Only a non-thinking, uniformed, nitwit would make such a proposal.
If her proposal were to become law, no one would receive government provided health care in the country until they reach the age of 65 when Medicare benefits kick in.
What part of her anatomy does she think with?
JWK
Illegal immigration is now costing American citizens over $18 billion a year in healthcare costs alone, far more than the cost of building a wall! LINK
Is there a link to her saying this?
Are you currently enrolled in Medicare?
I’m pretty sure medicare for “all” means those younger than 65
The first part of your first sentence is delightfully poetic considering you seem to have no idea what the Medicare For All proposal actually is. Pot meet Kettle.
And where does the healthcare funding for the roughly 185 million dumped into the Medicare system come from? Our nation’s elderly paid into Medicare all their lives to build up their trust fund which kicks in when they reach 65 years of age! Only a nitwit would offer Medicare for all, or someone trying to rope-a-dope potential voters with free government cheese.
JWK
Are you currently enrolled in Medicare?
“Get government out of my government issued Medicare! MAGA!!!”
The money that people would normally use to pay premiums
Of course, you’re right in the literal sense - that since Medicare benefits are for those 65+, but I’m pretty sure she means government controlled, universal health insurance (I differentiate between health insurance and heath care, though they’re often used synonymously) that would be taxpayer funded to replace the current reimbursement model.
What never seems to get addressed is the slow drain of doctors. You can tweak the reimbursement model all you want, but if you don’t have anyone to provide the medical care, it doesn’t matter. I know of areas locally (NJ) where there are shortages. One family member tried to make an appointment with a primary care physician (non emergency) and was told the first appointment was in six months. Other specialists are booked 2-3 months out. It’s already hard, and going to get harder, to persuade talented young people to spend 3 -10 years in post-graduate training (depending on the specialty) so that they can work 12 hr days for whatever reimbursement the government decides is fair. Not when technology, and even trades, provide so many opportunities now where the educational time (and debt) is much less, the work day shorter and less stressful, and the compensation sufficient. I remember a time when at least one child in a doctor’s family would also go into medicine. I rarely see that today.
Rarely, today, do children do what their parents did.
With the exception of politics.
I can’t imagine a more ignorant, obtuse OP.
HINT: Medicare for All means removing the age restriction.
The funding comes from increased taxes which are offset by no longer paying for private health insurance. As the Mercatus Center study that Ted Cruz and Trump love to cite says, it’ll save us $2 trillion compared to our current system.
The bimbo needs slaves to pay for her Medicare for all and they way the Democrats like open borders, that probably includes healthcare for the world.
This thread must be a joke… like wow… 
Medicare is age restricted… saying “for all” means to remove any restrictions.
Dems want to bankrupt Medicare by flooding it with too many people. They must want grand ma to get poor care …
Wasn’t obamacare suppose to save us money and it has ended up costing more than they said?
And where does the healthcare funding for the roughly 185 million dumped into the Medicare system come from? And how much would it cost? Eh?
You seem to forget the our nation’s elderly paid into their trust fund all their lives. Dumping 185 million new participants into an already strained system, would bankrupt our nation’s elderly trust fund which they paid into all their lives.
Ignorant you say? You bet Alexandria Ocasio Cortez’s idea is based upon ignorant thinking. Thank you for agreeing.
JWK
Fun facts: You want to know what the increase in healthcare looked like in the decades prior to the ACA?
Average annual increase in healthcare costs:
1960s: 10.01%
1970s: 12.89%
1980s: 11.31%
1990s: 7.10%
2000s: 6.94%
Want to know what the average annual increase in healthcare costs has been since the ACA?
2010-2017: 4.29%
The same place it comes from for the for-profit, private healthcare industry. Employees, employers and other individuals. Duh.
If adding all of these people into the Medicare system would bankrupt it, why isn’t our for-profit, private system being bankrupt with those 185 million people? This logic doesn’t make sense.
