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leftstreet

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5. MediCAID for All

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 10:12 AM

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Medicare's out of pocket expenses keep increasing. Plus there's no long term care, vision or dental.

It's reaching the point it'd need an overhaul to make it affordable for everyone

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Do you support Medicare for All? [View all] SocialDemocrat61 Sunday OP

I posed that question to Mike Flood (repug Ne) Rver Sunday #1

We can't afford not to. GreenWave Sunday #2

I worked for a company that rewarded employees who didn't use any of their sick pay. CrispyQ Sunday #4

As a Canadian, hell yes. roamer65 Sunday #3

MediCAID for All leftstreet Sunday #5

Respectfully, the proposed Medicare for All area51 Sunday #17

Universal Health Care markie Sunday #6

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Medicare is hardly shit insurance. Ms. Toad Sunday #14

Sure. But Nobody Is Proposing That Right Now. MineralMan Sunday #8

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Healthcare for all. Clouds Passing Sunday #11

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Yes. I'm not for free health care. Jacson6 Sunday #13

I have Medicare mike_c Sunday #15

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I support driving insurance out of the equation altogether. GoodRaisin Sunday #20