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Medicare for All Is Making a Comeback (newrepublic.com)

submitted 3 hours ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@lemmy.world

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The situation is dire. Millions of people in the United States are months away from losing their health care. On January 1, dramatic changes to Medicaid outlined in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, or OBBA, will take effect, impacting who is eligible for Medicaid. The new law excludes some groups completely (like most immigrants), introduces “community engagement” requirements (defined as 80 hours a month of work, volunteering, or school) for most people (apart from the elderly, children, and pregnant women), and requires renewals twice a year (as opposed to yearly). Some people have been impacted already (Nebraska implemented its changes on May 1 and began disenrolling people this month), and some will be kicked off their health care in October, when some previously qualified immigrants are made ineligible for Medicaid.

Though 92 percent of people should remain eligible for Medicaid coverage (through either a qualifying exemption or meeting the community engagement requirements), millions will still end up losing care.

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[-] jackal@infosec.pub 4 points 24 minutes ago

A strong nation would implement medical care for all as a way to all its citizens and visitors. That way when people get sick, they can also get better and return to work.

Medical, dental, and vision covered entirely for everyone. Heal people so they can do work they want to. It’s not that hard. Look around the world and it’s easy to see.

[-] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 hours ago

It’s mathematically possible to have basic necessities for all with a combination of tax increases and lowering the military budget to $100 billion a year.

A combination of tax increases on capital gains, inheritances, incomes (particularly heavier taxation on net worth over $10 million) and VAT would raise effective tax rates to 35-50% for most households, provide education, food, housing assistance, childcare and universal healthcare (with total power over rates and medication pricing), while creating enough of a budget surplus to slowly pay down the national debt and close the budget deficit.

Note that nearly everyone would benefit from this, as the reduced expense of necessities would offset the extra paid in taxes, and most households would end up ahead.

And that’s not even getting into reforming a controlled private/public pension system, which would be included in all of this. Along with workers rights reforms and mandatory distribution of corporate shares to employees. Let’s also talk about private/public coop to rapidly build high-density, green, multi-family housing to drastically increase housing supply to affordable levels.

Of course all of this would be…. Socialism.

[-] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 1 points 15 minutes ago

Note that nearly everyone would benefit from this, as the reduced expense of necessities would offset the extra paid in taxes, and most households would end up ahead

Reminiscent of the carbon tax rebate here in Canada which I still miss but people are absolute morons

[-] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 hours ago

Or the middle man that Republicans inserted into the equation in 1973 could be eliminated and instead everyone could pay way less for universal health coverage. The downside is that there would be fewer billionaires in the world, but I could live with that.

[-] Dryad@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

Didn’t you even once think of the poor billionaires?

[-] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 hours ago

The irony is they would still be obscenely rich under such a system.

[-] Dryad@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

I like the phrase morbidly wealthy.

[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 5 points 2 hours ago

Yes, but they wouldn't be quite as rich. Why ... they might even have to cut back on their private space program hobbies!

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 hours ago

Let's do it! All of the politicians have it, let's bring it to the masses.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

[-] Fishnoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

It was always the plan that benefits everyone the most. Health insurance being tied to employment just bypasses outright slavery and makes it indentured servitude, which is also against the law

Oddly enough if a rich person just ends up dead, and no one cooperates with the police, then nothing illegal happened. If people don't cooperate with the oppressor's, they don't know who to oppress.

If you gain their trust while they don't know who to oppress, you can guide them to new targets.

That's how Republicans got to where they are, and it's how we can send them to where they belong.

[-] ClassStruggle@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 hours ago

Making a return until the midterms are over then it's back to fuck everyone

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