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Sick People Are Going Bankrupt | Bernie Sanders (Original Post) Donkees Mar 2016 OP
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #1
Very moving speech. Thank you for posting. /nt think Mar 2016 #2
Sick people have been going bankrupt for centuries cosmicone Mar 2016 #3
As one who hits out of pocket max in April One_Life_To_Give Mar 2016 #7
K & R! Bernie has been fighting for their rights for decades. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #4
And dying!!! Unnecessarily!!! And are suffering needlessly!!!! Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #5
It's the best we can do!!!!!! Doctor_J Mar 2016 #6
 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
3. Sick people have been going bankrupt for centuries
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 03:35 PM
Mar 2016

Bernie didn't invent the concept and only Obama has come up with a plan which will eliminate this after additions and modifications. Bernie opposed Obama and wanted to primary him.

One_Life_To_Give

(6,036 posts)
7. As one who hits out of pocket max in April
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 03:50 PM
Mar 2016

It takes a really good job along with ObamaCare to keep out of Bankruptcy Court. The Co-Pays and deductables are not cheap to pay year after year.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
4. K & R! Bernie has been fighting for their rights for decades.
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 03:38 PM
Mar 2016

From opposing the insurance and pharmaceutical industries' agendas to driving busloads of people over the border to buy their meds in Canada.


 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
6. It's the best we can do!!!!!!
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 03:45 PM
Mar 2016

Since the insurance industry bankrolls almost all of our political campaigns

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