Frankly I don't believe that questioner was telling us the whole story. Something was way off about it.

[bobbobbins01]

6. She has the exact same story as me.

I was on private insurance and had to buy a new plan via obamacare and ended up paying over double what I was paying.

[woolldog]

7. And?

What do you expect her to tell you? Your experience isn't representative of the majority of folks.

That sucks. But there are all kinds of individualized reasons that may have happened. Maybe your current plan is better and doesn't have the loopholes your cheaper plan did, I dunno.

[bobbobbins01]

11. It is better, but I'm paying more than twice as much.

If I wanted the bells and whistles, I'd have bought a mercedes instead of a toyota. Thats why obamacare is a handout to the insurance companies. Sure, you get better coverage, but you're forced into it and they charge you through the nose.

[hedda_foil]

13. Usually in this kind of issue, the private insurance is much more limited.

If the woman who asked that question said she had a plan that covered 4 members of her family including herself for around $400 a month. In addition to the fact that nobody in her family could have had a serious illness, which would have gotten them kicked off their plan as soon it came up for renewal, it must have covered very little. Of course she would have learned that as soon as someone needed an expensive procedure.

Apparently, she still has that same insurance for her family, but now it's costing her over $1,000 a month and, apparently, her family is still supremely healthy. But she's blaming the rate increase on the ACA.

Prior to ACA I was on private insurance through the state of Illinois high risk pool because I have fibromyalgia. Before that I managed to get covered by a professional association. My premium went from .$500/month to $1100/month in 4 years, and that was for me alone. Thank goodness I was eligible for Social Security before it went up again.So I know what it's like to feel almost indecently squeezed by insurance. But that's how this crappy system of for profit insurance operates and that's what is wrong with the ACA.

That's why we have to get Medicare for everyone.

[FreakinDJ]

10. Hate to tell you the Questioner wasn't wrong

For many of us our Healthcare cost went up and coverage became shaky at best

And yes - I've had Health insurance for me and my family for over 25 yrs now

[dchill]

5. I remember when W wanted us to keep shopping, too.

[karynnj]

8. My only problem was that Hillary spoke of the amount as tripling - which was pretty

mathematically challenged! No reason to over state it. She did a nice job gently suggesting at the end that her results are not similar to others.

One question I have is that she spoke of both her husband and she having bouts of unemployment. It seems weird that she does't get a subsidy. Not to mention family insurance purchased on the open market pre- Obamacare at $491 @ month seems rather like it was the substandard junk that was all some could afford, but essentially useless.

[woolldog]

9. that's the most likely explanation...

she had a really bad plan before.

[firebrand80]

3. Seems like the Michigan win energized him nt