I think that healthcare is one of the most important issue people are concerned about.

[kacekwl]

What I would like to see is to go back to the original ACA plan with a single payer option and expand on it to include more dental etc. I have no love loss for insurance companies and could not care less if they disappeared but at this time this is too hard for the majority of voters to grasp. What I and I think most people want is to be able to go to the doctor when sick or injured and get cared for without having to worry about using the rent money to just begin to pay for it. If we the democratic party can present a reasonable , workable plan to do that we can win the healthcare debate and possibly support from those who fell for the republicans bullshit. This was basically a republican plan and what I believe was a big part of electing PRESIDENT Obama and until they chopped it up to weaken it greatly was what I and many wanted. If we can successfully do this we can move areas to make it into something even better. Thoughts ?.

[marylandblue]

1. That's what I think. The German system is a mixed public private system.

And they did it for the same reasons we should do it here. Private insurance existed first, and when the public system was introduced people who already had insurance didn't want to switch.

[ooky]

2. I sort of agree with this approach.

I'd like the emphasis to be, for now, health care for all who don't have good affordable health care now, as opposed to scaring voters who already have plans they like that we will take it away and replace it with something they don't trust or understand and give them no choice in the matter. If voters think that we'll get 4 more years of Trump.

Fix the parts the ACA we need to in order to accomplish everyone getting health care they can afford and shielding everyone from medical bankruptcy. And then focus on how we fix all the shit that Trump has broken or lied about, like repealing the tax scam, fixing his border atrocities and root cause, passing the dream act, stopping his stupid trade policies, and investing in infrastructure through an economy that's addressing climate change. Passing laws to strengthen Social Security and Medicare. All the big stuff he and Republicans have ignored.