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[Proud Liberal Dem]

99. If you missed it

I did too. I think he once said something to the effect that single-payer would be the best system but with a qualifier of "if starting from scratch", so no, he did not say he would be pushing for it and nobody really believed it was likely to happen this go around in Congress.

The only thing (re: HCR) that he backtracked on was the mandate but given the eventual shape of the bill, I'm not sure it can work any other way. I'm actually kind of surprised it's engendered so much opposition. I mean, I know some people have issues with private insurance companies but they're not going to just disappear overnight unless we got single-payer and, well, THAT certainly wasn't going to happen in 2009-2010, unfortunately. Having SOME coverage is better than none (or so I thought). I don't really know anybody whom simply believes in not carrying some kind of insurance. I don't understand all of the conservative heartburn over the mandates either since they CLAIM to want individuals to be more responsible (which ultimately benefits everybody collectively with lower premiums). Of course, as we know, conservatives are just big fat liars (hypocrites).