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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 31 Mar 2020

      The pandemic requires free, universal testing & treatment; it's caused a severe recession which throwing millions out work, leading to loss health insurance; insurance companies will soon be jacking up premiums. Centrist Dems continue to attack Medicare For All.

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    2. Josh Marshall‏Verified account @joshtpm 31 Mar 2020
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      at a certain point isn't this leveraging the epidemic to score points in this debate against "centrist Dems"?

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 31 Mar 2020
      Replying to @joshtpm

      Only in the sense that the pandemic absolutely underscores the logic of universal health care as something that is not only good for individuals but necessary for society.

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        2. conrad‏ @conrad_hotdish 31 Mar 2020
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          this mf really said "previously help views"

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        1. Joe‏ @Hoopdata 31 Mar 2020
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          Arguing M4A is good policy in response to a pandemic is the same exact thing as arguing gun control is good policy in response to a mass shooting. It's not a good look if Dems accept only one of these arguments as valid.

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        2. Ray D'Antuono‏ @rpd158 31 Mar 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @joshtpm

          Most Democrats, pretty much all of the prominent primary contenders, believe in universal health care, which is different from Single Payer (which is different from NHS, etc). Saying "you're against universal health care" when the opposition is to single payer is disingenuous.

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        3. justin van wormer‏ @jdvdub 31 Mar 2020
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          Healthcare being free at point of service, and truly universal - not universally “affordable” or attached in any way to employment or - is integral to the efficacy of the policy.

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        2. Brendan‏ @Brendan_SSCN 31 Mar 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @joshtpm

          But don't most "centrist Dems" also want universal healthcare, albeit perhaps not a nationalized system a la M4A?

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        3. WomanTalkingToDeath‏ @lisakwildman 31 Mar 2020
          Replying to @Brendan_SSCN @HeerJeet @joshtpm

          Doesn't count if you don't say the same words in the same order because reasons. And, in seriousness, some don't want healthcare for all. But there is a lot of deliberation conflation of the specific bill/widely overgeneralizing rhetoric and the concept.

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        1. MattMoynihan.eth‏ @MattMoynihan1 31 Mar 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @joshtpm

          Universal healthcare as a policy for future pandemics? Or the underscores the need for universal healthcare for all medical conditions and scenarios? How do you see this? Doesn’t Italy have universal healthcare?

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        1. MattMoynihan.eth‏ @MattMoynihan1 31 Mar 2020
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          Hammer always finds a nail

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        1. One Rogue Analyst  🐝‏ @AnalystRogue 31 Mar 2020
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          It seems to have done very little for the UK or Italy. Maybe it's not what you think it is in these terms?

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