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To the activists and legislators (namely Bernie Sanders) who popularized "Medicare for all" circa 2015, it always meant single payer and only single payer. But the reason those 3 words are so effective is they're ambiguous enough to attract ppl who want Medicare to be optional. — PolitiTweet.org

My understanding is that "Medicare for All" was deliberately a fairly ambiguous phrase until recently, which was in… https://t.co/BMyg4K5U7q

Posted Oct. 17, 2019 Hibernated

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Within seconds of criticizing the Syria withdrawal, Mitch McConnell pivots to accusing Democrats of trying to "nullify" the 2016 election result because they cannot accept Hillary Clinton's defeat. — PolitiTweet.org

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That said, prominent Dems who embraced “Medicare for all” earlier knew what they were doing —appealing to the single payer crowd, before repositioning themselves away from it. Unlike Harris or Buttigieg, you never saw Biden or Klobuchar saying they favored “Medicare for all.” — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 17, 2019 Hibernated