Tue
Mar 19 2019
06:04 am

From Digby's Hullabaloo, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) poll, a majority of Democrats, Independents and Republicans favor a Medicare buy-in plan for adults 50 and older and a Medicaid buy-in plan for individuals who don’t receive health coverage through their employer.

Democrats and Independents also favor a national health plan similar to Medicare for anyone, but would allow people to keep their existing coverage as well as a Medicare for all plan. Republicans polled don't go for these options, but are almost there (47%) for the Medicare for anyone but not required.

Interesting how 56% of those polled favor Medicare for all, but then if it requires paying more taxes those in favor drops to 37%. It could be how the question is asked, as with any poll. If you get Medicare for all and do not have to pay insurance premiums, then wouldn't you expect that taxes would have to be raised to pay for the plan? Otherwise, you will be paying premiums to the government. Either way you'll have to pay, I think.

Sun
Jan 28 2018
11:33 am

What: Medicare for ALL infomation session
When: Monday, January 29, 2018 - 6:00pm
Where: St James Episcopal Church, 1101 North Broadway, Knoxville

Monday, January 29, 6 PM - 8 PM
Medicare for ALL Info Session
Hosted by Knoxville-area Democratic Socialists of America
Want to learn more about Medicare for All? Have some questions you would like to ask? Please join us for an evening with Tim Faust! Faust is an American healthcare policy expert who has been touring the nation giving talks and advice on winning Medicare for All in the U.S. He has written for Jacobin magazine and is a member of DSA.

Further Reading
The Case for Single-Payer

Why not single-payer?

Why Universal Health Care Needs Antitrust

Per HuffPo, Sanders' 16 co-sponsors are as follows:

That roster of co-sponsors includes a who’s-who list of potential Democratic presidential candidates for 2020, including Cory Booker of New Jersey, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Kamala Harris of California and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. Also backing the bill are Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Al Franken of Minnesota, Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Martin Heinrich and Tom Udall of New Mexico, Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin.

Specifics on the bill and conjecture as to the political fight necessary to pass it are at the above link.

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