That’s exactly what his link shows. People are mostly positive on their own coverage, negative on “the system”. That’s why taking on the system is good politics but not simultaneously taking away anyone’s current plan is not.
My current list is:
Pete Buttigieg
Kamala Harris
Elizabeth Warren
Warren is really gaining steam among my Twitter bubble, which I admit is a very self selected sample.
‘Elizabeth Warren has a plan for that’ is usually trending on Twitter.
Yeah, I understand what the link shows–but your conclusion is wrong.
I’m reasonably positive on my own insurance, but that doesn’t mean I think it’s the best possible world. If you take away my insurance in the process of providing universal health coverage, I’d be very pleased–because under our current system, my own coverage could suddenly turn to shit.
Despite claims to the contrary, Elizabeth Warren has her finger on the pulse of the American electorate.
This fact was brought home to me by a sponsored ad that just appeared on my Facebook feed, in which Warren urges prospective voters to enter a “Have A Beer* With Elizabeth Warren” contest and announces that her favorite beer is Michelob Ultra.
I would enter (no [del]purchase[/del] donation is required), but have trouble getting past the incongruity of hoisting a beer with Ms. Warren and watching her motion over an aide after every tiny sip to wipe that icky foam off her lip.
I’d sooner go drinking with Hillary Clinton.
*or other beverage. The winner also gets two nights’ stay in a hotel for some reason, maybe to sleep off the effects of the beer.
Exactly. I pay quite a bit in premiums. For that I get a $3000 deductible. My company puts $2000 in a HSA type thing, but 1 ER visit can easily wipe that out and have me paying $1000 out of pocket.
Then there’s the jumping through hoops to get mail order pharmacy set up for my wife’s meds because they wouldn’t pay for a regular pharmacy anymore.
The only thing that saves me from really paying out is I get all my care through the VA.
If all my premiums went to taxes instead to pay for healthcare and I never had to deal with another insurance company, I’d be very happy.
I’m surprised Warren’s support for a wealth tax isn’t immediately disqualifying in the minds of rational voters.
They got elected, thereby, ipso facto, they had electability.
Xray- Down the hall to the left.
Pharmacy- ground floor.
Specialist- another office, 15 minutes away. Here’s your appt.
She’s running for the Democratic nomination.
Regards,
Shodan
I was lukewarm about Warren- it seems *everyone *is espousing ideas that sound fine but don’t stand up to scrutiny- but her (and Harris) using the 5 year anniversary of Ferguson to repeat the lie that Micheal Brown was murdered is just chumming for votes.
It doesn’t appear to have hurt her support here, but it feels like Hilary Lite, saying something she (hopefully) doesn’t believe to get unearned support.
So, you’re saying that he’s still alive?
Are you two tag-teaming now?
I hadn’t heard of that until you mention it. All I see from a search is a few tweets…is there any word of mouth comment? Because if it was just tweets well nobody really cares about a move like that outside the online social media bubble.
My conclusion isn’t wrong just because a couple of Dopers would be fine with banning private insurance. Sheesh.
Poll: Most Americans want universal healthcare but don’t want to abolish private insurance
Talking about banning private insurance doesn’t fly with the American public.
You know, for someone who belongs to the party of Trump, you have absolutely no room to question anyone’s intelligence or rationality.
You know, I suppose it’s possible that I’m so politically naive that the above tautology is gonna BLOW MY FUCKIN MIND, in which case, great job posting it!
But if that’s not the case, maybe you could reread what you quoted, look over the history of the thread, and figure out if maybe you’re missing something in the conversation.
No fooling! MIND=BLOWN
Christ, y’all, can you knock it off with the Captain Obvious posts?
As for the rest of what you said, your new cite offers evidence that wasn’t in the previous, and I appreciate that new cite. I’m not sure you’re correct on the rationale behind those polling results, though.
I don’t doubt you if that’s what your experience has been. But what I posted above was my own personal experience with private employer-offered health insurance, and I actually am a suburbanite.
If you have a need or a desire to toss personal barbas, take it to The BBQ Pit, not here.
[ /Moderating ]
Sure they were tweets, and the Washington Post gave them both four Pinocchios.
Vox had an article, too.
If you mean no progressive “really cares about” facts obscuring a narrative, then I understand you.
Are you addressing that to me, mister moderator, sir? Maybe you could address that query to the US Department of Justice.
Thing is that those items have little to nothing to do with who is paying the bill or how it gets paid.
Well run large groups will run … well. Coordinating and facilitating care. Some large groups and smaller pracowill be more disjointed, even as they might have other pluses. That will be true whatever the payment scheme.