Mike: Unbeknown to you because you weren't borne in the era (not your fault - clearly, Uwe is entirely to blame) - but your edited quote above is a profound epithet first identified by a local Aussie band (Skyhooks) way back last century.
Odd how nothing much has really changed in the intervening years!!!
Don
Diving into the specifics a little bit further. Even Bernie Sanders looks at her math and says she's $10 Trillion short. The necessary $30T to cover such a program as of this time would account for currently what is expected to be 50% of
ALL spending over the next decade. I don't care what kind of economic calculus you try to pull on me, that's not feasible. There are going to be a myriad of far reaching consequences that the voters won't see coming and it'll bleed like someone with hemophilia.
For example, most medical staff like Doctors, nurses, EMTs, and specialist would be paid less than they are now. There's a very misleading statement going around that they would make 10% more than what medicare pays them now. But what isn't being said is that patients covered by medicare are still far less friendly to a medical staffers wallet than most people.
Everyone is going to have massive tax hikes unless you're essentially already on medicaid. Me, Uwe, everyone of the people working here at RT, our new neighbor who just moved in and had the tree fall on the power line across the street, everyone.
These things that work in Australia aren't necessarily going to work here for many reasons, in fact I'd be shocked if they did.
I almost forgot. Everyone working for any sort of medical insurance company from the janitors to the CEOs would also find themselves out of a job under this proposal as she's eliminating private insurance. "If you like your insurance, you can keep it." ~ The Champion of the Left, Barack Obama