BERNIE SANDERS' MEDICARE FOR ALL POLICY WOULD LIKELY INCREASE WAGES AND CREATE JOBS,

[Uncle Joe]

NEW ECONOMIC ANALYSIS SHOWS

A new analysis of the economic impact of a Medicare for All health care reform, like the signature policy proposal of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, suggests that such a plan would not only increase wages for workers but also create additional jobs.

Sanders, a progressive senator from Vermont who is currently a close second to former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic frontrunner, has long advocated for a universal or single-payer health care system. Critics argue that such a policy would lead to mass job loss and be an economic drain on the country, but the new analysis published Thursday by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) suggests the opposite would happen.

Josh Bivens, EPI's director who conducted the study, wrote in the report that Medicare for All "would be unambiguously positive" for the labor market in the U.S., leading to a "boost in wages and salaries" as well as an "increase in job quality, while producing "a net increase in jobs."

Although the analysis notes that policymakers should not "ignore the distress caused by job transitions" due to such a health care reform, Bivens wrote that job losses during a transitional period would be "relatively small."

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https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-medicare-all-would-likely-increase-wages-create-jobs-new-economic-analysis-shows-1490800

[zackymilly]

1. Guess we'll never know now. n/t

[NurseJackie]

2. He should have found allies in the Democratic party rather than attacking and creating...

He should have found allies in the Democratic party rather than attacking and creating enemies and adversaries... rather than creating resentment and distrust. That's really not the hallmark of a good leader, is it?


Joe/Kamala or Biden/Harris 2020!!
Jump on the Biden Bandwagon & abandon the revolution!!

[Magoo48]

24. Is that what's important here "allies" and the Democratic Party.

Or, rather, the nonexistent healthcare of tens of thousands, and the worthless horseshit healthcare of hundreds of thousands more and the national anxiety created by the entire clusterfucking mess?

I spent a great deal of my life without healthcare with others in the same boat. We were all fucked.

It is an embarrassing shame that the USA doesn’t have universal, single payer healthcare. So, beating chests for the guy who doesn’t support healthcare for all while casting dispersions at the guy who does is unnecessary.

Vote blue no matter who, but still question everything.

[NurseJackie]

33. In the real world of politics, yes, allies and cooperation are important.

Only in fantasy world politics can things magically happen with the wave of a hand and a non existent revolution.

[skylucy]

26. NurseJackie...I like your smilies. I keep thinking I have seen them all someplace before...

[gldstwmn]

30. 30 to 40 percent of our party is voting

for him and you want to tell them to take a hike?

[George II]

3. This was already posted from the SAME source:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287636308

[NurseJackie]

5. Maybe they have each other on ignore?

Joe/Kamala or Biden/Harris 2020!!
Jump on the Biden Bandwagon & abandon the revolution!!

[George II]

9. Yeah, there have been times over the years that I've ignored my brother.

[Uncle Joe]

11. Thanks for the heads-up George.

[AncientGeezer]

23. You posted it 1st....it's still false....2 falsehoods almost 2 hrs apart don't make it true

[Uncle Joe]

25. Two truehoods make it doubly true.

[AncientGeezer]

27. Run with that Joe....it's a riot.

[Frances]

4. A lot of Sander's ideas are good

He’s just not the right person to convince the Senate or even the House to enact his ideas.
Plus he has alienated a lot of Americans

[NurseJackie]

7. "Plus he has alienated a lot of Americans"

Plus he has alienated a lot of Americans

Indeed. Many people (and voters) who could have been allies and partners, are now distrustful and resentful and suspicious. Basically... BERNIE BLEW IT! He just didn't have the necessary leadership skills that are needed to be a successful President and Leader of the Free World.



Joe/Kamala or Biden/Harris 2020!!
Jump on the Biden Bandwagon & abandon the revolution!!

[George II]

13. Ya think? Analogy from Big Bang Theory:

Penny to Sheldon: "Don't piss off the person who serves your hamburger."

[NYMinute]

21. Or

"Don't yell at a surgeon just before you have the operation."

[Ligyron]

15. True.

But I am getting a little sick of hearing how we can't somehow do what every other 1st world nation does. This is the USA, 'Merica and we can do anything!

[McKim]

17. Me too!

Me too! It is completely doable as in Canada, France, Spain and the UK. So you think if Sanders had just been asking nicely for Medicare for All and not amassing a powerful group of supporters, that he would have gotten Medicare for All a long time ago?

[MyNameGoesHere]

6. If grasshoppers had machine guns, birds would most likely

Not fuck with them. I consider my what if way more valid.

[cwydro]

8. No need to shout.

It doesn’t help us listen any better, ya know.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. If my aunt had wheels she'd be a pastry cart.

If Bernie hadn't managed to piss off the "establishment" he'd need in order to (a) get elected, and (b) get any of his policies implemented, maybe we'd have found out if this is really true.

[George II]

12. From Big Bang Theory, "if he listened to advice about the wood chipper he wouldn't be called Stumpy"

[mysteryowl]

14. Thanks for the post.

Medicare For All will be so beneficial. We know how popular and effective Medicare is. Glad to hear a positive report on it.

[msongs]

16. gee maybe medicare for all who WANT it would be easier to pass nt

[NYMinute]

18. Economic Policy Institute is full of Sanders supporters with an extreme left wing tilt

Robert Reich was a founder.

That is like publishing a favorable analysis by Justice Democrats or Our Revolution. The so called "analysis" makes unproven assumptions and comes up with conclusions.

It is like assuming a Rolls Royce would cost $100 and in the end saying "The cost of operating a Rolls Royce is only a few pennies a day."





Joe/Kamala or Biden/Harris 2020!!
Either way they are stronger together & can't be bought!!!
Jump on the Biden Bandwagon & abandon the revolution!!

[AncientGeezer]

22. Exactly.....

[AncientGeezer]

19. Bivens is delusional...employers won't have more money for wages.

He can't show his work...Senator Sanders can't.

[Hoyt]

20. What the studies don't address is best way to get there in current political environment.

[Gainesville Green]

28. Does Biden even agree

that Medicare For All would be the best choice if he were to start from scratch like Obama said?

Asking because of his close ties to health insurers.

We should have had the public option when Obamacare passed, one of the main reasons I voted for Obama.

[ehrnst]

34. How do we "start over from scratch" without a time machine?

Can you elaborate on "his close ties with health insurers" now that you've casually dropped what you clearly believe is a smear like a cement block?

[ehrnst]

38. That's interesting, because HRC was the one with the plan that included a public option...

Obama didn't really have his health care plan fleshed out fully during the primary, and it was during the General when he talked about it.

Are you saying that you considered voting for McCain?

[sheshe2]

39. Welp.

We should have had the public option when Obamacare passed, one of the main reasons I voted for Obama.

Shoulda. Woulda. Coulda.

Fact is we didn't have the votes for it. Even Bernie knew that. We did not have the votes.

[showblue22]

29. I'm just going to say it.

None of Bernie's policies matter. None of them will ever come to fruition because of who Bernie is. There is too much "us vs them and " my way or the highway" personality in him to ever be able to move legislation forward to a vote. Huge legislation like M4A would require a lot of compromise and bridge building. Those are not his strong suits, to say the least. The American people have seen it now for 4 years straight in his campaign. None of it will ever happen. Arguing policy is useless because of this.

[Alex4Martinez]

31. At least he will try and never give up. (nt)

[showblue22]

32. He could make it even harder to pass.

[SiliconValley_Dem]

36. Not good enough for me

[SiliconValley_Dem]

35. It would also dramatically ramp up taxes and throw millions off their current plan

Although universal healthcare is great desired end state, I think propping up ACA with, among other things, public option would be a better message in our current climate of economic uncertainty.

[Skid Rogue]

37. It might...

but he'll have a hell of a time getting it through congress.

[Generic Brad]

40. How does eliminating the health insurance industry create jobs?

Seems to me those working class men and women would lose their livelihoods with MFA. That would create an enormous job loss. Not everyone in that industry is a high paid executive.