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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders talks universal Medicare, and 1.1 million people click to watch him [View all]Sophia4
(3,515 posts)Vermont has many problems when it comes to healthcare.
Here is an article that discusses some of the problems peculiar to Vermont when it comes to healthcare.
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2017/03/12/high-costs-few-options-vt-health-care/98685848/
It isn't just money that is a problem. It's getting access to equipment, all kinds of things.
Vermont would greatly benefit from single payer if the program crossed state lines.
Hillary is the candidate of 2016.
In my opinion, Democrats will unite and fare better in elections if they focus on issues on which everyone agrees and on which Democrats are far better than Republicans and focus less on personalities.
Focusing on personalities works for Republicans because they don't like government and working together toward social goals anyway. But the Democratic Party is about working together to achieve social and economic as well as personal goals, so focusing on issues would be better for us.
I regret this because at the very outset way back in 2012, I was part of the people in 2012 who advocated for her candidacy with my congressman, but although Hillary won the popular vote, the emphasis was too much on her being a woman, on who she was, rather than on what she would do for everyone in the country, on the issues. I don't know whether that was an intentional strategy or just happened.
In the future, we need to unite Democrats around what we want to do as a Party once in office, and less around personalities or things like gender. I feel somewhat responsible for this error. But let's not do that again.