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Demsrule86

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61. I thought we were talking about Medicare for all...and not all poor seniors get Medicaid...it is
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 01:11 PM
Feb 2019

state by state and consider those states that now have work requirements...and have lowered the amount you can have in terms of income...if my sis in law didn't live with us, she would starve...a public option for those who want one is the way to go.

I am for medicaid for all [View all] wildman76 Feb 2019 OP
So you won't vote for a Democrat in the GE who doesn't support your policy demand? brooklynite Feb 2019 #1
TOS violation fishing? Nice! Nt kelly1mm Feb 2019 #33
Just looking for an honest answer... brooklynite Feb 2019 #36
sure you are! Carry on! Nt kelly1mm Feb 2019 #37
Medicaid is reserved for low-income individuals. It has zero premiums, no cost stopbush Feb 2019 #2
No free healthcare no premium no cost wildman76 Feb 2019 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author stopbush Feb 2019 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author wildman76 Feb 2019 #10
Where do you get that figure? The overall healthcare cost in the UK for example is half of Doodley Feb 2019 #16
+1 2naSalit Feb 2019 #20
Awesome very good wildman76 Feb 2019 #22
Do the math. Right now, only 19% of the population has Medicare. stopbush Feb 2019 #28
The recent $1 TRILLION tax cut for oligarchs pays for a lot of Medicare AND Medicaid nt Doremus Feb 2019 #43
The math has already been done. Go to the UK system. Doodley Feb 2019 #47
First off, it wouldn't be a 5 fold increase TexasBushwhacker Feb 2019 #56
Know any RNs? Ask them if they'll take a big pay cut. Try doctors, ambulance companies, pharmacists Hoyt Feb 2019 #53
Iam low income, but I pay 75$ week for crap coverage wildman76 Feb 2019 #11
It doesn't matter what it is called. What matters us that in the richest nation on the Doodley Feb 2019 #15
Bingo exactly wildman76 Feb 2019 #23
Me too vlyons Feb 2019 #3
Bravo, bravo, yes yes exactly wildman76 Feb 2019 #12
Exactly. If it can work in other nations, it can work in America. Doodley Feb 2019 #17
There is no such thing as Medicade. virgogal Feb 2019 #4
Ok I misspelled medicaid, I didn't realize that bothered people 🙏 wildman76 Feb 2019 #8
It wasn't about spelling--- virgogal Feb 2019 #46
I am for spelling, myself. Shrike47 Feb 2019 #6
Medicaid we good now, how about the message is that ok 👌 wildman76 Feb 2019 #9
From my understanding... WeekiWater Feb 2019 #13
NOT Medicaid, rather MEDICARE for all. BIG difference hlthe2b Feb 2019 #14
Have you talked to seniors about their Medicare policy lol, wildman76 Feb 2019 #24
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
Yes, and they all love it. n/t pnwmom Feb 2019 #59
I think President Obama should have went this route as opposed to the Affordable Care Act oldlibdem Feb 2019 #18
Very true, but it was a hard sell to some dem senators also wildman76 Feb 2019 #19
Actually, the ACA *did* make Medicaid coverage available to far more people.. Princess Turandot Feb 2019 #29
Thank you Princess for clarifying that. oldlibdem Feb 2019 #32
They tried but with Kennedy gone and Brown elected, it wasn't going to happen. We also had Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #50
I'm on Medicaid and will be shifted to Medicare next month 2naSalit Feb 2019 #21
Agree wildman76 Feb 2019 #25
From what I understand... 2naSalit Feb 2019 #27
medicaid for all would be better than medicare for all standingtall Feb 2019 #30
Lack of providers CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #34
I'm not aware of any type of medication that medicaid does not cover standingtall Feb 2019 #38
You'd be surprised CountAllVotes Feb 2019 #40
If I knew what those medications were I could tell you rather or not medicaid standingtall Feb 2019 #41
I am for Universal Healthcare. GulfCoast66 Feb 2019 #31
If either medicare or medicaid for all is ever implented we will not have to standingtall Feb 2019 #42
That quite a strategy for electoral success!! GulfCoast66 Feb 2019 #44
We dont have to say it but that is what will happen standingtall Feb 2019 #45
Public Option isn't a choice ? thx in advance uponit7771 Feb 2019 #35
I just want a solution that makes it impossible for anyone who needs medical care ooky Feb 2019 #39
As somebody who lived in the UK most my life, the thing I see missing from the health care debate Doodley Feb 2019 #49
I agree wildman76 Feb 2019 #58
Explain Medicare for all. Just today on MNSBC it was said nobody knows what Medicare for all would wasupaloopa Feb 2019 #51
I am for anyone who is not the Orange Dotard treestar Feb 2019 #52
I'm not. ismnotwasm Feb 2019 #54
I agree with you about there not being enough providers, area51 Feb 2019 #62
Whether Meowmee Feb 2019 #55
Agree wildman76 Feb 2019 #57
I have heard the opposite Meowmee Feb 2019 #63
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