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creeksneakers2

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13. I think we should stick with the problems we have now

Reply to biocube (Original post)

Wed Oct 8, 2025, 02:55 PM

Oct 8

Its like the team you are opposing has first and goal on your two yard line and you are calling a 60 yard pass play when you don't even have the ball. Your suggestion is not in the real world.

Do you realize how many ads they would run on TV and what kinds of lies they would tell if we tried your suggestion? You'd be giving them a great chance to get rid of Obamacare too.

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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 Oct 8 OP

DURec leftstreet Oct 8 #1

Yes. Ive been saying this from the start of this "negotiation" to hand $$$$ to private insurances cos Nanjeanne Oct 8 #2

+1 leftstreet Oct 8 #4

They should. They won't. BlueTsunami2018 Oct 8 #3

ACA is a known & appreciated commodity by GOP voters. Medicare for All will be the bogeyman. nt AnotherMother4Peace Oct 8 #5

Current Medicare recipients pay around $200 a month after pre paying into it for 40 years. MichMan Oct 8 #6

Yep SickOfTheOnePct Oct 8 #12

Suggest securing ACA before going full-blown Medicare-for-All at this point. We might have a chance at former, latter Silent Type Oct 8 #7

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

There's no evidence Medicare for All is a winning electoral policy n/t Wanderlust988 Oct 8 #9

a winning electoral policy? Cirsium Oct 8 #11

Yes, agreed. But let's still focus on the ACA subsides right now mvd Oct 8 #10

I think we should stick with the problems we have now creeksneakers2 Oct 8 #13

First we have to convince the centrists. Emile Oct 8 #14

The ones that couldn't be persuaded to vote for permanent ACA subsidies in 2021 & insisted they be temporary? MichMan Oct 8 #15

Same ones who wouldn't allow a public option when they passed the ACA. Emile Oct 8 #16