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<blockquote data-quote="JD8" data-source="post: 3689784" data-attributes="member: 24">No.&nbsp; That&#039;s YOUR argument and assumptions, not mine.&nbsp;&nbsp; The reality is that Medicare is established and pulling the rug out from under everyone would be catastrophic.&nbsp;&nbsp; Would there have been a better way about going about it?&nbsp; I think so.&nbsp; Changes? Yep.&nbsp; Burning down the house or giving the government full control as our only options?&nbsp; Nah...********.&nbsp; According to an estimate by the Mercatus Center, &quot;Medicare for All&quot; would cost <a href="https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/commentary/medicare-all-plan-would-cost-federal-government-32-trillion" target="_blank">$32.6 trillion</a> over its first 10 years. Even doubling corporate and individual income taxes wouldn&#039;t be enough to fund it. [URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/413372-medicare-for-all-will-never-work-so-lets-stop-pushing-it[/URL]I&#039;m not sure why I&#039;m arguing against Bernie Sanders talking points on this board but here I am.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JD8, post: 3689784, member: 24"] No. That's YOUR argument and assumptions, not mine. The reality is that Medicare is established and pulling the rug out from under everyone would be catastrophic. Would there have been a better way about going about it? I think so. Changes? Yep. Burning down the house or giving the government full control as our only options? Nah...********. [B][I]According to an estimate by the Mercatus Center, "Medicare for All" would cost [URL='https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/commentary/medicare-all-plan-would-cost-federal-government-32-trillion']$32.6 trillion[/URL] over its first 10 years. Even doubling corporate and individual income taxes wouldn't be enough to fund it. [/I][/B] [URL unfurl="true"]https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/413372-medicare-for-all-will-never-work-so-lets-stop-pushing-it[/URL] I'm not sure why I'm arguing against Bernie Sanders talking points on this board but here I am. [/QUOTE]

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