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Single Payer Health Systems

Laura PourMeADrink

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23. Isn't it the only source of money? How about tariffs :) I read someone suggest

Reply to JayhawkSD (Reply #21)

Tue Feb 19, 2019, 08:21 PM

Feb 2019

we sell a couple states. I remember a long time ago, someone did a poll, If you had to sell one state, which one would it be. And New Jersey "won."

Sorry, I digressed there. Gotta be something in the budget we could reallocate. Like, I have always wondered why on earth do we need 1.3 million active military?

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How do you move from for profit to single payer/Medicare for all? [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 OP

Very simple - Allow open Enrollment in Medicare for Anyone zaj Feb 2019 #1

Medicare for anyone who wants it. kennetha Feb 2019 #2

There is a reason the industry pushed back so hard on Medicare Option zaj Feb 2019 #6

It will only be "extraordinarily complicated" if the lobbyists write the law Property Question Apr 2019 #26

First homegirl Sep 2019 #30

Time to buy off homegirl Sep 2019 #29

Then there's Sherrod Brown's idea Ohiogal Feb 2019 #3

Yes and would be pretty easy to implement...but Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #9

Incrementally zipplewrath Feb 2019 #4

Excellent. Not sure quite understood step one tho Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #10

Yes zipplewrath Feb 2019 #12

Use the Nike method. JayhawkSD Feb 2019 #5

Universal Healthcare is not necessarily the same as single payer medicare for all. kennetha Feb 2019 #7

Of course it's not the same. JayhawkSD Feb 2019 #8

I hear you. Can you think of any possible way Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #13

No. You cannot make hard things easy. JayhawkSD Feb 2019 #17

Can't a major initiative be fully realized in the future Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #20

Good is the enemy of excellent. JayhawkSD Feb 2019 #22

Defined by wiki....for those of us in the learning stage Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #14

Yes, except we don't want the "financed by taxes" part. JayhawkSD Feb 2019 #18

How are you suggesting it be paid for? Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #19

Taxes. JayhawkSD Feb 2019 #21

Isn't it the only source of money? How about tariffs :) I read someone suggest Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #23

Well, MMT says otherwise. JayhawkSD Feb 2019 #24

Who said that? Crickets? Property Question Apr 2019 #28

That's probably where we are now? Our candidates Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #11

Exactyl my point. JayhawkSD Feb 2019 #16

Just do it! YES!!! Property Question Apr 2019 #27

PNHP generally has good information area51 Feb 2019 #15

Many candidates have signed onto the Jayapal plan. Buzz cook Apr 2019 #25

I am in the VA healthcare system. It is a single payer healthcare system for 9 million veterans. marie999 Oct 2020 #31

Original cause franzwohlgemuth Dec 2020 #32

Yes, the health care industry they probably mapped out on a cocktail Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2020 #33

Exactly franzwohlgemuth Dec 2020 #34