Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumChelsea Clinton attacking Bernie -
"Sen. Sanders wants to dismantle ObamaCare, Clinton said Tuesday in New Hampshire, according to NBC News, at her first stop along the campaign trail. The daughter of Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton referred to a bill Sanders has introduced three times that would replace Affordable Care Act programs with a new national American Health Security Trust Fund, which would allow states to run their own single-payer systems with federal money. Chelsea Clinton said Sanders would also dismantle Medicare and dismantle private insurance, as well as strip away benefits from the Childrens Health Insurance Program, which was created under her fathers presidency.
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/265601-chelsea-clinton-sanders-wants-to-scrap-obamacare
Dismantling a give away program to the insurance and pharma companies is not a bad thing - particularly when the idea is to cover MORE people with a comprehensive single payer system. Social Security and Health Security would be paid for with public monies - tax dollars. Why would a democrat fight such a plan?
Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)onecaliberal
(32,829 posts)It's time to help the people, not the corporations, my friends.
TBF
(32,051 posts)I have no doubt you're correct in your assessment. Would love to know which stocks she's holding.
onecaliberal
(32,829 posts)I don't like their entitlement attitude whatsoever. They really don't understand that the struggle is real, and for how many. People are on to the game, and we're coming for the players.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Sigh.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)TIME TO PANIC
(1,894 posts)I hope the former.
TBF
(32,051 posts)and that is what makes me so angry. They know exactly what they are doing.
TIME TO PANIC
(1,894 posts)The next few weeks are going to be nasty.
leftcoastmountains
(2,968 posts)I don't think her comments are going to make any difference.
hedda_foil
(16,373 posts)They also decried the use of Chelsea as attack dog.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)has no business out mudslinging and lying for her mother. And any mother who would ask or encourage such, well, isn't a very good mother...either.
That's just wrong. Send Bill out...he's got nothing better to do. But for god's sake, let Chelsea help the nannies raise her child and take care of the unborn child. She supposedly works, and has a baby now she's pregnant and campaigning. Wrong. Just. Wrong. And it's not sexist as I rather doubt her hedge fund manager hubby is going to take family leave to watch the baby in the evenings.
The photo op abuela veneer just rubbed off big time.
swilton
(5,069 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Hillary too!
The rank and file of the Democratic Party know we must enact single payer Medicare for All. We know there is simply no other answer. It is imperative that we beat back the for profit elements of American health care system and lower the costs to those of our European compatriots.
The Health Care Profiteers® brought this on themselves. If they had moderated their greed they might have operated as a high profit entity forever. But they killed the golden egg laying goose and they will suffer the consequences.