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TexasTowelie

(112,145 posts) Sat Sep 7, 2019, 12:05 AM Sep 2019

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Can Bernie's plan cover all like a blanket? This woman believes so

Sara Davitt left her husband behind in Bakersfield, Calif.

She moved here with her two young sons – Caleb, 4, and Lukas, 2 – back to her parents’ home in Deerfield, seeking a better life.

The start of a new chapter for this young mother, caused by divorce?

Nope. This is about health care and a broken system that has had a direct effect on Davitt’s sons. Their needs – Caleb was born with a clubbed foot, Lukas suffers from hearing loss – were not met. Not without paying a steep price.

Read more: https://www.concordmonitor.com/She-moved-back-home-for-reason-health-insurance-28189656

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Can Bernie's plan cover all like a blanket? This woman believes so (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2019 OP

A $78 trillion dollar blanket can cover almost anything nt BlueMississippi Sep 2019 #1

And how much has the military spent on an 18-year war that we will never win? vsrazdem Sep 2019 #2

is Sanders going to cut military spending ? JI7 Sep 2019 #4

Think how much money we could save by abolishing Medicare for seniors crazytown Sep 2019 #3

BTW, where did that $78 trillion figure come from? crazytown Sep 2019 #5

Print more money? NurseJackie Sep 2019 #6

Ohhhh crazytown Sep 2019 #7

BlueMississippi

(776 posts)

1. A $78 trillion dollar blanket can cover almost anything nt

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Sep 7, 2019, 12:44 AM

Sep 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

vsrazdem

(2,177 posts)

2. And how much has the military spent on an 18-year war that we will never win?

Reply to BlueMississippi (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 7, 2019, 02:26 AM

Sep 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

JI7

(89,248 posts)

4. is Sanders going to cut military spending ?

Reply to vsrazdem (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 7, 2019, 05:28 AM

Sep 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

crazytown

(7,277 posts)

3. Think how much money we could save by abolishing Medicare for seniors

Reply to BlueMississippi (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 7, 2019, 03:09 AM

Sep 2019

and shunting them into a public option. Enough to start that colony on Mars

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

crazytown

(7,277 posts)

5. BTW, where did that $78 trillion figure come from?

Reply to BlueMississippi (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 7, 2019, 05:35 AM

Sep 2019

Just asking

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)

6. Print more money?

Reply to crazytown (Reply #5)

Sat Sep 7, 2019, 08:29 AM

Sep 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

crazytown

(7,277 posts)

7. Ohhhh

Reply to NurseJackie (Reply #6)

Sat Sep 7, 2019, 09:05 AM

Sep 2019

pwnd!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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