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pat_k

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6. Answer to "Obamacare is a disaster is." Yeah. We should have implemented universal health care then.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Oct 27, 2025, 07:07 PM

Oct 27

And now it is long past time. Subsidizing private insurance has only resulted in increased costs and soaring profits on the backs of Americans and increasingly complex rules that screw us over. It's time for single-payer universal health care.

It is insane that the wealthiest nation on the planet has failed to do what every other developed nation has done: provide its people with universal health care.

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Republicans grapple with voter frustration over rising health care premiums [View all] BumRushDaShow Oct 27 OP

"probably negotiate some off-ramp" later. BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 27 #1

Yep. And even if it were true, that does nobody any good now as their premiums Wiz Imp Oct 27 #5

They're not divided on how to move forward. They want to kill the ACA and go back to the bad old days. paleotn Oct 27 #2

but they have.....CONCEPTS OF A PLAN! Skittles Oct 27 #4

I believe Trump said that months ago. I do not even think trump or Repugs had concepts. riversedge Oct 27 #9

they've been saying that for 15 years Skittles Oct 27 #10

imagine grappling with the fact your kids may go hungry Skittles Oct 27 #3

Answer to "Obamacare is a disaster is." Yeah. We should have implemented universal health care then. pat_k Oct 27 #6

AP let me fix it for you... Dem4life1970 Oct 27 #7

"The first caller on a telephone town hall .." Why not in person?? riversedge Oct 27 #8