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In reply to the discussion: Pelosi's advice for the 'Squad': 'You're not a one-person show' [View all]Voltaire2
(15,377 posts)18. Old Democratic Party tenets: medicare for all.
"In 1945, President Truman proposed a national healthcare plan to Congress. In his plan, he outlined five main goals:
Address the lack of trained healthcare professionals in all communities.
Grow public health services.
Increase funding to medical research and education.
Lower the cost of individual medical care.
Bring attention to the loss of income when severe illness takes hold.
Trumans plan was that all Americans would pay a certain amount in fees and taxes each month to cover the new healthcare programs costs. With a Democratic controlled House, Trumans proposal turned into a bill that would end up as part of the Social Security expansion, but it was quickly shot down as people began to fear an increase in taxes. Some people even feared the program would be a Communist act, giving too much control to the federal government. This fear was spread specifically by the American Medical Association (AMA). The bill was also halted by Republican Senator Robert Tafts Taft-Smith-Ball Bill, which would allow states to make healthcare private. As Republicans regained control of the House in 1946, Trumans healthcare bill died. Truman considered this a failure of his presidency."
https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/presidential-inquiries/challenge-national-healthcare
Maybe those Democrats are too old?
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I would hate to see the nation looks like if we did not have Pelosi for Trumps last 2 yrs.
LizBeth
Apr 2021
#14
Nancy has already said she would have retired had Trump not been elected. Maybe it's time
Autumn
Apr 2021
#40
There are things I admire about Pelosi, but the way she dismisses these women of color is not one.
SYFROYH
Apr 2021
#23
Bullshit assed half quoted shit kicking article, I hate these are posted here too much
uponit7771
Apr 2021
#37