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Seventy percent of Americans support 'Medicare for all' in new poll
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/403248-poll-seventy-percent-of-americans-support-medicare-for-all

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A vast majority — 70 percent — of Americans in a new poll supports "Medicare for all," also known as a single-payer health-care system.

The Reuters–Ipsos survey found 85 percent of Democrats said they support the policy along with 52 percent of Republicans.

Medicare for all has been in the headlines after a study by the libertarian-leaning Mercatus Center at George Mason University found it would lead to $32.6 trillion increase in federal spending over a 10-year period. The study’s author, Charles Blahous, wrote in The Wall Street Journal earlier this month that even doubling taxes would not cover the bill for a single-payer health-care system.

The poll should be suspect.  :bs:  :bs2flag:
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Re: Seventy percent of Americans support 'Medicare for all' in new poll
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2018, 05:02:00 AM »
These morons just don't get it.

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.

And you can't overhaul the health care system until you overhaul tort. Cart before the horse. Again. And again. And again. :thatsright:
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Re: Seventy percent of Americans support 'Medicare for all' in new poll
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2018, 07:28:44 PM »
These morons just don't get it.

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.

And you can't overhaul the health care system until you overhaul tort. Cart before the horse. Again. And again. And again. :thatsright:

Of course not. You cannot reason with them.
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Re: Seventy percent of Americans support 'Medicare for all' in new poll
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2018, 11:30:55 AM »
52% of Republicans support single-payer?  What state do they claim this 52% lives in?  I doubt you could find 52 Republicans in most states who support it, much less 52%.

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Re: Seventy percent of Americans support 'Medicare for all' in new poll
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2018, 01:05:39 PM »
52% of Republicans support single-payer?  What state do they claim this 52% lives in?  I doubt you could find 52 Republicans in most states who support it, much less 52%.

That is why I take polls with a grain of salt.
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Re: Seventy percent of Americans support 'Medicare for all' in new poll
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2018, 02:37:38 PM »
Medicare is designed to cover folks for ten years minus at the end of their lifespan, after paying into it your whole life and still getting a slice out of your SSA payment even after you start drawing it.  The cost to cover the previous 65 years for everyone, including the expenses of the child-bearing and crotch-rocket-riding years is a bill none of those idiots is prepared to deal with.
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