David Sirota
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@davidsirota
Founder, @LeverNews; Host/Author, Master Plan podcast & book; Oscar nominee for #DontLookUp; spouse of @EmilyforCO; Denverite, dad, member of Nuggets Nation.
BUTTE, MONTANA — Pete Buttigieg is about 30 minutes from taking the stage here, to formally endorse a plan that would restrict corporations’ ability to spend on elections in the state. The line to get in wrapped around the block (and doubled back) before the doors even opened.
Graham Platner says he and his wife make $60K a year combined. Isn't this an indication you've failed at life? Why would this be something you brag about?
I don’t really see putting forward proposals that would both expand coverage to the currently uninsured and guarantee a host of essential services regardless of insurance status as “not admitting” M4A would be transformative. I’m a single payer girlie myself but if there was reasonable chance of passing free primary care 4 all (and a public option, and restored Medicaid + Medicaid expansion…) I’d be thrilled to take that deal on behalf of my precariously insured patients, and at this point in the game I’m definitely not about to let perfect be the enemy of good on improving the American healthcare system
Here’s the question for @AbdulElSayed: if you were a senator and a bill to enact free primary care for all plus an aggressive public option (like the American Health Gateway @SearchlightInst proposed) came to the floor, would you vote for it? To his enormous credit, Bernie Sanders voted for the ACA. He has also been a driving force behind policies like capping the price of insulin, getting Medicare to cover hearing aids, and empowering the government to negotiate lower drug prices for seniors. These are all extraordinarily good polices that could be transformative for many American families. Yet none of them can be called “revolutionary.” Bernie has always pushed the system to think big, but when push comes to shove, he votes for what he thinks will do the most good for the most people.
Here’s the question for @AbdulElSayed: if you were a senator and a bill to enact free primary care for all plus an aggressive public option (like the American Health Gateway @SearchlightInst proposed) came to the floor, would you vote for it? To his enormous credit, Bernie Sanders voted for the ACA. He has also been a driving force behind policies like capping the price of insulin, getting Medicare to cover hearing aids, and empowering the government to negotiate lower drug prices for seniors. These are all extraordinarily good polices that could be transformative for many American families. Yet none of them can be called “revolutionary.” Bernie has always pushed the system to think big, but when push comes to shove, he votes for what he thinks will do the most good for the most people.
