re: Senator Sanders' healthcare/tax plan.

Your proposal has merit, except for this part:

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Then set the pricing on a sliding schedule , the less income you have the smaller amount you pay , with the rest paid for by the government.

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Waste of time. Go ahead and make it free, with the Feds picking up the entire tab.

People who can afford to go elsewhere will do so to avoid the long waits/lower quality of care.

Of course we'll still have the issue of the undocumented worker who falls off a roof and breaks his back, or the unemployed hillbilly who ODs on heroin, and other things you couldn't treat without more advanced medicine that a county clinic could provide. But at least you would eliminate the whole "poor people being denied access to health care" argument.

As for the cost of acquiring land/buildings for gummint-run healthcare facilities, that problem can be solved easily (and relatively cheaply):

Thousands of readily available vacant Federally-owned properties nationwide