What Democrats have sponsored or cosponsored a bill to enact universal healthcare?

OldMedUser

OldMedUser

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I can go into the hospital and get a lung transplant and it won't cost me a dime unless I want a private room or something extra. Don't even pay for basic medical here in Alberta and for $30/mth can get extended medical to cover that private room, dental and some exotic drugs that aren't covered under basic. Opiods are tho as are almost all others.

No one in Canada is ever refused medical treatment and it's rare for anyone to ever go bankrupt or die because of their medical needs.

Trump is going to kick 23 million more Amerikans under the medical bus tho Obummer care was no f'n great deal either.

If you live in a province that you have to pay for basic medical, (maybe $50/mth for a single person), and you haven't paid up for a while then end up in the hospital you'll get a bill. They'll charge you what you owe to catch up on your monthly payments even if the hospital cost run into 100s of thousands. We might have to wait longer for elective surgeries but if you're in dire straits you go to the front of the line.

Trump is making Amerika great again by rolling the clock back to 1950. Working great so far isn't it.
 
Padawanbater2

Padawanbater2

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Fogdog said:
There are others.
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OK, so list them

I asked for names, you said "There are others" so the burden of proof is on you. I've looked for names myself and haven't found anyone other than Sanders sponsor or cosponsor a bill to enact universal healthcare, maybe there are others, that would be great, it would prove they actually support it and aren't just saying they support it to dupe people like you into taking their word for it
 
Padawanbater2

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Justin-case said:
Sorry to interrupt your progressive bashing, but ossoff is up by four thousand votes, carry on.
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How is asking what other congressmen have sponsored or cosponsored a universal healthcare bill "progressive bashing"?

9:50 p.m.

The GOP lead grew by one more percentage point as Handel expands her margin. She now leads by almost 6 percentage points — 52.9 percent to 47.1 percent with 65 percent of precincts reporting, according to the New York Times.

The new numbers continue to look poor for Ossoff, whose window is beginning to close. The Times is reporting that 98 percent of precincts have reported in DeKalb County, Ossoff's strongest county.
 
Fogdog

Fogdog

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Padawanbater2 said:
OK, so list them

I asked for names, you said "There are others" so the burden of proof is on you. I've looked for names myself and haven't found anyone other than Sanders sponsor or cosponsor a bill to enact universal healthcare, maybe there are others, that would be great, it would prove they actually support it and aren't just saying they support it to dupe people like you into taking their word for it
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The Healthy Americans Act introduced by Ron Wyden was the most recent universal healthcare coverage bill to be introduced with bipartisan support. You do know that Sanders' bill has no co-sponsors, don't you? His bill and frantic hand waving to get attention has an air of desperation. Given your lack of knowledge and inability to accept reality, assuming you and Ty are anything like Bernie's supporters, it's quite likely that Sanders' faction will fizzle out by 2018.

From wikipedia

The Healthy Americans Act (HAA), also known as the Wyden-Bennett Act, is a Senate bill that had proposed to improve health care in the United States, with changes that included the establishment of universal health care. It would transition away from employer-provided health insurance, to employer-subsidized insurance, having instead individuals choose their health care plan from state-approved private insurers. It sought to make the cost of health insurance more transparent to consumers, with the expectation being that this would increase market pressures to drive health insurance costs down. The proposal created a system that would be paid for by both public and private contributions. It would establish Healthy Americans Private Insurance Plans (HAPIs) and require those who do not already have health insurance coverage, and who do not oppose health insurance on religious grounds, to enroll themselves and their children in a HAPI. According to its sponsors, it would guarantee universal, affordable, comprehensive, portable, high-quality, private health coverage that is as good or better than Members of Congress have today; A 2008 preliminary analysis by the Congressional Budget Office concluded it would be "essentially" self-financing in the first year that it was fully implemented.

Specific provisions include:[1] Making employer-provided insurance portable by converting the current tax exclusion for health benefits into a tax deduction for individuals; for example, the deduction that a typical family of four would receive would be $19,000 nearly 50% more than the $13,000 they spent on health care;[2] The establishment or identification of a "State Health Help Agency" in each U.S. state government which would administer the HAPI plans in each state, help its citizens evaluate the options available, oversee enrollment, and help with the transition from Medicaid and CHIP, among other responsibilities; The Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and State Children's Health Insurance Program would be replaced;[3] Medicaid participants are transitioned out of that program (the bill's co-sponsor, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), calls Medicaid a "caste system...that is unfair" to the poor and to taxpayers).[2]

It was introduced in January 2007 (S. 334) and re-introduced in February 2009 (S. 391), each time with over a dozen co-sponsors from both major parties.[4]

Senators Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Robert F. Bennett (R-Utah), the bill's two sponsors, asked the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) to provide a preliminary analysis of a version of the Healthy Americans Act. In a letter dated May 1, 2008, CBO and JCT provided a preliminary conclusion that the proposal would be "roughly budget-neutral in 2014." The letter cautioned, however, that this did not constitute a formal estimate.[5]

I can't copy and paste the entire wikipedia history on this topic. Let's just say this is one topic that has drawn blood across the congressional floor for decades.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_health_care_reform_in_the_United_States

Democrats have been fighting for universal healthcare coverage for more than 50 years up to today. They put into place Medicare, Medicaid and the ACA. It's too bad you can't accept that Republicans are the impediment to this program. You bite the wrong hand.

In addition to the 1993 single payer bill upon which the Democratic party was immolated, here are bills introduced to expand health care coverage:
In 2000 the Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA) partnered with Families USA and the American Hospital Association (AHA) on a "strange bedfellows" proposal intended to seek common ground in expanding coverage for the uninsured.
In 2001, a Patients' Bill of Rights was debated in Congress, which would have provided patients with an explicit list of rights concerning their health care.
In 2006 the HIAA's successor organization, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), issued another set of reform proposals
In January 2007 Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) has introduced The United States National Health Care Act (HR 676) in the House of Representatives. As of October 2008, HR 676 has 93 co-sponsors.[54] Also in January 2007, Senator Ron Wyden introduced the Healthy Americans Act (S. 334) in the Senate. As of October 2008, S. 334 had 17 cosponsors.


 
Fogdog

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Padawanbater2 said:
9:50 p.m.

The GOP lead grew by one more percentage point as Handel expands her margin. She now leads by almost 6 percentage points — 52.9 percent to 47.1 percent with 65 percent of precincts reporting, according to the New York Times.

The new numbers continue to look poor for Ossoff, whose window is beginning to close. The Times is reporting that 98 percent of precincts have reported in DeKalb County, Ossoff's strongest county.
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What a fucking turncoat.
 
Fogdog

Fogdog

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srh88 said:
yeah i guess i should of said still fucked.. but honestly i dont know. what should of been a land slide victory was only a slight win.
the times they are a changin bongsmilie
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Losing by less is not very satisfying. All I can say is the trend is good? Uck, nope, can't put lipstick on that pig.

@Padawanbater2 , was there a Bernie baby running in the Georgia special election? What's your third party's name? I can't find the "Sandersdemocraticsplintergroupfrom2016" party anywhere.
 
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