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Walleye

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3. I have Medicare but I still can't afford some of the things I need

Reply to JoeOtterbein (Original post)

Thu Jul 14, 2022, 10:30 PM

Jul 2022

I really wish we Could write a law that would take care of all people. Healthcare as a human right. I watch British television shows. And I always marvel at the fact that if they need to go to the doctor they just go. They don’t have to fill out reams of insurance information or get referrals or anything. Brits love it. We should be able to do as good as they do

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Inspire Our Voters; Imagine: Universal Healthcare [View all] JoeOtterbein Jul 2022 OP

People die here because they can't afford the co pay on their meds questionseverything Jul 2022 #1

+1 JoeOtterbein Jul 2022 #2

I have Medicare but I still can't afford some of the things I need Walleye Jul 2022 #3

I have Medicare too... JoeOtterbein Jul 2022 #4

It sure would. It's bad for the health of us old people to have to figure this out all the time Walleye Jul 2022 #5

Universal Healthcare would give our fellow seniors... JoeOtterbein Jul 2022 #6

I agree. If we could pull it off would be one of the best things in 21st Century Walleye Jul 2022 #7

If you don't have a reason to vote now, you never will...some new demand will emerge. Demsrule86 Jul 2022 #9

+1 betsuni Jul 2022 #12

No we can't. And I tire of this...not to say with more Democrats, we can't do better. But I fear Demsrule86 Jul 2022 #8

Imagine if those people that need to be inspired... W_HAMILTON Jul 2022 #10

+1 (also there are people who believe universal health care was a new idea in 2016) betsuni Jul 2022 #11

Yep. Imagine... W_HAMILTON Jul 2022 #13

History erased, they wouldn't believe it, gullibly swallowed every slander and lie by people they betsuni Jul 2022 #15

+100 Rhiannon12866 Jul 2022 #16

Democrats have been fighting for universal healthcare for decades. betsuni Jul 2022 #14