Medicare for ALL. Its easy to Define and easy to Defend.

[OwnedByFerrets]

Just how hard is it, IF you really believe it?

[DangerousRhythm]

1. Seriously. I'm not sure why they didn't go this route to start with.

I mean come on... people NEED simple, it seems. It doesn't get simpler than that.

[joeycola]

17. weak spines.

[Captain Hilts]

2. Clinton proposed dropping the eligibility for it to 55. He's THE worst!!! nt

[JeanGrey]

3. Not going to happen.

[quantass]

4. I agree -- this is how the conversation SHOULD have started -- and then let the negotiations begin

if necessary....compromise might have ended up being a strong public option with bipartisan support. Seems like a Sun Tzu strategy if u ask me even if i truly did want a Medicare for All approach in the first place.

[SpartanDem]

6. You don't think the media would've noticed that he went back on his campaign promise?

if like your insurance you can keep it and questioned him endlessly why he was proposing something completely different.

[msongs]

8. ummm medicare for all IF you want it? nt

[OwnedByFerrets]

10. Did I really NEED to spell out in my headline that

its optional? Its something that is EASILY defined.

[CreekDog]

5. It is

Heck, if we even got to pay the medicare rates for various services it would be better than being uninsured!

[Historic NY]

7. The 'Kennedy Medicare Reform Bill of 2009.'

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

9. Just as importantly - easiest to justify through reconciliation. (nt)

[mariawr]

11. That just makes SO MUCH SENSE...

..why didn't they go that route to begin with? Open up Medicare as the public option?
Already has a system in place, young folks could buy in and increase the 'healthy" component-- an alternalive for families--could be streamlined for waste and voila! A no-brainer.

[Better Believe It]

21. "They" didn't go that route because it would have been opposed by the insurance and drug industry

I must be a rocket scientist! I figured that one out!

:)

[OwnedByFerrets]

22. ...

There's a position waiting for you at NASA.:rofl:

[IndianaGreen]

12. Medicare for all is Single-Payer, which Obama opposes

Obama prefers to burden the already burdened with mandatory insurance premiums, which they can't afford and which will become a bonanza for the health industry.

[tinrobot]

16. Not really... insurance companies already supplement Medicare.

[phantom power]

13. It's the easiest thing in the world.

[quantass]

14. The ONLY reason to oppose (Medicare For All == Single Payer) is Politics / Donors. A Shame. nt

[slipslidingaway]

15. knr n/t

[polichick]

18. Absolutely - NOBODY wants to trash Medicare. nt

[OwnedByFerrets]

19. Exactly.

[Bichonpups]

20. I certainly dont want to trash Medicare....... k/r

as a declared 'uninsurable' member of our country, I look forward to having Medicare insurance. I just wish it were available to younger persons who fall into this catagory the insurance companies have put me in.