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question everything

(48,833 posts)
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 01:12 PM Mar 2020

Was curious to hear what Sanders wants to do

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287658759

My main question is whether Sanders wants so much to challenge Biden to let supporters leave him that we may lose, the way we ended up in 2016.

No, Biden's supporters are not the people older than 65. There are many young, in the African American communities, in the suburbs.

He keeps pushing for Medicare for All as the only solution to our problems with current health care. As in this case?

Elderly go blind as NHS ignores eye surgery rationing advice

Tens of thousands of elderly people are left struggling to see because of an NHS cost-cutting drive that relies on them dying before they can qualify for cataract surgery, senior doctors say.

The NHS has ignored instructions to end cataract treatment rationing in defiance of official guidance two years ago, a survey by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists has found.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/elderly-go-blind-as-nhs-ignores-eye-surgery-rationing-advice-bp5x77t0g

Biden know that we can make the ACA better and he should stick to it.

Making sure that "all of our people can go to college or trade school, regardless of their income?" No, the ones who can should pay. Not the "affluenza" kids, not the ones who rape sorority girls and get away with it. And not the ones who want to study something interesting with no chance of making a living. They can start with a 2 year college and then transfer.

I now agree with others who say that there is no reason for tomorrow debate if Sanders' sole purpose is to kill the only chance we have to win, since he cannot get the 1990 delegates.








If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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showblue22

(1,026 posts)
1. There as so many people Sanders leaves out
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 01:16 PM
Mar 2020

In poor communities people do not want to go to college and are so poor some can't even finish high school. To tell you the truth, if you were able to graduate from high school and take out student loans for college, for many folks in poor communities you are the affluent.
Biden has plans for them.

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

George II

(67,782 posts)
2. He can NOT get to 1991. Biden's average in the 27 votes so far is 44%, Sanders' 36%, and...
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 01:25 PM
Mar 2020

Biden's average has been going UP since it's down to two people now, Sanders' average has been going down.

It will only be worse after Tuesday, where Biden is leading by 67% to 33%.

No one sees any primary in which Sanders can gain any ground. This thing is over.

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

question everything

(48,833 posts)
3. So he just wants to sow doubt in many voters who would then stay home
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 01:29 PM
Mar 2020

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

George II

(67,782 posts)
4. I don't know his motivation, but he's sending out a half dozen fundraising emails a day.
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 01:32 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Mr.Bill

(24,800 posts)
5. Every time I point out the shortcomings and cost of Medicare
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 01:51 PM
Mar 2020

a Sanders supporter shows up and says "But Medicare for all isn't really Medicare".

If I were to vote in a presidential
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question everything

(48,833 posts)
7. Which confirms what most of us know: many who support that plan have no idea
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 02:18 PM
Mar 2020

what it means.

Democratic Voters Don’t Actually Understand ‘Medicare For All,’ New Report Says

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/medicare-for-all-poll-democrats_n_5d08264de4b0886dd15db364

It’s safe to assume these Democratic candidates wouldn’t be so openly enthusiastic about Medicare for All if surveys hadn’t shown the concept to be so popular with voters in general and with Democratic voters in particular. But, according to a new telephone poll that the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation published Tuesday morning, many of those voters seem to think that Medicare for All would do things it wouldn’t ― or, more precisely, that it wouldn’t do things it would.

That’s especially true when it comes to the future role of private insurance. Two-thirds of Democratic voters think that people with employer coverage could hold on to their policies under Medicare for All, according to the Kaiser study, which used a nationally representative sample of more than 1,200 adults.

In reality, both the Sanders proposal and its House counterpart, from Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), would prohibit the sale of private insurance that is “duplicative” of what the new government plan would offer.

That would effectively wipe out existing employer policies. Private insurers could still offer supplemental plans, but only to pay for extras, like cosmetic surgery and premium hospital rooms, that the government plan didn’t cover.

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

Indykatie

(3,853 posts)
6. Bernie's Purist All Or Nothing Approach to Political Change Is Why He Has Accomplished So Little
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 02:15 PM
Mar 2020

He see incremental change like the ACA as a failure. If he wants to push Biden on M4All he's wasting his time. He refuses to accept that M4All won't ever come to fruition in its current form. There are more than a few elected Dems that don't support it including Pelosi. That makes it DOA.

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

emmaverybo

(8,147 posts)
8. The NHS is so horrible. It is increasingly privatized, uneven in care, about over run, has severe
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 02:20 PM
Mar 2020

nurse and doctor shortages. ER’s often have to close. People wait beyond a reasonable time to get
basic screening tests, hip replacement is considered elective surgery...

If M4All were to look anything like NHS, we would be in trouble.

Don’t bother to tell me better outcomes. Different population. We have more obesity, more GSW,
are a larger population.

Our Medicare, medicaid, and ACA (but for too high premiums) sooooo much better.

I hope we do get to universal health care, but we need god quality!

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