[Boomer]

Like a lot of things, the answer is somewhere in the middle.

There is a huge need for access to decent health insurance for people to buy in to — at a reasonable cost — if they so CHOOSE. Not like the days before the ACA blocked insurance companies from refusing to cover pre-existing conditions. (It was not so long ago when people would pay good money for individual coverage and then not be covered like they were led to believe. Sometimes I think we are a nation of amnesiacs.)

If such a plan were to be available through the government, it could be standardized, like Medicare, and could change a lot of American lives — early retirees; those who have been downsized; entrepreneurs; those who are working at jobs with no benefits — and others I cannot think of right now because I am hurrying to try not to get caught up in this thread.

If anyone so opposed to Democrats actually gave a fair listening to the candidates the other night, they would have heard those who said what I just said — answers are in the middle. Choice is important.

Health insurance and Big Pharma are among the biggest lobbyists. Our American lives are now held in the hands of those with greasy palms.

I think the battle call of “Medicare for All” is drowning out those who understand the big picture best and want to solve the problem with fairness and common sense — middle ground.