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It amazes me how many Dems are racist just like the MAGA but think they are different! This post really brought that out!

Like every other first world country!!

Let Medicare for All would be an option. Private medical insurance also, an option. Then, lets find out what people prefer. I think we know the answer.

“Medicare” for all would NEVER pass in Congress, BUT it would raise a ton of money for political PACs on both sides arguing about it..if people on left were serious about healthcare, woukd push for “Medicaid” for all that could work within the existing ACA. The ACA was designed to expand Medicaid.

Sorry, but I can't watch anything with Fake Tapper anymore. He sold his soul and got nothing for it.

Canadian here. Cancer patient, thankful Canadian.

Why do progs keep chanting the "Medicare for all" mantra? That guy has PhDs and he can't figure out something that at least efficient?

At a far lower cost.

Now this is ACTUALLY pro-life! Not cosplayers outside of healthcare clinics.

We are fifty-years behind in human benefits. I blame the republicans .

Those eedjit talking heads have been asking that same inane question for half a century. The last country with 'Socialized' Medicine that banned the private market was Canada and they gave that up decades ago. State Sponsored Insurance has never banned private care anywhere at any time by anyone.

The average person gets back 3xs what they pay into Medicare.

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No insurance company executives profiting

Medicare costs 20% copays and a monthly premium. Medicaid costs neither. Medicaid For All is better.

Medicaid For All is the real solution. Medicare For All doesn't go far enough.

Jake Tapper needs to be removed from t.v.

How's this not Obamacare?! How's it going to be funded?! Took over 18 months of debate in Congress to get this passed? Why should it Not be law? Why should it be replaced? I know The REAL reason!!

Yeah, except America doesn’t need more health insurance schemes. We need healthcare not more insurance. Insurance does not equal healthcare. Healthcare is health care.

NOBODY (including politicians) should receive free Healthcare if the constituents don't have it 🎯

Oh and fuck off, Jake Tapper. You fascist cuck.

I live it when Democrats unabashedly stand up for their beliefs. We need a lot more of that.

If you paid a tax for universal healthcare wouldn’t that be better and cheaper than paying insurance companies? For profit healthcare always costs more.

They need to cut the endless money laundering and vanity projects

Jake tapper is a hack and will always be a hack.

It's collapsing down all around them. When they lose Texas, it's going to short circuit their brains.

What's his plan?

I love Social Progressives!

Other countries have public and private healthcare, but they have at least universal healthcare. #MedicareForAll The healthcare industry needs to be reviewed from the top to the bottom. Expensive drugs, unaffordable hospital charges, denied claims, etc. 🤔

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Jake looks so skeptical.

Welkers interview on NBC and facial expressions, i asking about what that would do to how millionaires feel, was yet another bad way to begin a Sunday morning of tv channel flipping

Fuck Jake Tapper! I loathe this fucking idiot.

Medicare for all would be a boon to the us economy. Employers would no longer be shackled to provide benefits and would be able to pay more in salary. This is such a no brainer.

Without part D, I don't think my SS check will be enough to cover my BP meds. #Fucktrump #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

I completely agree with you that this is a problem and we need Medicaid funded! The new rules surrounding Medicaid are disgusting and unrealistic. Those rules, however, are not SUPPOSED to affect Medicare. (🙃) I often see folks get the two confused, especially those who are young and affluent.

"The combined wealth of the 10 richest Americans exceeds $2 trillion...It rivals the economic output of entire nations...Meanwhile, tens of thousands of people living with ...chronic illnesses...are forced to choose between medications and groceries" myastheniagravisnews.com/columns/pati...

Safety Nets Medicaid are in Peril. Looming annual $1Trillion interest payment on Our National Debt. UareWhatUeat. One oz of prevention is worth a lb of cure. Chronic Inflammation,Insulin Resistance and Excess salts sugars and starches are the Enemy. Bike 10K a day it helps keep the doctors away 😀 👌

They @abdulelsayed.bsky.social @democrats.org How this will saves us money&stop the medical bankruptcies It’s like 14k a year in the US plus deductible which is another 4k Where is all this money going? People will understand this because they are living it

The only thing it takes away is burdensome debt, high premiums and the middle man: insurance execs

Surprised Tapper didn’t ask him if Israel has a right to exist?

A fair point, but calling Medicare catastrophic insurance is an exaggeration, since that term has a specific meaning. Also, supplemental private insurance is common, even in single-payer countries.

I am already on Medicare & I still believe that we should have universal health care for all. I don't use SANP or HUD, but I still think that both programs should be well financed. I'm retired, but I still think that if Dems were worth a damn, we would have at least a $20 minimum wage.

Why is tapper still there? Who's he suckin off?

I have a friend who is going through a serious (but fixable) medical challenge. He is stressed, but has a strong medical team. I made the point to him that, as a Cdn, he doesn't have the added stress of fighting with an insurance company dedicated to finding a way to deny his claim.

Medicare sucks! We need universal healthcare.

Each and everyone one us pays into medicare as line item on our paystubs. Medicare for all eliminates overhead costs like overpaid 5 year and vested insurance execs and board members.

And Jake, wearing his 'concerned' face.... like a creep. Well done, AES. ✊

More than guaranteed health insurance, I want everyone to have guaranteed health care.

Why are folks not talking about the money Medicare for all would save Americans, corporations, the government? Do folks really know what five trillion dollars a year is not doing for Americans? One million seconds 11 days One billion seconds 31 years One trillion seconds 31,600 years.

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Something we don't talk about publicly is how common it is for people to get married - even knowing the marriage isn't likely to last - only because (or primarily because) of health or dental insurance. Maybe this is only common among poor people, but I've known some big earners who've done this.

It takes away large corporations’ huge recruitment & retention advantage over small business & entrepreneurs. If your health insurance is independent of your job, you can quit if your manager sucks. You can take a headhunter’s offer b/c $20K more is really $20K more, not $20K - a yr of insurance.

This Fine Fellow wants to give EVERYONE Healthcare. THIS IS A GOOD THING! #AlwaysVoteBLUE

You're paying for it now through increased premiums.

Here's what M4A takes away: Health insurance premiums, copays regular fights over billing, constant hassle with approvals for procedures. M4A is far from perfect, but it would save more than 5% of GNP and put that money right in the pockets of The People. Who would lose? Health Insurance companies

Like they have in OTHER developed countries.

Exactly. I can assure you that preventative care is absolutely less expensive than catastrophic responses to problems you've ignored out of necessity.

It will never happen as long as we have insurance companies donating to republican congressmen

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Was just getting ready to say the same thing.

Our Reps and Senators receive good pay and some of the best healthcare money can buy. That is proof that they *know* healthcare is essential to have a dignified life. Voting against methods to extend that privilege to all is morally unacceptable.

Here in Belgium, every employee pays 13.07% of their gross salary for social security. Employees also pay a min of 25% on that same salary they pay out. A consultation with a GP costs €33.74 ($39) in 2026. The patient pays a co-payment of €4 to €6 ($5 to $7). The rest is paid by social security.

State governments get block grants for Medicaid, so they love paying Medicare premiums so patients don't need to use Medicaid for the full amount of care. I don't think "Medicare For All" could even get away with "Medicare And Medicaid For All," re: that earlier $600 bill neither one paid for me.

Most developed countries have health care free at the point of delivery and doctors / nurses make decisions not insurance companies.

With co-pays, deductibles, no drug coverage, and denials?

Thank you. So, knowing the American health and economic systems as well as you do, how, without a plan, will Medicare for All be achieved?

It’s the most pro-business policy. GM, Ford and even Stellantis have thousands of $$ of HC costs in every vehicle they make. Medicare for all changes that. It’s also pro-worker in that it gives us all freedom of movement, enables entrepreneurship. Why are smart ideas so hard??

The current system is another tax that the working class pays to the 1%. We’re literally being ripped off.

This is what they consider "far left" in America.

That's the thing - you want us to embrace AI? Ensure we don't starve or suffer in the process. Guaranteed basic income & universal healthcare. Unchain us from wage slavery, and we'll cheer as AI, robots, and other tech improvements free more of us from it.

And the ultra-wealthy can afford some tax money to pay for it.

YES, we MUST uncouple health insurance from employment. Enough is enough. It's terribly expensive with premiums and copays. Medicare for all, Single Payer for all, Universal Health Insurance the way forward. Enough is enough~!!!!!!

*denying claims

As long as citizens lose their homes & half of bankruptcies filed have to do with medical bills we are not on par with the rest of the civilized world. Other countries run their medical programs very successfully for decades so enough with making socialize medicine the bogeyman. We look stupid.

No he should not have brought Israel into the discussion. Though it’s true, many countries including all of Europe have universal healthcare- why confuse the point? It’s not abt Israel. Healthcare is a local issue.

Including free abortions! Make all the heads explode

Almost like becoming a real country(!).

I'd rather my taxes go to pay for Medicare for All than say, gilding statues.

Our defense budget is larger than the next 10 nations combined but they all have universal healthcare. Hmmm 🤔

Tapper is a right wing nutter

Your taxes will increase by less than what you spend on insurance and copay’s now.

You're lucky to be older than 65. My insurance quote was $1,000+ a month with a $7500 deductible.

Fortunately, we entered the workforce being told SS wouldn't exist when we retired, so we saved accordingly. Any SS we get is gravy, but we're the lucky ones who could save for retirement. Others can't, and that'll be catastrophic. 2/

With all due respect… So what? You’re describing a Boomer lifestyle that vanished for most under HW Bush & the rest under Shrub. White collar professions no longer pay enough to cover a house payment & childcare, much less retirement savings. If you ask for a raise, they say it went to insurance.

Just honestly think back & count how many times you probably could have gotten a better job or started your own business but didn’t b/c you’d lose benefits. Health insurance is a massive suppressor of entrepreneurship & mobility.

Employer funded! Not available to so many!

I get Medicare, it costs me $202 per month. I pay $40/mo for my Eliquis and $0 for all of my other medications. Doctors and Specialists are $0 copay and deductible is $1500. I was paying $320 per month for my employer plan with a $5000 deductible.

Jake Topper can fuck all the way off !!

And WE CAN AFFORD it.

That's they it should be to claim you live in a 1st world society.

Tapper sucks

No one should have to go bankrupt just to get health care.

OUR CURRENT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS BUILT FOR INSURANCE COMPANIES/DME/ PHARMACY BENEFIT MGRS (PBMs) TO MAKE MONEY…….HEALTHCARE IS A BUSINESS……NOT A UNIVERSAL BENEFIT FOR ALL IN SOCIETY……just think how innovative and prosperous we all would be without worry of paying for healthcare

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I’m currently uninsured. I lost my Medicaid cuz I got a job (finally) but they don’t offer benefits, no healthcare. I “missed” open enrollment. So that means I can’t get healthcare coverage until November. But there’s only one insurance policy that covers what I need. Goddamn healthcare capitalism