The question of "How will you pay for it" re: universal healthcare (or any social program) has two meanings: 1) Where do the resources in the economy exist to do it, and 2) How will you legally and politically create a system to make it happen They are very different questions
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Eh there are several paths. If you passed a bill lifting the income cap on Obamacare medicaid expansion, making enrollment automatic, and setting price controls precisely equal to medicaid reimbursement rates, that would bring you most of the way there.
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If I'm not mistaken Warren's "halfway measure" is to do most of this with EOs upon election and then later propose legislation to lock out in
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it's much easier to complain about path dependency of reforms when it's not your ass whose about to lose health care, or unable to afford it. I didn't get this until I left college, but having spent more time worried about insurance then grad school stipends, I sure do now
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P.S. most of the "civilized countries" we're shamed for being like still have private insurance. UK style NHS is the exception not the rule.
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One idea I heard from
@DavidBrin was to pass a version of Medicare for All for children aged 17 and under and seniors aged 65 and over, which would be politically popular, but then add a provision where the "child" age goes up and the "senior" age drops down by one each year.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Honestly i think you missed the mark here. Just because the system is heading in a direction doesn't mean that's just how it is or that it's good. Sometimes you need to push hard to reverse the path. Private insurance plays a role in countless deaths every year. Socialize it.
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That's not what I mean by "path dependency"
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When the ACA was passed the insurmountable resistance was against the public option. If it did happen, then insurance companies have every reason to either try to co-opt it, leaving us worse off, or destroy it. History indicates that we'll let them.
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“Path dependency is a thing.” I think I understand through context but will look up. Ty Always stunning fun and brilliant reads.
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