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BlueTsunami2018

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3. They should. They won't.

Reply to biocube (Original post)

Wed Oct 8, 2025, 01:41 PM

Wednesday

Not until their corporate sponsors in the health insurance industry are told to go pound sand. That’s the sticking point and it’s highly unlikely to happen.

I know it’s nice to think that these guys are there to look after the People but they’re there to make sure the profits keep coming in. The insurance industry is one of the biggest wringers of cash from regular folks that there is. Yay capitalism!

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It's time for Democrats to distance themselves from the ACA and be all-in on Medicare for All [View all] biocube Wednesday OP

DURec leftstreet Wednesday #1

Yes. Ive been saying this from the start of this "negotiation" to hand $$$$ to private insurances cos Nanjeanne Wednesday #2

+1 leftstreet Wednesday #4

They should. They won't. BlueTsunami2018 Wednesday #3

ACA is a known & appreciated commodity by GOP voters. Medicare for All will be the bogeyman. nt AnotherMother4Peace Wednesday #5

Current Medicare recipients pay around $200 a month after pre paying into it for 40 years. MichMan Wednesday #6

Yep SickOfTheOnePct Wednesday #12

Suggest securing ACA before going full-blown Medicare-for-All at this point. We might have a chance at former, latter Silent Type Wednesday #7

"Amen" Brother (sister?) Biocube ....... I believe we will see in the coming Ars Longa Wednesday #8

There's no evidence Medicare for All is a winning electoral policy n/t Wanderlust988 Wednesday #9

a winning electoral policy? Cirsium Wednesday #11

Yes, agreed. But let's still focus on the ACA subsides right now mvd Wednesday #10

I think we should stick with the problems we have now creeksneakers2 Wednesday #13

First we have to convince the centrists. Emile Wednesday #14

The ones that couldn't be persuaded to vote for permanent ACA subsidies in 2021 & insisted they be temporary? MichMan Wednesday #15

Same ones who wouldn't allow a public option when they passed the ACA. Emile Wednesday #16