My Advice To Bernie
I am thinking about what advice I would give Sanders right now and this is it: His insistence on making Medicare for all compulsory is a stumbling block, Americans do not like to be compelled to do anything AND in Nevada one union opposes him because they struggled to win a contract that does give them a good health benefit. So I think he should have a meeting with that union's execs and come out saying that after consulting with them he has reconsidered making Medicare For All compulsory. But if it is made available to everyone as a choice, he is certain that most people will choose it over struggling with predatory insurance companies because it will be the best choice. And if a union like this was able to put a knife to the throat of the corporate predators and win their battle, they certainly should keep the fruit of their victory.
And he should then add that businesses should support his plan because, if they are relieved of the requirement of providing health care benefits for their employees, it will improve their bottom line and enable them to increase profits, raise salaries and lower prices.
Democrats should use and repeat the slogan "predatory insurance and pharmaceutical companies" to identify them as enemies of the public, and to promote their ideas and build support. The Republicans have so far excelled at simplistic sloganeering, but we can beat them at their game if we think hard about how to market ideas to the public.
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