They scrubbed an entire presidency’s worth of speeches and found a line that’s not even a quarter as inflammatory against elites as the average Talarico stump speech.
Total ideological victory for left-populism.
Independent voters overwhelmingly support Medicare-For-All, so Democrats must prioritize passing it in order to appeal to them.
Sorry I don’t make the rules. I’m just a popularist who recommends what the data tells me
When I was doing a masters program in healthcare administration every essay I wrote was just “the state needs to seize all of this or it won’t get fixed.”
Professors and classmates couldn’t really argue even if they were liberals. They all had recognize that the profit motive makes a rational & efficient healthcare system impossible.
El-Sayed’s “public option” is a free, universal health insurance plan that doesn’t technically ban private insurance, but makes it irrelevant. Why would you want to remain on your private plan when you can switch to the government plan for free?
@ReadOnlyDroid@thE_House7@NinaMinister The vast majority of Americans—certainly 90%—would pay less in taxes under Medicare for All than they spend on premiums.
If you don’t like paying for M4A and private care, switch to the public plan!
@SteelerChris Right now, we ration care according to the ability to pay for it. I think a more humane system would ration care according to medical professional’s assessments of which patients need care the most.
@thE_House7@ReadOnlyDroid@NinaMinister Free at the point of service. Of course, you pay for it with your taxes. That’s a good deal for 95% of Americans!
HAMILTON: “I don't think Medicare for all is the right approach. And even though it sounds great, I don't think it's going to pass… I think what we need to do is figure out, how do we ensure that everyone has access to affordable health care, no matter who they are? But I think even using the term Medicare for all alienates a whole group of people that we need to be able to pass some kind of health care reform that allows everyone to have affordable health care.”
Remember: Democrats must not propose any good ideas supported by a broad majority of the public:
$20 minimum wage: 57% (too popular)
Cut military aid to Israel: 60%
Billionaire wealth tax: 61%
Medicare for All: 66%
Data center moratorium: 67%
Social Security expansion: 78%
This interchange between the NYT and @GinaHinojosaTX summarizes the 2026 election and explains the freakout by Corporate Dems and corporate media. The former is seeing its political formula rejected, the latter can’t even process what left-populism is.