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Hortensis

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12. Yes, and this shows the pubs feel a real need to push back on this idea.

Reply to Iliyah (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 01:53 PM

Oct 2018

The label, "Medicare for All," has the same appeal of something very familiar and of seeming a simple little matter, no big change, to Republican voters as it does to Democrats.

Lol. Bet the Repubs are jealous that they couldn't use it for something they wanted to put over, but calling an end to coverage for preexisting conditions "Medicare for All" would probably be pushing "sucker" way too far even for their base.

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Trump rips Dems' embrace of Medicare for all: 'The centrist Democratic Party is dead' [View all] DonViejo Oct 2018 OP

Cool story, bro. RandiFan1290 Oct 2018 #1

lol his dopey base ever call him out for anything? BeckyDem Oct 2018 #10

Trump should tread lightly with the comparisons to Venezuela Zorro Oct 2018 #2

And majority of America do embrace Medicare for all. Iliyah Oct 2018 #3

Yes, and this shows the pubs feel a real need to push back on this idea. Hortensis Oct 2018 #12

So.... RobinA Oct 2018 #4

Lol. Marketing it with that label might turn out to be the most Hortensis Oct 2018 #14

So, the Party of Stupid Ohiogal Oct 2018 #5

No, Venezuela does not have Medicare for All. Canada is a more apt analogy. SunSeeker Oct 2018 #6

No, the centrist Republican party is dead. Zing Zing Zingbah Oct 2018 #7

The so-called Centrist Democratic Party is indeed dead. We are democratic socialists, and we are Nitram Oct 2018 #8

Yeah, Right! smb Oct 2018 #9

"The new Democrats are radical socialists who want to model America's economy after Venezuela," HA ! YOHABLO Oct 2018 #11

We cannot let them define Medicare-for-all as we've let them define other things LiberalLovinLug Oct 2018 #13