Why Bernie Sanders Wants to Know Your Health Insurance Deductible (Correct)

[Uncle Joe]

Saying he feels like 'a Vermont auctioneer,' the Democratic presidential candidate gets audiences to make his case

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During a town hall meeting Friday night in Hudson, New Hampshire, Sanders said that while he's proud of the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, and served on the committee tasked with writing it, 29 million Americans remain uninsured.

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Sanders asked the same question at events in North Conway and Bedford on Friday. Each time, people shouted numbers ranging from $4,000 or $5,000, all way up to $11,000 or $12,000. In Bedford, one woman added, “and nothing’s covered!”

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For Sanders supporters, many of whom are personally experiencing the health insurance challenges Sanders discusses, aiming high is more appealing than settling for less. Even if a President Sanders couldn’t accomplish his whole agenda, working towards his platform might leave the country better off.

“I’m not naive,” said Barbara Rudy, a 58-year-old IBM employee from Millbrook, New York, who attended the Hudson town hall. “I don’t believe Bernie’s going to be able to do 100 percent of what Bernie thinks he can do. He has to depend on Congress to do some of this.” Still, she said, “if he gets half done of what he wants to do, we’re going to be in better shape.”

Jacki Johansen, a 54-year-old office manager and single mother from Bedford, New Hampshire, said her current job doesn’t offer health insurance and she hasn’t made enough to pay for an Obamacare policy in the past. “I think he really makes a good point in saying that it’s a right, and when you do compare it to other countries, it really does seem insane that we don’t have coverage when everybody else does,” she said. “Even if we just make a move in the right direction, then that’s a good thing.”

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http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-01-23/why-bernie-sanders-wants-to-know-your-health-insurance-deductible

[Kip Humphrey]

1. $0 now since we can't get health insurance. Was $11,700 deductible when we had it.

premium was $863 per month for the two of us. What a system!

[Uncle Joe]

2. Lord have mercy, $863 per month and that with a $11,700 deductible!

Peace to you, Kip Humphrey.

[draa]

3. Holy smokes.

We deserve better and that's why I support Bernie. Damn though, that's pretty high.

[highprincipleswork]

4. Wow. People talking sense. Bernie is acting as panacea for PTSD America.

You know, relentless propaganda from righwingers since Reagan and acquiescence by Democratic leaders and 911 and the Shock Doctrine that Naomi Klein described have all left the American public feeling kind of dispirited, alone, helpless. PTSD symptoms.

Bernie's campaign is giving real hope and something we can actually do for a change!!!

I suggest we all get doing, in whatever ways we can, to support this movement for change. Of course it can happen. It just has to be supported by enough people, and you know in your heart there is more than enough people to support these kind of changes.

Bernie, Bernie, Bernie!

[merrily]

5. A jackpineradicals just got insurance for one person in California. The deductible is $10K.

I don't know what the premiums are. And we all pay taxes to help cover Medicaid and supplement Medicare.

That Medicare for All will cost people more than they currently pay for is a joke. We pay the most for health care in the world and have some of the worst outcomes in the industrialized world. The whole system needs change.

Wake up, America.

[Human101948]

6. Yes, your point has to be repeated over and over...most expensive, worst outcomes...

This continuing argument that accepts the cost oif healthcare in this country as a starting point for discussions is absolutely insane. But not surprising after decades of brainwashing by the insurance industry and others who benefit by keeping us scared and misinformed.