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Related: About this forumStirred by Sanders, Democrats Shift Left on Health Care
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/36710-stirred-by-sanders-democrats-shift-left-on-health-careWith the administration counting down its final year, Sen. Bernie Sanders' call for "Medicare for all" appears to have rekindled aspirations for more ambitious changes beyond "Obamacare."
That poses a challenge for Hillary Clinton, who has argued that the health care law is working and the nation should build on it, not start over.
Two recent polls have shown an uptick in negative ratings of the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, and the shift seems to come from Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents. For example, in the latest installment of the Kaiser Family Foundation health care poll, the share of Democrats with unfavorable views increased by 6 percentage points.
Underlying the unease seems to be a growing conviction that the law did not do enough. About 27 million people remain uninsured, and many who gained coverage find it costly. Kaiser found that for the first time, a 51-percent majority of Democrats wants to expand what the law does, a sharp increase from the 36 percent who said so in December.
The health care law was a good start "but it doesn't do all the things we need to have done," said Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash.
"I think frankly Bernie's campaign has stirred it up," he added. A longtime advocate of coverage for all, McDermott is supporting Clinton.
Democrats' shifting views could make things tricky for Clinton if she's picked as the nominee over Sanders, which appears likely. Clinton established her commitment to covering the uninsured long ago, during the losing battle for health care legislation in her husband's administration.
highprincipleswork
(3,111 posts)a BIG PROBLEM!!!
Bernin4U
(812 posts)...because apparently it's now been classified as misogynistic.
in_cog_ni_to
(41,600 posts)Jim effing McDermott has no effing right to be supporting Clinton!
Screw him. All these so-called Democrats are saying this crap to make it look like they will actually do something IF Bernie isn't president. They WON'T. It's their usual DOG AND PONY SHOW. Don't fall for it. This is what they do. Then AFTER an election, it's back to business as usual.
Fuck Jim McDermott (who use to be one of my favorite Dems) - I'm finished with their bullshit.
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Bernin4U
(812 posts)Question is, what to do about it?
in_cog_ni_to
(41,600 posts)That's the only thing they care about...access to their corporatist gravy train bribe money.
They need to know they're replaceable.
If Bernie won their district/precinct, they're obligated to endorse him.
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