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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Where has Sanders said that his Medicare for all plan would expand Medicare [View all]pnwmom
(110,190 posts)35. Then why can't Bernie release these numbers before Iowa, if this is accurate?
He wrote the bill in 2013, so he's had enough time to put this together.
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Where has Sanders said that his Medicare for all plan would expand Medicare [View all]
pnwmom
Jan 2016
OP
I have not found any detailed health proposal on his web site and we know he has not
riversedge
Jan 2016
#1
Do you have a link to Bernie saying that? Not an implication but the actual words that
Autumn
Jan 2016
#45
Medicare doesn't cover dental or hearing aids either, yet people talk as if single payer would.
Hoyt
Jan 2016
#3
Expect nothing with no effort. Get on board or get the fuck out of the way.
Ed Suspicious
Jan 2016
#27
I can wave my arms around like Sanders and grouse about it. Won't change anything.
Hoyt
Jan 2016
#34
Medicare is considered comprehensive but it only covers 80%. CNN says that his Senate
pnwmom
Jan 2016
#8
Don't forget that the average American is currently paying 15 percent of their income
Fawke Em
Jan 2016
#15
Most full time workers have insurance paid for by their employers, so they're not
pnwmom
Jan 2016
#18
Quite the contrary. Most people employers withhold insurance premiums from their employees
notadmblnd
Jan 2016
#22
DO you or the OP have a link to Bernie saying that Medicare for all would cover 100% of expenses,
Autumn
Jan 2016
#43
And he will. It's still better than the ACA and that alloted money can go into Medicare for all
Autumn
Jan 2016
#47
Bernie is not going to instantly change the system. There are options that will be hashed out
Armstead
Jan 2016
#16
I think it's ludicrous to expect Bernie to have a turnkey-from-day-one plan in his hip pocket.
winter is coming
Jan 2016
#37