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Sapient Donkey

(1,568 posts)
12. I find that to be an interesting take
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 12:18 PM
Mar 2020

My concern with Sanders is that we won't have any progress with healthcare, because he would push for medicare for all which has a very low chance of being implemented. It will be hard to convince people that their private insurance has to go away so they can be forced to use something that is unproven. It's easy to get people who are uninsured or under-insured to sign off on that, but there are lots of people who are "fine" or in some cases like their private insurance, and who are afraid of change. Those folks will resist and encourage their representatives to resist such changes. Meanwhile folks who are uninsured and under-insured will continue to go without while that battle plays out. It's far easier to push and defend a well funded public option that covers everyone who needs/wants it.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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