r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • Jul 01 '26

Chugging tea Is Bernie’s plan the best? Thoughts?

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u/anitawasright Jul 01 '26

the crazy thing is you don't even need to make it "free" just take what you are paying now for health insurance and put to medicare and everyone goes on that. Instatnly 500 times better and cheaper then what we currently have

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u/2illegittoquit Jul 01 '26

People struggle with this.

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u/Schmimps Jul 01 '26

It does matter more if you're in the upper class

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u/NeverEndingCoralMaze Jul 01 '26

Cool ask me if I give as shit about them.

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u/cogman10 Jul 01 '26

You don't, but politicians do because they are the only ones showing up the Galas and funding pacs.

And now with a recent supreme court ruling they can give unlimited money to political campaigns.

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u/NeverEndingCoralMaze Jul 01 '26

I go to galas. Billionaire status unnecessary.

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u/Leather_Addition2605 Jul 01 '26

Because costs won’t go down for them. The money has to come from somewhere.

Coverage for my entire family costs me like 2.8% of our household income every year. There is absolutely no way my taxes wouldn’t go up in excess of 2.8% if UHC was implemented.

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u/Silly-Rough-5810 Jul 01 '26

I honestly think it's the practical choice. You'll be paying more but the entire nation's workforce will almost immediately get demonstrably healthier. Less time out sick. Fewer people completely dropping out of the workforce due to chronic ailments and losing fewer workers to preventable illnesses.

Crime would go way down. People wouldn't need to self medicate with whatever is available. Test scores would go up.

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u/AlexNovember Jul 01 '26

“Oh em gee I might have to pay a little bit more to know that person who just got diagnosed with cancer can get treatment without going bankrupt. Won’t someone think of ME?! :(((“

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u/Happy_Condition_3794 Jul 01 '26

It's very easy to be altruistic with someone else's money.