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betsuni

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14. Democrats have been fighting for universal healthcare for decades.

Reply to JoeOtterbein (Original post)

Fri Jul 15, 2022, 04:55 AM

Jul 2022

It's an old Democratic idea. Number one reason voters voted for Democrats in 2018 was health care. President Obama = Obamacare. Republicans know this. Not sure why anyone thinks it's a new idea, as I've seen a lot of from 2016, as if universal health is a new idea nobody thought of before.

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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