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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is the longest-serving independent in congressional history.

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    Bernie Sanders‏Verified account @SenSanders Jan 1

    Health care is a right, not a privilege. We need Medicare for All so we can end the disgrace of 30 million Americans having no health insurance, and many more being underinsured with high deductibles and co-payments.

    5:44 pm - 1 Jan 2019
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    2,273 replies . 6,043 retweets 30,793 likes
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      2. Warren B. Mosler‏ @wbmosler Jan 2
        Replying to @SenSanders

        Once you've decided not to let people "die in the streets" you've gone to "single payer," as a simple point of logic.

        13 replies . 25 retweets 93 likes
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      2. Greg Baylous‏ @GregBaylous Jan 2
        Replying to @SenSanders

        Why do the Senators have a Cadillac plan? It would seem if you want healthcare for all it would start in Washington.

        4 replies . 2 retweets 44 likes
      3. Seth‏ @SethE_Robbins Jan 2
        Replying to @GregBaylous @Awhatdafudge @SenSanders

        WHaaaaaaat? 😲 you mean showing actual leadership 🙀

        1 reply . 0 retweets 10 likes
      4. John Philip Holland  🇺🇸 🐸 ⚔ 🛸 ⛩ 🏯‏ @Drudge39 Jan 2
        Replying to @SethE_Robbins @GregBaylous and

        We will get socialist medicine while the politicians get wonderful private care..

        0 replies . 2 retweets 13 likes
      5. End of conversation
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      2. Alex Morgia‏ @lxmorj Jan 2
        Replying to @SenSanders

        I’m all for socialized medicine but let’s not get fast and loose with how we define ‘rights’. Shit that requires other people to do work is not a right. We as a society can decide to fund it and provide it, but it is very much a privilege.

        19 replies . 5 retweets 77 likes
      3. Delphinidae.info‏ @d_delphinidae Jan 2
        Replying to @lxmorj @SenSanders

        The framework that allows society to function in general - and empowers people to have rights they take for granted - requires work too. Healthcare for everyone can easily function within that framework.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 8 likes
      4. Alex Morgia‏ @lxmorj Jan 2
        Replying to @d_delphinidae @SenSanders

        Not arguing it can't function in the framework of society. Arguing that it isn't a right as they are typically definted, and calling it that is unnecessary and counterproductive.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Delphinidae.info‏ @d_delphinidae Jan 2
        Replying to @lxmorj @SenSanders

        If everyone should have it as a matter of course, I don't see why it shouldn't be considered a right. Poor health deeply damages countries and can preclude people from pursuing many (if not most) objectives. Eg "pursuit of happiness" (which has been recognized as a right)

        1 reply . 0 retweets 8 likes
      6. Alex Morgia‏ @lxmorj Jan 2
        Replying to @d_delphinidae @SenSanders

        At that point the word ‘right’ is meaningless. Rights are generally things that others can’t take from you, not things they have to give you. Note the ‘pursuit of’ in your example. No one owes you happiness, but you shouldn’t be prevented from seeking it.

        3 replies . 0 retweets 2 likes
      7. Delphinidae.info‏ @d_delphinidae Jan 2
        Replying to @lxmorj @SenSanders

        If one is functionally prevented from seeking something by the broken setup of existing systems, how are they able to go about that particular right?

        0 replies . 0 retweets 3 likes
      8. End of conversation
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      2. Jim Davidson 🇺🇸‏ @JimDPhoto Jan 2
        Replying to @SenSanders

        Nothing is a right that costs other people money.

        17 replies . 2 retweets 52 likes
      3. Michael Class‏ @MichaelClass6 Jan 2
        Replying to @JimDPhoto @SenSanders

        K-12 education, the military, public defenders.

        4 replies . 0 retweets 8 likes
      4. Tomas Deee'Andreta‏ @TheRealMcCOY525 Jan 3
        Replying to @MichaelClass6 @JimDPhoto @SenSanders

        All things where you can pay more in private sector and get access to a better product....

        1 reply . 0 retweets 7 likes
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      2. Kev‏ @KevKaj65 Jan 2
        Replying to @SenSanders

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        2 replies . 2 retweets 26 likes
      3. FreedomRider1776‏ @rider1776 Jan 2
        Replying to @KevKaj65 @SenSanders

        Just say No to socialism.

        0 replies . 0 retweets 5 likes
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      2. Pruitt and Just Do It‏ @JimmyCWorks Jan 2
        Replying to @SenSanders

        Health care is not a right as defined by the constitution. You want to make it a right, amend the constitution. The way people pay for healthcare is the issue. Anyone can be seen at the ER, even if they cannot pay. Congress allowed insurers to write the rules.

        2 replies . 1 retweet 5 likes
      3. Pruitt and Just Do It‏ @JimmyCWorks Jan 2
        Replying to @JimmyCWorks @SenSanders

        So, go back and correct the mistakes you helped create. Allow insurers to sell across state lines. Make the "pre-existing conditions" exemption its own law. Stop writing laws that allow the Executive branch departments to write their own guidelines and regulations.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 5 likes
      4. Pruitt and Just Do It‏ @JimmyCWorks Jan 2
        Replying to @JimmyCWorks @SenSanders

        Many of the lobbyists take full advantage of laws which allow the Dept of X to write "such regulations as shall be required to implement this section..." Lobbyists don't have to lobby Congress; they provide reports and experts to the Dept of X, helping write the rules.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Pruitt and Just Do It‏ @JimmyCWorks Jan 2
        Replying to @JimmyCWorks @SenSanders

        Congress has ceded power to the courts and the Executive branch by being lazy, not reading bills AND understanding what those bills so. Congress forgets that laws can be repealed or provisions of laws not funded in later budget years. Clean up the tax laws. Use your power.

        1 reply . 2 retweets 9 likes
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