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Published 7 years ago by AdelleChattre with 3 Comments
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Bernie Sanders Wants to Expand Medicare to Everybody — Exactly What Its Architects Wanted

"We expected Medicare to be a first step toward universal national health insurance," wrote Social Security commissioner Robert Ball. By Zaid Jilani.

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  • kxh
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    The real reason republican congress members were so angry about ACA? They were forced out of their special healthcare and into ACA.

    It's also why they can't get rid of it without losing their own health care.

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    • Gozzin (edited 7 years ago)
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      It's also why they can't get rid of it without losing their own health care.

      A classic example of unintended consequences.

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  • Gozzin
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    And this is why it will never happen:

    yet it is opposed by the health care industry and the Democratic and Republican establishments that relies on them for campaign cash.

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