Democratic Primaries

First of all, Florida has lots of old people who know that Medicare has some great things about it...but a lot of not so great things, too. Like how they need expensive supplemental policies to get all of the care they need. There's a reason why border towns here in Texas are full of old people from all over the country, especially in the winter. These people have Medicare, but they get cheaper care and meds in Mexico so that they don't have to use up their benefits and have nothing at the end of the year if they have a serious chronic condition chewing through their bennies at light speed. Or if something goes wrong. They also don't need to worry about falling into the dreaded donut hole, either, if Mexico is filling in the gap for them. They can also get cheap dental care there--something that isn't covered by Medicare.

So it's not a surprise that they aren't enamored with Medicare for All.

You know what we need? Medi-CAL for all, and by that I mean the California Medicaid program. It covers doctor visits, hospitalization, prescriptions, dental care, and some vision care benefits.

If nothing else, BS could at least get off his lazy butt, track down Ted Kennedy's old National Health Insurance plan, dust it off and see if that will fly today.

Because Medicare for all is going nowhere. And fast. Especially when its chief champion is someone with zero idea about how to come up with any details for making it happen--or how to make it work. That he can't even bother to crib Teddy K's notes on a genuine single-payer plan makes him even more untrustworthy on the issue.