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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: New Monmouth poll shows primary voters confused about public option vs Medicare For All [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)32. Agree this is problematic. But the process begins with congress.
Congress legislates, of course. And the plus side of that is that we have a lot of people there who do know a great deal about this and that they began long ago.
As for the confusion the corporate-media organized debates are creating, furthered by the content of their shows, I think it'd be foolish not to believe it's deliberate. When people get confused, they turn off. When people get disenchanted, they don't vote.
And remember, MSNBC and CNN, along with AP, NYT and many others controlled overwhelmingly by wealthy white men worked quietly all through 2015-2016 to put Republicans in power. We saw it, and the techniques used have been analyzed and proven by studies.
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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New Monmouth poll shows primary voters confused about public option vs Medicare For All [View all]
highplainsdem
Aug 2019
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It bothers me that so much appears to be riding on our and candidates' perceived proposals
elleng
Aug 2019
#3
Thx for posting!! Health insurance last I knew was in the forefront of many voters minds
Thekaspervote
Aug 2019
#5
Yes. And both Warren and Sanders favor a change only 22% of Democratic voters want.
highplainsdem
Aug 2019
#9
No, it doesn't mean that. And you can't run on Medicare For All lin the GE and win.
highplainsdem
Aug 2019
#12
Trump isn't going to have to explain his plan if voters think our party's plan is Medicare For All
highplainsdem
Aug 2019
#14
If one can get elected on the M4A "negotiating stance." That's highly questionable, now.
Hoyt
Aug 2019
#20
Wait until big healthcare, big pharma, and big insurance get done framing the public option
Celerity
Aug 2019
#10
No. I don't want Medicaid For All. But I do want universal health coverage. For all.
riverine
Aug 2019
#17
You can't compare us with them. They do not have our history of health care nor do they have even a
wasupaloopa
Aug 2019
#33
Yes, I'm writing a series of essays about the corrosive effect the shareholder primacy
PatrickforO
Aug 2019
#34