Dems hit another one outta the park, Medicare For All discussion has arrived

[Eagle_Eye]

you should've tried working a while when younger, gramps

quite sucking up those taxpayer dollars

at least unlike you I earned my benefits while all you did is sign up for Welfare.

 

[reagansghost]

at least unlike you I earned my benefits while all you did is sign up for Welfare.

exactly how did you 'earn' your benefits?

 

[Phantasmal]

exactly how did you 'earn' your benefits?

He is a vet. He served in Nam, that to me, earns him all his benefits.

 

[reagansghost]

He is a vet. He served in Nam, that to me, earns him all his benefits.

many, many Vietnam vets had cushy jobs......blow jobs, extra pay, and dirt cheap pot everywhere, living better than stateside troops

don't let this goldbricker fool ya, he was clearly a REMF

 

[Phantasmal]

many, many Vietnam vets had cushy jobs......blow jobs, extra pay, and dirt cheap pot everywhere, living better than stateside troops

don't let this goldbricker fool ya, he was clearly a REMF

They still served, I’m sorry, I respect all vets. It’s something I never care to do.

 

[reagansghost]

They still served, I’m sorry, I respect all vets. It’s something I never care to do.

that's fine, be my guest

 

[Eagle_Eye]

many, many Vietnam vets had cushy jobs......blow jobs, extra pay, and dirt cheap pot everywhere, living better than stateside troops

don't let this goldbricker fool ya, he was clearly a REMF

 

[Eagle_Eye]

They still served, I’m sorry, I respect all vets. It’s something I never care to do.

That is the one thing we have in common. Thanks.

 

[Phantasmal]

That is the one thing we have in common. Thanks.

No, thank you for your service.

 

[PoliTalker]

House Democrats plan to hold hearings on Medicare for All


Source: Washington Post

The new Democratic majority in the House will hold the first hearings on Medicare-for-All legislation, a longtime goal of the party’s left, after Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi lent her support for the process.

“It’s a huge step forward to have the speaker’s support,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), who will be the House sponsor of the legislation, usually denoted as HR 676. “We have to push on the inside while continuing to build support for this on the outside.”

Some version of universal health care has been a Democratic goal for decades. The Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, first introduced in 2003 by then-Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, has become the vehicle for Democrats who want to bring single-payer, Canada-style health care to the United States.

That legislation was typically sidelined, even when Democrats had power; in 2009 and 2010, when the House passed the Affordable Care Act, the “Medicare-for-All” package was not part of the discussion. But in his 2016 campaign for president, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) championed Medicare for All. The following year, for the first time, a majority of House Democrats co-sponsored HR 676.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/amph...51eccc-0f6c-11e9-84fc-d58c33d6c8c7_story.html

Hey. Trump said he wanted to replace Obamacare with something that would work much better.

This is IT!

 

[Damocles]

How would it be paid for?

Likely taxation. Imagine taxing companies at a rate that would match up to the insurance costs for their employees. It would take a tremendous amount of tax as it is 1/6th of our economy. Either that or "Big Pharma" and "Big Oil" et al would receive a tremendous boost in funds as they no longer would have to pay for health insurance. Imagine the Democrats giving such a boon to "Big Company"... it would give them nightmares.

 

[PostmodernProphet]

Asshole, if Congress, a republican congress holds the purse strings and writes and passes spending legislation, how is it Obama’s fault?

did you notice his deficits went down after Republicans took over the house?.....

 

[floridafan]

Who signs the checks Sweet heart?

How full of shit you are, remember the bush years when you blamed everything on the democratic Congress.

 

[Legion]

Likely taxation. Imagine taxing companies at a rate that would match up to the insurance costs for their employees. It would take a tremendous amount of tax as it is 1/6th of our economy. Either that or "Big Pharma" and "Big Oil" et al would receive a tremendous boost in funds as they no longer would have to pay for health insurance. Imagine the Democrats giving such a boon to "Big Company"... it would give them nightmares.

I suspect you are correct.

Don't businesses pass on the costs of taxation to consumers?

 

[Damocles]

I suspect you are correct.

Don't businesses pass on the costs of taxation to consumers?

Considering it is a cost that simply goes into a different column it would already be within that cost.

Basically, taxed at a rate they pay for insurance already, they'd simple shuffle over the cost from one column to another. The only way it becomes a boon to the company is if you do not charge them for the new socialized medicine. There'd be no new cost to pass on to the consumer.

I do not think they'll be successful, the Senate will tell them to try again... and the President would veto it. This is just a way for them to try to show that the Rs just "don't care" about your health.

 

[reagansghost]

They still served, I’m sorry, I respect all vets. It’s something I never care to do.

regarding Vietnam, I only respect those who were drafted and sent to front line combat units

and since the draft ended, I don't respect any soldier/marine/sailor participating in wars of aggression against third world countries, almost exclusively to benefit American CORPORATIONS - see Iraq for only one in many examples

anyone volunteering to rape, murder and pillage the globe for a paycheck deserves no respect

so if this grumpy grandpa was drafted and sent to a line unit, I respect him.........haven't seen any indication that's the case yet