Schumer tied the PO to the University system

[Ruby the Liberal]

People have a choice of public or private education. They should have the same choice in healthcare.

Echoing the President.

Glad thats on the record. :applause:

[BlooInBloo]

1. Yep. I've heard Obama make the same analogy numerous times. It's a good one.

[Oregone]

2. Cept even public university education is unaffordable for many. Itd be suicide to mandate it

Unless Blue Cross/Blue Shield started offering football policies to athletes!

[Ruby the Liberal]

5. I think that is why the debate is so heated.

There really isn't a good example to cement it in people's minds. I tried the FedEx/UPS/Post Office example with an elderly family member (ironically on Medicare) and was told that the PO is broke.

Auto insurance isn't a good example because people can go a lifetime without ever filing a claim. Not so with healthcare.

Public education at the higher learning level isn't mandated (nor should it be) and isn't affordable to many.

I wish there was a clear model that people could relate to, but I think this is going to end up being something so new that it will stand as its own model.

[berni_mccoy]

6. There are subsidies available for students who cannot afford public universities.

[Oregone]

7. Yeah, but many in the middle can't cough up the dough

School was far more affordable to me because I came from the lowest quintile than it was for other families I graduated with who were middle income.

You cannot deny that not every family can reasonably afford college, private or public.

[berni_mccoy]

8. Ah, yes, the middle-income gap. This is true. I lived through it. Worked while I went to school.

[Tony_FLADEM]

3. I posted the College University analogy on DU a few months ago

Maybe someone at the White House reads this website and got the idea from me. :rofl:

[Ruby the Liberal]

4. It is a thing of beauty!