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Briahna Joy Gray
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Let’s be clear: the transition to #MedicareForAll will not cause any healthcare gap. Here’s how it works:

Year 1: Medicare is expanded to include dental/vision/hearing/longterm care etc. Eligibility age drops from 65 to 55, and folks under 18 (minors) are covered too.
Year 2: The eligibility age drops to 45 and up.

Year 3: The eligibility age drops to 35 and up.

Year 4: Everyone is covered!! 🎉🎊🎈
For anyone unclear on the facts, feel free to read the “damn bill”! 😋
berniesanders.com/issues/medicar…
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Briahna Joy Gray
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I'm genuinely touched by the grace with which most in the media have handled these past two days. But there have been some exceptions.

Not only does the title of this piece evoke the eagerness of vultures circling carrion, it plays fast and loose with the facts.
In the course of making her case for why Bernie is at "the end," the author argues that he "is not currently leading in any of the first four competitive states."

Of course, most recent polls show him tied for 1st in Nevada. (He's top 3 in all the others too).
It's hard to see good faith in an article which would use a first place tie to argue that a candidate is finished. And the omission of any mention of his record setting Q3 haul speaks volumes.

realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/pr…
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Briahna Joy Gray
@briebriejoy
A reminder that Bernie Sanders wrote the bill that gets rid of the Hyde amendment and makes abortion not just “accessible” to low income women, but free at point of service.

That’s the standard to beat.

#MedicareForAll
This is Bernie a year before Roe v. Wade — long before everyone else “evolved.”
(Sorry. Still catching up on pod save and a little frustrated re an entire conversation on which candidates are most committed to abortion rights with no mention of Bernie Sanders).
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Briahna Joy Gray
@briebriejoy
This is why Bernie's homes guarantee is revolutionary.

It's 1 thing to say "housing is a human right." It's another to commit to completely closing the housing gap, supporting natl rent control, requiring "just cause" for evictions, & devoting $2Bn for tenants' right to counsel.
berniesanders.com/issues/housing…

#HousingForAll
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William Luddy
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Today's speech by @BernieSanders on #MedicareForAll didn't do a great job hitting the major concerns of seniors on current medicare. It did MUCH better than previous speeches but missed a couple crucial selling points.
/2

The pain points for seniors on medicare right now that #Medicareforall SOLVES are:

No more drug copays
No fees
No supplemental insurance needed
No dental
No vision
No hearing
No long term care
/3

All those pain points are addressed in his plan.

We need to do a better job communicating them succinctly and clearly to seniors today. He came much closer with clear call-outs on the additions of dental, vision, and hearing. All good. But major concerns remained unaddressed
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PNHP
@PNHP
And we're live! Today's @RulesDemocrats hearing on @RepJayapal's #MedicareForAll Act has been a long time coming. Follow the hearings on @cspan and stay with PNHP for further #SinglePayer insights on this historic day. cs.pn/2V29qQS
Committee chair @RepMcGovern opens the proceedings by thanking @RepJayapal for her commitment and dedication to #MedicareForAll. To learn more about H.R. 1384, the *only* #SinglePayer bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, visit pnhp.org/HouseBill.
"No one should have to fight a health insurance company while they're fighting for their lives," says @RepMcGovern, referencing the powerful story, and all-too-common struggle, of #SinglePayer champion @AdyBarkan.
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PNHP
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Watch LIVE as PNHP president Dr. @awgaffney talks #SinglePayer #MedicareForAll on @cspanwj. Video here: c-span.org/video/?458365-…
Dr. @awgaffney stresses that the program PNHP supports is *improved* #MedicareForAll. Quality coverage would be guaranteed with no out-of-pocket spending for patients.
Two-thirds of current health spending is financed through taxes. Fully funding #SinglePayer #MedicareForAll would require tax-funding the other one-third, but would not increase overall health spending.
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Warren Gunnels
@GunnelsWarren
Why is the healthcare lobby against #MedicareForAll? Follow the money. Their top 65 CEOs made $1.7B in 2017 including:

- $83.2M to UnitedHealth's CEO
- $58.7M to Aetna's CEO
- $43.9M to Cigna's CEO.
They'll stop at nothing to keep their gravy train. 1/14 nyti.ms/2NoseTj
While the big drug & insurance companies have the money, we have the people. 70% of Americans want to guarantee health care to everyone through #MedicareForAll, while Americans dislike healthcare companies even more than Wall Street. 2/14 nymag.com/intelligencer/…
Healthcare lobbyists are trying to use the same scare tactics against #MedicareForAll today that Reagan used in the 1960’s to try to defeat Medicare. They were wrong then and they are wrong today. 3/14 thinkprogress.org/flashback-repu…
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Michelle Grimwood
@9ontheturn
⛑Healthcare Reform🏥

📍Currently most all private insurers (@Aetna @Humana @AnthemBCBS etc) already have contracts w/ @CMSGov for Medicare Advantage plans. If EVERY American becomes eligible for healthcare coverage, that means more people will be needed to process claims…

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…which means… MORE jobs, not less.

💡 Here's my ideas💡

Costs💰
📍people who qualify for Social Security/Medicare can keep their Original Medicare or Medicare Advantage plans
📍State Medicaid could help supplement contributions into system for unemployed/disabled

/2
📍If we had nationalized health care, then that would eliminate networks/restrictions on which doctors you can see or hospitals you can go to. 🔅Qualifications would instead be if the doctor/facility is in good standing, no investigations, safe, @TJCommission cleared, etc.

/3
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ZaRdOz420WPN
@ZaRdOz420WPN
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January 27, 2019

Expanded and improved #MedicareForAll means everybody in, nobody out.
It's time for a #SinglePayer, national health care system.
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The long journey toward transforming our health care system to ensure that all our nation’s people get the care they need is entering its next major phase.
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