Is it foolish to think that passing a Priv-Insur-Only mandate is NOT the way to Medicare-for-All?

[Faryn Balyncd]

Is it cynical to be skeptical when proponents say "Nothing's perfect, we'll fix it later."


Are progressives nit-picking when we think that maybe the problem with passing a mandate that every American buy insurance from a cartel is NOT that is less that perfect & needs a few fixes . . . . . . . . . . . . but that is goes in the WRONG DIRECTION?


Is it naive to think we should listen to the American people,who overwhelmingly support a "public plan like Medicare" available to all Americans, while they strongly oppose the No-Public-Option, lobbyist written mandate?


Rank & file Americans seem to know one cannot build a sound structure upon a rotten foundation.


Are we silly to think we should listen?


Are we unsophisticated to think we would do better to stand behind a plan we really believe in & Americans support - Medicare-for-All? . . . . that we should force the obstructionist minority to publicly & physically filibuster if they are to defeat it, and then hold their feet to the fire in November?







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"If Barack Obama’s bill gets changed to exclude the public entities, it is not health insurance reform…it rises and falls on whether the public is allowed to choose Medicare if they’re under 65 or not. If they are allowed to choose Medicare as an option, this bill will be real health care reform...."

- Howard Dean

[leftstreet]

1. If the 'free market' works, let the InsuRAT companies compete!

Let's see them compete for our business!

Why would these Captains of Industry need to hide behind a sissy mandate?

WIMPS!

[sharesunited]

2. And remember to keep insisting on proper funding and scheduling of Medicare reimbursements.

That is a continuous job, forever and ever.

Universal single payer doesn't mean a thing if you allow it to be strangled into irrelevance.

[enlightenment]

3. Apparently.

[Lasher]

4. If it is then color me foolish.

Taxing good healthcare insurance is going in the wrong direction too.