it depends. Can M4A make Big Pharma, Big Medical Tech and specialized doctors take a cram down? AIUI, a big secret to Medicare's affordability is its refusal to pay market rate. And by market rate I mean the American market. If you made a basket comparing costs for various non-GP medical care, from a basket of developed nations, the cost would be waaaaay lower than it is in America.
https://wikimili.com/en/List_of_Michael_Bloomberg_2020_presidential_campaign_endorsements I don't vouch for this, but it was the first, most relevant link. 1 governor, single digit current representatives, no senators
Yeah, at most I'd call myself Bernie Bro adjacent. Like, I sympathize with a lot of Bernie's anti establishment zeal, I just don't always agree with what he's doing about it.
Only in the states that banned balance billing, which Ohio has banned. Or you pay for a Supplement that pays excess charges, but those are expensive and continue to go up the older you get. And you don't get dental, vision or a whole bunch of other stuff. I do agree that the government should put caps on services and equipment, as well as drugs. That would eliminate most of the problems with our current system regardless of additional tinkering.
538's endorsement tracker has him third behind Liz and Joe. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-endorsements/democratic-primary/
It's up to 11 House reps now. 1 governor. 23 mayors. I guess it depends on perspective. To me that feels like a lot for a campaign that jumped in so late and hasn't even participated in the process yet. At this rate, those endorsement numbers are going to be much higher by Super Tuesday when he's actually planning to start competing. The people boosting Bloomberg are basically signaling to every billionaire in the country that the White House is available to the highest bidder. Don't be surprised if it's Mark Cuban 2024, Jeff Bezos 2028 and so on ... It's such a bizarre thing for America's progressive party party to empower.
Big city majors are specially in favor of Bloomberg. I do wonder how pro Giuliani they were back when he ran. https://www.citylab.com/equity/2020...lection-candidates-mayor-endorsements/605797/
Deval Patrick has also suspended his campaign. He entered way too late to actually have an impact.. https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/12/politics/deval-patrick-ends-campaign/index.html I think people also forgot he was in the race. I was watching CNN last night when Yang suspended his campaign and the commentator said Yang was the last minority in the race.
Oh, god, Mark Zuckerberg v. Jeff Bezos in 2028. Just shoot us all now. I suspect, Mark Cuban does not want it.
I am pretty sure Deval Patrick forgot he was in the race. 98% of people never knew he was in the race.
Musk was born in South Africa, that's why not. Of course, the way things are going, that part of the Constitution won't matter either within the next four years. At least for rich people.
South Carolina, where two-thirds of the Democratic electorate is black, comes fourth, on 29 February, in the state-by-state process of picking a Democratic nominee to face Donald Trump in November. The first nominating contest is on Monday in Iowa. Public opinion polling once showed former vice-president Joe Biden with a more than 30-point lead in South Carolina, which he is counting on to cement his standing in a competitive race. But Steyer, who polls in single digits nationally, has been gaining. A Post and Courier-Change Research poll released on Sunday showed Biden at 25%, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders at 20% and Steyer at 18%, up from 5% in December. Steyer has hired more staff, appeared at more events and spent more money on advertisements in South Carolina than Biden. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...outh-carolina-endorsement-black-womens-caucus
I won't lie, if it comes down to Bloomberg v Trump, Michael would be the first Republican presidential candidate I would vote for.