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Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)
Fri Nov 22, 2013, 01:43 PM Nov 2013

I'm an ex-military brat and a vet.

I spent the first 24 years of my life under a universal health care system. There is no excuse for wasting money on insurance middlemen. They contribute nothing but unnecessary overhead.

I don't know if a majority in the House and Senate would result in implementation of a single payer system. I have hope. I do think that Vermont adopting a public option a couple days ago makes a huge difference. I see it as the first domino to fall.

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