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Well clearly you are not typical, but congrats anyway. But I am not talking about voting against Trump, he is the most unpopular President ever. I'm talking about a vote to upend the system in DC. That is what Sanders represents. He will be painted as a radical who wants to take away your employer healthcare and give it to illegal immigrants. There are millions of voters who live paycheck to paycheck that depend on their employers for HC and they will not want it messed with. In fact they will not want anything messed with because they worry they will not be able to get by if that happens.
Thanks.
If they depend on their employers for being under-insured with huge premiums and deductibles and co-insurance (I showed you that 29% of all employed people fall in that category) they will be more than happy to switch from their lousy plan to an excellent Medicare plan.
If they do NOT have employer-sponsored insurance and are uninsured or are self-employed needing to pay out of pocket for expensive private plans, they will be delighted with having Medicare.
If they are already on Medicare which they love they won't be risking anything.
If they have lousy VA coverage they will be happy to migrate to Medicare.
If they have lousy Medicaid coverage they will be happy to migrate to Medicare.
And so on and so forth. I showed you in another post how many Americans fall in the above categories: 211 million.
Me, I have excellent coverage through my employer but will be fine with changing to Medicare if need be, and would be able to afford paying out of pocket anyway. None of this will affect me. Still, for the sake of my fellow Americans, I'm willing to vote for the candidate who is proposing Medicare For All.
I don't dispute that SOME people will be worse off and may vote against it. 119 million people have good insurance through their employers or their parents' employers.
But the thing is, you're probably only thinking from the standpoint of the middle class with good insurance. Two thirds of the country are NOT in this group. For all of them, Medicare for All will be either equal to what they have now (the 44 million already on it) or will be an improvement.
Why should people be afraid of switching to something better?
You seem to think that these people would lose their employer's insurance and would then be uninsured. No! They would have Medicare, which has a reputation for being excellent!
Imagine that you're driving an outdated, out of line Volkswagen Beetle decades old, falling apart, all rusty and full of problems.
Someone comes and says, "here, I'm giving you a 2020 brand new Audi, with all the bells and whistles, take the keys, it's yours, free of charge, we have this promotion and we are giving away a few Audis and you are one of the winners."
Would you say "Oh no, please no, I hate change, I'll be so upset if I change from my Beetle that will probably die tomorrow, to this spectacular brand new car!"?
Change is only scary if it is for the worse; not if it is an upgrade for the better.
You are flying coach, like sardines. The flight attendant comes and says, "Sir, we have a seat left in first class, we decided to pick a passenger from coach and upgrade him for free, and our choice is you! Huge 180-degrees flat bed, great top level wines and spirits, gourmet food, dedicated bathroom, cute flight attendants, state-of-the-art entertainment with a dedicated tablet, free wi-fi. And it's all yours for no additional cost. Come, come!"
You'd then say, "oh no, leave me alone, I'm scared, I hate change!!!"?
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