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Uncle Joe

(61,872 posts)
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 01:44 PM Mar 2020

Bernie Sanders: Coronavirus Reminds Us Why We Must Guarantee Health Care To All [View all]



(snip)

"These are enormously important issues and we need serious debates over them."

"People might not have thought that the United States Congress, the Republican president, the Republican Senate would do what they did," Sanders said about the $1,200 coronavirus stimulus checks going out to most working Americans. "There's a reason for that. And that is that millions of people are now demanding that we have a government that works for all. What role should the campaign play in continuing that fight to make sure that health care becomes a human right, not a privilege, that we raise the minimum wage to a living wage, et cetera, et cetera."

"I think there is growing sentiment in this country that people now understand that it is incomprehensible that we remain the only major country on earth not to guarantee health care to all, that we have an economy which leaves half of our people...living paycheck to paycheck," Sanders said.

"What kind of system is it where people today are dying, knowing they're sick, but they're not going to the hospital because they can't afford the bill that they'll be picking up?"



https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/03/27/bernie_sanders_its_going_to_be_a_very_steep_road_to_beat_biden.html

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Empty rhetoric. Coronavirus testing & treatments are already declared free. NCProgressive Mar 2020 #1
. JudyM Mar 2020 #14
'Not Proved', Ma'am, Is the Best That Offered The Magistrate Mar 2020 #16
Weebles Wobble, Sir, But They Don't Fall Over The Magistrate Mar 2020 #2
Same old song and dance. we can do it Mar 2020 #3
If he actually cared DemKittyNC Mar 2020 #4
To date no actual answer to the final question I bolded in the OP Uncle Joe Mar 2020 #5
It's a moot question - did he read the bill he voted for? George II Mar 2020 #7
Why Should Anyone Bother, Sir? The Magistrate Mar 2020 #9
It's a problem we need to fix. showblue22 Mar 2020 #10
There are few, if any, cases of people dying because they think they can't afford the bill.... George II Mar 2020 #6
Seriously George! Here is one estimate 45,000 Americans dying every year for that reason, Uncle Joe Mar 2020 #11
Ah, pivoted on a dime with a 3-year old article! Read the TITLE of your OP, please. George II Mar 2020 #13
Ah, pivoting on a dime to disregard human behavior and history when your argument gets shot down. Uncle Joe Mar 2020 #17
No, you changed the subject when I pointed out that the premise was moot. George II Mar 2020 #19
Citing a study from 2009 before the ACA was adopted TexasTowelie Mar 2020 #27
Nothing To Do With The Present Situation, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #15
Actually, 97% of Americans are surprised about the $1200 checks bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #8
Bernie's looking more and more like Statler and Waldorf, that pair of old Muppet characters, sop Mar 2020 #12
Indeed. So true. NurseJackie Mar 2020 #22
It also reminds us why we have to the infrastructure to support universal healthcare ismnotwasm Mar 2020 #18
I agree on all counts ismnotwasm, Uncle Joe Mar 2020 #20
'Calls For Nothing Short Of Altering Our National Ethos', Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #21
It's happened before. green88 Mar 2020 #23
No Sir, Each Worked Within The Existing National Character The Magistrate Mar 2020 #25
Oh, for fuck's sake. Just stop. Squinch Mar 2020 #24
I think it is petty of Sanders to use this crisis to stay in the race. Back Biden 100% now. LizBeth Mar 2020 #26
Biden's healthcare plan is comprehensive enough that, if passed, John Fante Mar 2020 #28
Italy, china tirebiter Mar 2020 #29
Why do we need to be reminded about health care for all? And what, after... TreasonousBastard Mar 2020 #30
I beg you to stop politicizing this as all about M4A. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #31
This is about life and death policy. Uncle Joe Mar 2020 #32
So in 30 plus years he has done nothing but talk. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #33
I know you understand how our government works why if Bernie is on right side of the issue Uncle Joe Mar 2020 #34
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