Bernie has had multiple opportunities to sell MfA to the Democratic electorate, and he's failed to do so.

MfA could become an election-winning issue through a rather sudden awakening precipitated by the crisis.

...you're right, there is "no one else like him."

I've never seen any political contender with so many great ideals and yet so few great ideas.

and turns it into his stump speech, a speech we've heard over and over again. Right now, people need very real short-term solutions, not some future Medicare-for-All plan.

...introduced it every year HE was in the House, and his wife Debbie introduced it since she's occupied the seat.

The difference is none of them have used the faux moniker "Medicare" for all, which is a misnomer.

… I never go to an amusement park without first checking if they have options to get me ahead of the line at the rollercoaster. If there's a way to pay more to wait less, I want that option.

or has anyone addressed the fact that Medicare is a bureaucratic nightmare in it's current state. I am vehemently in favor of health care for all, it's a humanitarian right. But, as a recipient of Medicare for the past 10 years, I know that my health care needs are of no consequence to this governmental agency. Let's hear how bernie is going to fix this behemoth before he plans to offer it to everyone. Oh, that's right, bernie just spouts off without thinking things through.

Since being forced into Medicare, I've come to feel totally abandoned. When I attempted to report Medicare fraud perpetrated by my previous PCP, these bureaucrats made it very clear to me that they weren't interested and everyone did it. So much for high ideals, we're living in the wrong universe. bernie is not progressive, he's just a blowhard who doesn't have a solid, workable plan for any of his campaign rhetorical postures.

There is a huge wall between Medicare and the VA. I just spent a week in the hospital under Medicare, and it was actually pleasant and successful although the bills haven't come in.

VA doctors cannot issue scrips valid outside the VA pharmacy and outside doctors can't issue scrips valid at the VA pharmacy. I get my pharms for a very low copay from the VA and this cause some small confusion with scrips from the hospital doctor. Since they were generic stuff, I ended up just paying the 50 bucks to save hassles.

That's just one example. Anyone who has dealt with healthcare has plenty of stories dealing with the various nonsensical barriers and inconsistencies that waste many small fortunes daily.

I cannot, in my wildest acid dreams, imagine how this "system" could be reorganized to something sensible in the MFA time frames put out so far. If at all.

that perceptual problem

Programs for average people usually are called such things.

healthcare salvation, but it just ain't gonna happen.

Medicare is simply a billing solution, not a healthcare provider. And there has been no groundswell of support for upsetting close to a fifth of the GDP for something new and untested.

Yes, we need more affordable health care with better access, but MFA is a joke.

Has he written a damn bill?

There are two components to the argument:

1. Do Americans need health care that isn't provided under the current private/public system?

2. Do Americans trust the Government to be able to implement such a system?

The Trump Administration's response to COVID-19, especially implementing the testing protocol, has in my opinion, reinforced voter distrust of the Government to manage substantial policy programs. Arguing that Biden (or Sanders) would obviously do it better is rationally true but emotionally insufficient.

Duh.

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