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So my problem with people against M4A with certain talking points is I don't think it broadly reaches the real point.

Here is the main point for me. Bernie's plan, once implemented, would roll out over four years. Now as of right now medicare is a wildly popular program with who it covers. However Bernie would like to cover vision and dental as well, which is nice. If you make less than 100,000 a year it is very, very likely you will be paying far less for your medical than you do just in your normal premiums, and on top of that you get dental as well. Past that I think a lot of people would still be paying drastically less for more coverage.

Why does the USA pay almost twice as much as any developed country for its healthcare and so many are in medical debt? Why are we the only country where people can go bankrupt for getting cancer? Why do tends of thousands of human beings die every year because they do not have the money to live? Has anyone thought that so many of the health problems that have seeped into American culture are due in part to people not having the money for preventative care and to be regularly checked up on? My fiance sometimes cringes thinking about doctor appointments when she is ill and she is a CPA with a masters in accounting with no student loans. Someone with that education and skill set who has insurance still cringes. I cannot imagine how it must feel to have that student loan debt. Or to not have a well paying job. Actually, I don't have to imagine, that was my mom and she died due to kidney disease because when I was a kid we had enough money to get by but never enough for her to always see the doctor as much as she needed.

It kind of hit me the other day why I fight so hard for this, and why Bernie Sanders means so much to me. I earnestly believe he will fight for people, and that he would have fought for my mom. I think if you put Trump and Bernie in a spotlight and Trump tries to call Socialism scary Bernie will shred him on live national television. Bernie's not a scary guy, he laughs and jokes and hangs out with pop stars and has a great sense of humor. Trying to turn him into a villain is going to backfire horribly.

A billionaire vs Bernie in 2020 is a match up that has been in the making for forty years. Bernie is good at attacking those.

I can't summon up the care for people hand wringing about their own insurance when the math is already out there, if you make less than 400,000 it is likely to be a good deal or you all things considered when thinking about Dental as well, and Medicare is a good program. The current system is a complete mess for so many people. It can't be ignored anymore.

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