Where Sanders went wrong on MFA and why

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6. Bernie, I never understood why any healthcare proposal was framed as 'Medicare for All'

I mean, does everyone understand that currently, under Medicare, you MUST pay for an additional insurance plan to be reasonably covered? The cost comes off your monthly check. There are out-of-pocket copays and deductibles and that every year the insurers' underwriters adjust coverage to fit the profitability of their business model. Did the candidates actually think that sound-biting the public was preferable to some attempt to educate the public? Most people already agree with the WHY of healthcare reform but no one is sure about the actual HOW. The MFA spiel didn't have the clarity to inform nor did it pass the smell test of frank, honest discourse.
I'm not sure why Sanders' message didn't address how the actual numbers and methodology of his plan would impact those whose livelihood was on the line, much less everybody else. One could never be quite sure if he even had an actual detailed plan. I think if he had, he could have told people just about how much income most citizens would actually save with a single payer system. Educating small business owners (99.9% Republicans) that their payroll would be simplified and their operating costs would NOT go up was never done. That their current provision of employee insurance plans, for which they think employees should feel gratitude, is the single biggest rip off, on so many levels, of the whole stupid system.
His mistrust of corporate interests is understandable because, ultimately, single payer would cut the 20%+ profit currently enjoyed by the healthcare industry. Corporate executives will never agree that their exorbitant compensation levels are a thing of the past.
And while I'm on my soapbox I'd like to remind people that just about ALL legislation goes through what is essentially a corporate approval process (unless its so off-the-wall that the lobbyists haven't figured out how to capitalize on it yet) and somehow we are to think that's okay.