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In reply to the discussion: I am for medicaid for all [View all]oldlibdem
(330 posts)32. Thank you Princess for clarifying that.
I am an admitted novice when it comes to anything medical and welcome all the clarification I can get.
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So you won't vote for a Democrat in the GE who doesn't support your policy demand?
brooklynite
Feb 2019
#1
Where do you get that figure? The overall healthcare cost in the UK for example is half of
Doodley
Feb 2019
#16
The recent $1 TRILLION tax cut for oligarchs pays for a lot of Medicare AND Medicaid nt
Doremus
Feb 2019
#43
Know any RNs? Ask them if they'll take a big pay cut. Try doctors, ambulance companies, pharmacists
Hoyt
Feb 2019
#53
It doesn't matter what it is called. What matters us that in the richest nation on the
Doodley
Feb 2019
#15
I'm not here to debate either one, but most DO like their Medicare and the administrative costs
hlthe2b
Feb 2019
#26
Many poor seniors can't afford their medicare premiums...the idea that medicare is free is nonsense.
Demsrule86
Feb 2019
#48
And the poorest seniors can get Medicaid. Why do you think that the people who don't
pnwmom
Feb 2019
#60
I thought we were talking about Medicare for all...and not all poor seniors get Medicaid...it is
Demsrule86
Feb 2019
#61
I think President Obama should have went this route as opposed to the Affordable Care Act
oldlibdem
Feb 2019
#18
Actually, the ACA *did* make Medicaid coverage available to far more people..
Princess Turandot
Feb 2019
#29
They tried but with Kennedy gone and Brown elected, it wasn't going to happen. We also had
Demsrule86
Feb 2019
#50
If I knew what those medications were I could tell you rather or not medicaid
standingtall
Feb 2019
#41
If either medicare or medicaid for all is ever implented we will not have to
standingtall
Feb 2019
#42
As somebody who lived in the UK most my life, the thing I see missing from the health care debate
Doodley
Feb 2019
#49
Explain Medicare for all. Just today on MNSBC it was said nobody knows what Medicare for all would
wasupaloopa
Feb 2019
#51