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In reply to the discussion: Medicare for All vs. All the Healthcare That Each Can Afford [View all]lapucelle
(18,242 posts)10. Democrat John Conyers has been pushing for Medicare for All for 15 years.
It's important that we support Democrats like him if we want to achieve these goals. From his website:
Washington, D.C. Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (MI-13) today released the following statement on Republican Senator Steve Daines using Rep. Conyers H.R. 676, Medicare for All legislation as a pawn in his scheme to force a vote on Senate Democrats:
The process by which the Senate is considering changes to our nations healthcare plan is a sham, and Senate Democrats are right not to take part in it. Weve said all along that Republicans should be holding hearings, soliciting input from the public, and carefully weighing analysis from the Congressional Budget Office. My proposal is no different. In fact, Medicare for All is far more popular than the status quo or anything Republicans have put forward, with about 60% of Americans in support, so its even more deserving of hearings and a CBO score.
Poll after poll shows that Americans agree that we have a collective obligation to guarantee healthcare coverage to everyone through a government financed healthcare system. A majority of my Democratic colleagues in the House are cosponsors of my Medicare for All bill. Republicans are right: thanks to its overwhelming popularity, Medicare for All has become the alternative to Trumpcare. So lets have a real debate, including hearings, independent analysis, and input from doctors, patients, and hospitals. What we shouldnt be doing is holding disingenuous 11th-hour votes on any ideas that havent be subjected to the normal legislative process.
We need everyone on board with Conyers.
https://conyers.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/conyers-statement-senator-daines-using-medicare-all-pawn
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Rep. John Conyers has introduced his Medicare For All bill every year since 2003.
lapucelle
Jul 2017
#1
well if people were really concerned about that they should have voted for Hillary over trump in
still_one
Jul 2017
#2
Good point. I can see a public option in the next decade, but not Medicare for all with no
Hoyt
Jul 2017
#3
It should be obvious to anyone with minimal critical thinking skills that there is a better
still_one
Jul 2017
#4
Instead of stupid political infighting why not concentrate on selling policy?
kristopher
Jul 2017
#11