Comments by "Xyz Same" (@xyzsame4081) on "PBS NewsHour" channel.

  1. 8:03 Sanders repeating the Russia interfered with election story. Ooops !
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  2. Please send at least one dollar to Mike Gravel, 88. He can be an excellent attack dog for the good candidates - nothing to lose. The Tulsi endorsement he will have to walk back for show (or the DNC will declare his campaign as not serious). 65,000 unique donors needed, 30,000 reached (and roughly 97,000 USD) by may 6th. they have time until beginning of June Never mind it could be fun. on his channel Mike Gravel there is a clip of the best 2008 statements. FIERCE !
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  3. drug costs ? tell congress they should pass a law that allows Medicare to negotiate - and that the private insurers can negotiate with them. Everyone gets the same prices. End of story. Have a friendly chat behind closed doors with VA, Canada, or any European country what they are paying. VA is the only agency in the U.S. that is not forbidden to negotiate they brought prices down by 40 %.
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  4. Canada has healthcare organized per province. and they spend not even half per person - but there may be difference how well each province funds it. 2017: USD 4850 versus USD 10,240 per person in the U.S. versus 5,240 on average in the wealthy countries. I is not true that you wait months for an appointment (moths for a diagnosis, that can happen - in every country - if it is tricky). I live in a single payer country - if you have pain or it is urgent or suspicious you get on the fast track. For the check-up it does not matter if you have to wait a few days or even a week. with a badly sprain ankle they treated me right away (and that was a busy hospital during holiday season). Back at home to remove the cast after a few days and for 2 checks I had to wait in the ER - 20 minutes, 10 minutes AT MOST No wait time for rehab sessions. costs: zero if the ER had gotten someone with a bad burn or a severe car crash coming in with a few injured likely I would have had to wait - worst case scenario driving to another hospital - 20 - 30 minutes. (the first drive into hospital was with the ambulance, down the mountain road, good thing they had to carry me only a few minutes to the street - I was not a long distance offroad. That is also my experience with specialists (eye doctor, imaging, dentist, ...) you get an appointment, sometimes you wait 5 minutes, sometimes 20 - it is not that bad, and how often do you really go to the doctor ? On the other hand I have seen people that were in bad shape or mothers with toddler getting fast tracked.
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  5. 2017 OECD numbers PPP (purchasing power parity - adjusted to reflect the general costs of living). Canada in the range of 4800 - 4900 USD U.S. 10,240 most wealthy countries are in the range of 5,000 - 5,500 (so Canada is doing pretty good - with France, Australia, Belgium, Japan). U.k. 4,240 - but the NHS is completely underfunded, they have to make do with 41 % of the U.S. spending. Germany is on the other side 5,700 (56 %).
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  6. Also please share, watch and like the announcement video. The campaign is on twitter, donations to ActBlue (either it is a glitch or the mf'ers have removed the count - I had to go to twitter to see the stats).
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  7. Gravel would drop some bombs on the stage regarding Assange and Venezuela, that's for sure.
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