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In reply to the discussion: Unless the "public option" is free or inexpensive it's snake oil.. and dangerous snake oil at that. [View all]uponit7771
(90,335 posts)60. That's the states not using substitute that's not the ACA
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Goodheart
Aug 2019
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Medicare is affordable for every Canadian, every Australian, every Brit, every Swede, ....
Goodheart
Aug 2019
#6
funny isn't it that urbanists are called elite when they are by far far far the majority...
pangaia
Aug 2019
#32
Saying that is a cop out. We need to talk in realistic terms. We need all the facts and truthfully
wasupaloopa
Aug 2019
#54
Fixing the damage done to the ACA is going to be the way to get the most people healthcare
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#29
re: "And what you said in your first sentence already exists under the ACA"
thesquanderer
Aug 2019
#12
Biden's plan works exactly the way the ACA works, why is anyone confused/surprised?
thesquanderer
Aug 2019
#15
re: "He didn't speak to what the View profile premium will be whatsoever."
thesquanderer
Aug 2019
#36
That has some consequences. There have to be limits to who gets that public option,
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#37
re: "unless premiums are charged on a sliding scale, charging more for those who make more"
thesquanderer
Aug 2019
#44
First, no, the ACA subsidies aren't just a sliding scale - it involves more than income.
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#47
TheBrits and others enacted govt funded hlth care post WWII. We missed the boat
Thekaspervote
Aug 2019
#10
"If you want to cut your own personal health care costs, take better care of yourself"
Act_of_Reparation
Aug 2019
#17
There will be no private insurance option if the public option is open to "anyone who wants it"
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#38
+1, We already have a single payer system and a lot of VAs work pretty good from what I've heard...
uponit7771
Aug 2019
#64
Fighting over the details of their healthcare proposals won't help them beat Donald Trump
Gothmog
Aug 2019
#43
Nothing is free! Somebody has to pay. We need to make it vey clear that there will be no free
wasupaloopa
Aug 2019
#52
Despite the fact that I'm on Medicare, last year's out-of-pocket medical expenses totaled $9,000.
greatauntoftriplets
Aug 2019
#59