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Hillary Clinton

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)

8. The deluxeness of it worries me

Reply to Starry Messenger (Reply #7)

Tue May 10, 2016, 07:57 PM

May 2016

He wants:

no deductibles
no copays
medical, dental, vision and prescriptions covered

...and for it to be totally illegal for anyone to accept private pay or non-Sanderscare health insurance for anything covered by Sanderscare.

The last one will kill the program entirely: Telling a doctor he can't perform services that are covered by Sanderscare and take payment outside the Sanderscare system runs into 14th Amendment territory.

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Have you gotten the feeling Sanders' plan isn't actually meant to help the lower classes? [View all] jmowreader May 2016 OP

I respectfully disagree SharonClark May 2016 #1

His plan is going to hurt the disadvantaged by taxing the life out of them jmowreader May 2016 #5

Yep. Sanders' plans will either add $21-trillion to the debt over 10 years stopbush May 2016 #9

There's a third option that's equally bad jmowreader May 2016 #10

And, jobs will go with them when they leave. stopbush May 2016 #11

I think he's trying to help the lower class Fresh_Start May 2016 #2

The people he has aimed his message at are middle class, no the lower class. He wants to do this... Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #3

Ive gotten the feeling griffi94 May 2016 #4

Indeed, and what does he do when he runs out of scapegoats? I wonder... nt IamMab May 2016 #6

His tax plan seemed lopsided to me. Starry Messenger May 2016 #7

The deluxeness of it worries me jmowreader May 2016 #8

IMHO Bernie has an excellent chance of helping the lower classes and pass all his programs. fleabiscuit May 2016 #12