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ecstatic

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Wed Sep 18, 2019, 08:18 PM Sep 2019

Would it affect your vote if Elizabeth Warren moved toward the Medicare and private option [View all]

approach to healthcare (aka Medicare for All who want it)?

I think the only thing that could potentially hold Sen Warren back from the nomination is her current stance on healthcare. I'm hoping that she's limiting the amount of details she gives out because she knows she will have to pivot more to the center when it's just her and Biden or Harris left on the field.

Right now, many people dismiss the idea of Medicare for all because it seems like an impossible suggestion.

But what if it's not impossible?

If it's not impossible, then people like me are forced to reevaluate our support because there are too many unanswered questions regarding the logistics of how Medicare for all would be implemented. The current system accounts for about 20% of our economy. That's not something that can be shut down overnight. What would happen to the people and businesses whose livelihoods are directly or indirectly tied into the private insurance industry in one way or another? It could be a really good thing or some people could end up worse off.

A lot of Biden's detractors wonder why so many people are sticking by him--they frantically bring up his gaffes, but Biden's detractors are not considering that perhaps some people take Bernie and Elizabeth at their word with regard to MFA, and they are simply trying to protect their healthcare and/or insurance related jobs, businesses, or investments.


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She would lose my vote
1 (9%)
She would gain my vote
3 (27%)
Not sure
1 (9%)
Other
1 (9%)
Nothing would change (She'd still have my vote)
4 (36%)
Nothing would change (She still would not have my vote)
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Healthcare will not be the deciding factor in the nomination. maxsolomon Sep 2019 #1
You are wrong about that. redstateblues Sep 2019 #3
this is very wrong. 2018 campaigns were very much about healthcare JI7 Sep 2019 #6
Was 2016? maxsolomon Sep 2019 #11
the resistance was fighting to save health care. look at the campaigns that were JI7 Sep 2019 #15
It was the #1 issue in exit polls in 2018. TwilightZone Sep 2019 #18
M4A is a landslide loser in the General and she knows it. redstateblues Sep 2019 #2
Yes sharedvalues Sep 2019 #4
Winning the nomination is dependent upon her moving center first. ecstatic Sep 2019 #8
She has too many plans and no way to implement them or to pay for them once implemented. I emmaverybo Sep 2019 #22
M4A is political suicide. nt BlueMississippi Sep 2019 #14
Totally redstateblues Sep 2019 #20
That's the core issue that's holding back my support... brooklynite Sep 2019 #5
No option for "my vote wouldn't change?" Clash City Rocker Sep 2019 #7
Sorry, I added a few options to the list. nt ecstatic Sep 2019 #9
Thanks Clash City Rocker Sep 2019 #13
Last two choices? DrToast Sep 2019 #10
Those choices weren't there when I posted Clash City Rocker Sep 2019 #12
Clearly that will help, although she may have gone too far in for most voters to believe it, Hoyt Sep 2019 #16
I voted other. Nothing would change in my opinion of her. She's a close 2nd to my favorite & gaining Runningdawg Sep 2019 #17
I prefer Rebl2 Sep 2019 #19
If Mayor Pete is my "Choice #1", then Elizabeth Warren is my "Choice #1A", so I'm bullwinkle428 Sep 2019 #21
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