r/FluentInFinance • u/The-Lucky-Investor • 13d ago

“Medicare for All” would save the U.S $5.1 Trillion over 10 years Discussion/ Debate

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/30/easy-pay-something-costs-less-new-study-shows-medicare-all-would-save-us-51-trillion
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u/slayer828 13d ago

The aca was gutted by Republicans and democrats owned by the Healthcare corporations.

Look at the original draft vs the final one.

Money is the problem and always was. Take money out of medical care and the problems will shrink.

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u/timemoose 13d ago

Democrats had the votes to pass whatever they wanted. No Republicans even voted for it and it still passed.

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u/thatnameagain 9d ago

They only had a supermajority by one vote, which means they could not vote for whatever they wanted, but can only vote for what one member of Congress wanted.

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u/timemoose 9d ago

The democrat party could have gone in a room, gotten a consensus, and passed it, all without republican input.

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u/thatnameagain 9d ago

What makes you think they could have gotten a consensus for a public option when they tried to do exactly that and couldn’t convince the conservative members of the party?