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Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
14. Lol. Marketing it with that label might turn out to be the most
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 02:13 PM
Oct 2018

effective thing Sanders has ever done. The bill's not a developed plan and only has a little token handful of cosponsors. And I confess that, being on Medicare ourselves with deductibles and needing to purchase 3 additional policies apiece, I didn't initially admire the deception involved with this name at the time.

But now I do. It's only a name, yet already is popular with a majority of people across the nation. Anti-tax billionaires are obviously worrying that Republican voters like it. And on the left, Medicare for All isn't socialized medicine any more than the ACA is, but for some paying a bill with "Medicare" at the top will seem an advance, so whatever. Presumably to replace the ACA it'd be one policy (including medication!) with a much larger monthly bill to replace the 4 policies each we now have to purchase, Medicare, Medicare supplement, medication, and dental.

Now, if only SCOTUS doesn't declare vital parts unconstitutional, including the real Medicare and the ACA.

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