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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Tue Jun 27, 2017, 12:01 PM Jun 2017

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This was actually a very good plan.

http://ihpi.umich.edu/news/nixoncare-vs-obamacare-u-m-team-compares-rhetoric-reality-two-health-plans

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This was actually a very good plan. (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 OP

I wonder why Democrats didn't pursue this in 1977? LeftInTX Jun 2017 #1

They/we wanted single payer. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #2

Carter was president then LeftInTX Jun 2017 #3

The plan I cited was the Nixon plan. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #4

OK....thanks LeftInTX Jun 2017 #5

The costs likely wouldn't be as high if that bill was passed. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #6

LeftInTX

(25,383 posts)

1. I wonder why Democrats didn't pursue this in 1977?

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Tue Jun 27, 2017, 12:27 PM

Jun 2017

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

2. They/we wanted single payer.

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 27, 2017, 12:30 PM

Jun 2017

But that plan is very similar to plans in other nations that have real universal health care.

LeftInTX

(25,383 posts)

3. Carter was president then

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 27, 2017, 12:32 PM

Jun 2017

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

4. The plan I cited was the Nixon plan.

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 27, 2017, 12:36 PM

Jun 2017

Carter had a plan similar to the Nixon plan. Ted Kennedy opposed it because he felt it didn't go far enough. In his memoirs he said he regretted opposing those plans.

LeftInTX

(25,383 posts)

5. OK....thanks

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #4)

Tue Jun 27, 2017, 01:03 PM

Jun 2017

Interesting....sigh....

I think no one at the time could foresee the skyrocketing costs of health care.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

6. The costs likely wouldn't be as high if that bill was passed.

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #5)

Tue Jun 27, 2017, 03:13 PM

Jun 2017

I like the idea of a program based on ability to pay.

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