Posted on 09/08/2017 2:24:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Next week, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders will introduce his long-awaited single-payer health care bill with a cadre of the Democratic 2020 prospects expected to sign on as co-sponsors. Not long afterward, Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, another potential 2020 candidate, will propose an alternative: Allowing individuals and businesses to buy into Medicare.
Both ideas have, at times, been labeled "Medicare for all." But their differences also offer a glimpse at what's likely to be a defining debate within the Democratic Party in its next nominating contest: A full shift to a government health insurance system versus a partial step away from private markets.
It's possible for some Democrats to support both ideas. Murphy, in an interview with Politico, portrayed his bill as a more politically practical bridge to Sanders' goal. "We're not going to pass a single-payer health care bill any time in the next few years. And so we need to have a conversation about how we get there," he said.
The intra-party debate will heat up when Sanders' bill drops in the coming days. California Sen. Kamala Harris was the first to announce she'd co-sponsor it. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Thursday in a fundraising email that she'd co-sponsor Sanders' bill, too. She wrote: "Medicare for All is one way that we can give every single person in the country access to high quality health care. Everyone is covered. Nobody goes broke paying a medical bill. Families don't have to bear the costs of heartbreaking medical disasters on their own."(continued)
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(Fast-talking medication side-effect voice)
"Thepeoplepromotingthisplanwillnotparticipateinitthemselves.Maycauseearlydeathduetodeathpanelsandrationingofcare. Termsandconditionsapply."
Both woman are socialists/progressives...anti-United States Constitution...both women are aware Republicans have failed to repeal Obamacare which gives them a leg-up to continue to push single-payer healthcare...SOCIALIZED MEDICINE...an entitlement that is unconstitutional.
The repeal of Obamacare/Affordable Care Act won the White House for Republicans...hold their feet to the fire!
Medicare for All, not if, but when is the question. Does Trump and or the GOPe embrace it to get out in front and control the debate or do they crash and burn in a pyrrhic fight. I do not want to see this enacted, but government control of at least the insurance side of the healthcare equation seems more and more accepted as national social policy. Especially given uncontrolled rate increases for individual and group policies. Business and individuals will demand relief, real or imagined. The crafters of ObamaCare knew what they were doing.
Medicare is going broke and there are gaps that are covered by insurance. A country that is 20 trillion dollars in debt cannot afford it.
Need to give healthcare to the states, not cede our healthcare decisions to faceless bureaucrats.
Hey Bernie, tell us why single payer didn’t pass in your home state. And in Cali. What makes you think it would work at the national level?
Black Liberal MN. Justice Alan Page speaks well of/and supports the Judge that Sen. Frankin is blocking.
Frankin is a prick- doing this for political reasons.
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