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Old 03-06-2020, 03:50 PM   #2052
nfotiu
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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon View Post
60% of Americans are on either Medicare or private health insurance, another 20% on Medicaid, its not a particularly efficient system but most of the voting public have access to healthcare, and for about half of them it is as good if not better than ours, they are just not going to view universal healthcare as something they have to vote for, Bern's signature policy just isn't a huge vote winner
Obamacare also filled in some gaps, and is very good for the people in the narrow income range that get subsidized plans.

You're right, the current system isn't bad enough for enough people for M4all to be a political winner.
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