My dad worked for the same company as long as I could remember. Never had a single infraction. He had a heart attack and needed bypass surgery. As soon as he came back to work they fired him he died at 54 because he couldn’t afford medical care. #Bernie2020
Ways you can lose health coverage under our corporate-run system: -Change jobs -Turn 26 -Move to another state -Have a pre-existing condition -Start a business -Get laid off -Get divorced -Retire early Ways you can lose health coverage under Medicare for All: ㅤ
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I’m so sorry. What a powerful testimony about why we need
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I was in the foster care system until I aged out at 18. That means I didn't qualify to get my parents insurance until 26. So I've been paying premiums. I'm 20. I make around $10/hr. I'm also a full-time student. Kids in the foster care system need
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He didn't run out of characters when writing this tweet.pic.twitter.com/y7rCZAnD6y
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And spelled every word correctly.
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Move out of America, or not be an American citizen, that's the only way you should lose coverage under Medicare for all.
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Citizenship should not be brought into this. All legal residents pay taxes and should be able to access the system that they are contributing to.
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I agree. I didn't really word my other tweet well at all.
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Which is why Twitter needs a friggin EDIT button.
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You forgot: having a life-threatening illness like cancer, that causes you to be unable to work. Which means you can't get medical treatment to fight it. Most people can work through the chemo, but the radiation often makes them too weak. I am a widow. I watched it.
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I lived this nightmare.
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How would this be paid for?
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By our taxes. We already pay for it now. We pay for Medicaid automatically out of every paycheck. Then we pay for our health insurance and our company also pays for it. It’s already happening.
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We already pay for an ineffective system... so let’s pay more and expand it!
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We wouldn't need to pay more. Insurance companies make ludicrous amounts of money off of us in profits. Take those profits and redirect it to our system. Just for the books, Americans paid $850 billion dollars in just premiums. Canada spent $228 billion on healthcare total.
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1. Americans are fatter. This leads to higher cost of care. 2. America has the best medical schools, resulting in the best talent and tech. This leads to higher cost of care. 3. The US’s govt programs are terrible, largely due to 1) and 2). Expanding them is illogical.
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But if you're not skimming huge profits off the top for billionaire executives, all the costs drop.
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People somehow believe that the costs of procedures and medication are due entirely to costs. Couldn't be further from the truth.
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