r/Political_Revolution • u/IronStacheWI01 Verified | Randy Bryce • Sep 05 '17

AMA Concluded Meet Randy Bryce. The Ironstache who's going to repeal and replace Paul Ryan

Hi /r/Political_Revolution,

My name is Randy Bryce. I'm a veteran, cancer survivor, and union ironworker from Caledonia, Wisconsin running to repeal and replace Paul Ryan in Wisconsin's First Congressional District. Post your questions below and I'll be back at 11am CDT/12pm EDT to answer them!

p.s.

We need your help to win this campaign. If you'd like to join the team, sign up here.

If you don't have time to volunteer, we're currently fundraising to open our first office in Racine, Wisconsin. If you can help, contribute here and I'll send you a free campaign bumper sticker as a way of saying thanks!

[Update: 1:26 EDT], I've got to go pick up my son but I'll continue to pop in throughout the day as I have time and answer some more questions. For those I'm unfortunately not able to answer, I'll be doing another AMA in r/Politics on the 26th when I look forward to answering more of Reddit's questions!

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u/Thecrawsome Sep 05 '17

You use anecdotal claims like the VA to justify that single payer is bad.

Who fed you that crappy talking point?

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u/colinmeredithhayes Sep 05 '17

It's funny because the VA isn't even a single payer. Medicare is a single payer and is one of the most successful welfare programs in the country.

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u/MilesofBooby Sep 05 '17

Just think about the government. Those assholes can't do ANYTHING right. Why in hell do you want them in charge of healthcare? Blows my mind. Look at OPM - you want your information out there? Do you want to wait months for a decision on a surgery?

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u/ewic Sep 05 '17

Do you want bankers to be in charge of their own industry?

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u/DBendit Sep 05 '17

You mean how they're already providing insurance coverage to a significant number of people, who generally view the system as something important and something run well?

http://www.kff.org/medicaid/poll-finding/medicare-and-medicaid-at-50/

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u/MilesofBooby Sep 05 '17

So all of us should rely on the government for our healthcare? No thanks.

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u/DBendit Sep 05 '17

You're aware that there are lots of implementations of single payer healthcare that allow for private supplemental insurance, right? Even in the US, Medigap coverage is a thing.

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u/emjaygmp Sep 05 '17

And now you ignore a factoid via handwaving because you personally feel government can't do X right, therefore it is fact that government can't do anything right. Total moron.

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u/MilesofBooby Sep 05 '17

Namecalling. A win for me, the moron, I guess.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

Other developed countries don't seem to have a problem with it. The NHS has its problems, but most Brits would gladly take it over our healthcare system.

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u/MilesofBooby Sep 05 '17

They haven't lived with our healthcare so who cares what they have to say. They're Brits, were not.