
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders didn't win any larger argument [View all]bluedye33139
(1,474 posts)I support the ACA, and I believe that expanded Medicaid right now is bringing health care into millions upon millions of working-class and poor households. I have seen with my own eyes in Washington State that Medicaid has been a godsend for working-class and poor families. I wholeheartedly support expanded Medicaid, and I believe that adding a robust public option to the healthcare exchanges would be another way to get healthcare to people who need it.
I am one of those problematic people who mistrust the idea of putting everyone on Medicare. I am just not sold on it, and whenever I have discussed this with a Sanders person, I learn that I don't support Medicare because I don't care about human beings, or because I don't know things about politics, or because I am stupid, or because I'm a bad person. These are the arguments that have been offered to me as persuasion, and they failed.
I don't think persuasion was the goal. I think the insults were the goal. My trust level for Sanders and his movement is very low. The M4A litmus test excluded me from the revolution, and I don't think I'm alone.

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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