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Let's get a vote in the House to see where everyone actually stands. My point is that the Democrat majority seems to be against Medicare for All, and I want to
by maxwell 4y ago
Let's get a vote in the House to see where everyone actually stands. My point is that the Democrat majority seems to be against Medicare for All, and I want to see it in a vote.
It's not really fair to pin Lieberman's opposition to the public option or expanding Medicare as some personal opinion, he had previously supported expanding Medicare until he abruptly... got new orders? Seems like the the $930,000 in bribes he accepted from the health industry could have played a role:
https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cycle=2010&type=I&cid=N00000616&newMem=N&recs=20 https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?c...
And the major force against universal healthcare, since FDR's Second Bill of Rights (right to health), has always been the AMA:
https://www.democracynow.org/2009/6/12/ama_opposition_to_obama_public_health https://www.democracynow.org/2009/6/12/ama_opposition_to_oba...