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Want to bet the actual legislation is just minor tweaks to ObamaCare re-branded as "Medicare for all"? Why do I suspect the article is overly optimistic and that the author is just reading into vague and noncommittal comments made in meetings that they think will make it into the bill?

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The ACA is loosely based on the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation’s 1990s-era alternative to ‘Hillarycare.’

Medicare for All, definitionally, offers single-payer access. The Heritage Foundation was trying to prevent exactly that.

Also, I can tell you’ve never spoken to Congresswoman Jayapal, because she doesn’t make vague or noncommittal statements (source: I’m a constituent and have been to several of her constituent coffee events.)

"Medicare for All, definitionally, offers single-payer access..." Yes that is what the definition of Medicare for all should be but we are already seeing presidential candidates trying to redefine "Medicare for All" to the point that it doesn't mean much at all. I hope you right on Jayapal but till we see the bill's text we won't know.

we are already seeing presidential candidates trying to redefine "Medicare for All" to the point that it doesn't mean much at all.

What are you referring to?

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/29/politics/kamala-harris-medica...

That is disappointing. Thanks for the link.

Sidebar: in the two hours since I posted my comment above, Jayapal has announced her first town hall event of 2019. Seattleites should come and ask her questions about Medicare for All. https://twitter.com/RepJayapal/status/1093942183495905280

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