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99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 02:42 AM Jan 2016

Now that Hillary, Bernie & O'M have agreed on more debates, how about one on HEALTHCARE?

Hosted and organized by Physicians for a Nat'l Health Program

Doctors group welcomes national debate on ‘Medicare for All’
Nonpartisan physicians group calls single-payer reform ‘the only effective remedy’ for nation’s continuing health care woes and urges focus on facts, not rhetoric

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, January 22, 2016
Contact: Mark Almberg, PNHP communications director, (312) 782-6006, mark@pnhp.org

Physicians for a National Health Program, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of 20,000 doctors who support single-payer national health insurance, released the following statement today by its president, Dr. Robert Zarr, a Washington, D.C., pediatrician.

The national debate on single-payer health reform, or "Medicare for All," that has emerged in the course of the presidential primaries is a welcome development. But unfortunately a number of misrepresentations about single-payer national health insurance – and the prospects for its attainment – have crept into the dialogue and are potentially misleading the public.

http://www.pnhp.org/news/2016/january/doctors-group-welcomes-national-debate-on-‘medicare-for-all’
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Now that Hillary, Bernie & O'M have agreed on more debates, how about one on HEALTHCARE? (Original Post) 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 OP
I would like to see such a debate. I think all 3 Democrats will look good against GOPers and the Hoyt Jan 2016 #1
20k docs! hopemountain Jan 2016 #2
I figure if Hillary wants a debate in Flint, Bernie should agree, conditioned on this debate 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #3
Flint's another important issue the DNC should sanction a debate for. winter is coming Jan 2016 #5
And Porter Ranch. Let's have a debate about fracking right there. jillan Jan 2016 #7
That's an important issue. Surely the DNC would be eager to sanction a debate winter is coming Jan 2016 #4
That's what I'm thinking 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #6
But think of all of the people in the insurance industry!!! Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #8
I would love that. O'Malley would wipe the floor with them Recursion Jan 2016 #9
K&R kristopher Jan 2016 #10
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
1. I would like to see such a debate. I think all 3 Democrats will look good against GOPers and the
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 02:47 AM
Jan 2016

issue deserves thorough discussion of how best to get to the best system for all Americans.

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
3. I figure if Hillary wants a debate in Flint, Bernie should agree, conditioned on this debate
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 02:56 AM
Jan 2016

also happening with the 20,000 doctors. Seems like a fair deal to me, esp. since
the Mayor of Flint has endorsed Hillary already, and since Hillary has such a "difficult"
time figuring out how single-payer could work for America.

winter is coming

(11,785 posts)
5. Flint's another important issue the DNC should sanction a debate for.
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 03:02 AM
Jan 2016

What better way to highlight that Democrats are a better choice than Republicans?

winter is coming

(11,785 posts)
4. That's an important issue. Surely the DNC would be eager to sanction a debate
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 03:00 AM
Jan 2016

discussing an issue of such vital interest. Right?

Right?

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
8. But think of all of the people in the insurance industry!!!
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 05:12 AM
Jan 2016

People forget that it was once considered to be a punchline to spend an evening with an insurance salesman.

These are the people who denied claims. The classic was the widow with kids trying to collect on her late husband's policy and them trying to find a loophole to deny the claim. "Oh, he was clearly engaging in risky behavior when he was rear-ended by the semi on the freeway. Everyone knows freeways are dangerous."

These are the people we made into middlemen between us and our doctor.

People say "health insurance" as if it's synonymous with "healthcare".

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