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applegrove

(130,540 posts)
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 09:16 PM 18 hrs ago

One recent survey found that 65% of voters support a Medicare for All-style system.

Every other comparably wealthy country has some version of universal healthcare, and none of them would trade their systems for the wasteful and haphazard US system, writes Eagan Kemp of @publiccitizen.bsky.social.

Common Dreams (@commondreams.org) 2026-01-17T12:59:41.357261Z
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One recent survey found that 65% of voters support a Medicare for All-style system. (Original Post) applegrove 18 hrs ago OP
Yup, America is a progressive nation on most issues Fiendish Thingy 18 hrs ago #1
Then they vote for Trump twice. Anxy 4 hrs ago #2
DURec leftstreet 4 hrs ago #3
The spiking insurance premiums are finally moving the needle Arazi 4 hrs ago #4
But will 65% of the people vote to move the needle? Buckeyeblue 2 hrs ago #5

Fiendish Thingy

(22,207 posts)
1. Yup, America is a progressive nation on most issues
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 09:23 PM
18 hrs ago

Even a large portion of republicans and conservatives want MFA.

Arazi

(8,741 posts)
4. The spiking insurance premiums are finally moving the needle
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 11:10 AM
4 hrs ago

Too late for many Americans who will needlessly die this year (and over the next few years) but I hope this will save people someday in the future



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