Wow, check out this comment on existing U.S. single-payer system

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20. I am OK with the Medicaid Expansion.

Medicaid IS a 3rd Class system with 3rd Class health care service,
but it IS something.
Its nowhere near a Medicare Expansion, but I'm not a Purist.
Medicaid Expansion IS a step in the right direction.
That was the only "Democratic" part of the bill.
You won't find a single word of mine on DU criticizing the Medicaid Expansion.
I have been consistent.

We WILL have to wait until 2014 to see how effectively it is implemented,
or how much it is modified by the individual states.
Right now, it changes every week, and is really anyone's guess at how effective it will be.
Leaving the Medicaid expansion as OPTIONAL,
and under the control of the individual states is a recipe for chaos.



Consistency is a sign of an honest broker,
and it frees ones self from those creepy situations of trying to make excuses and rambling rationalizations for being AGAINST something when a Republican does it,
but FOR it when a Democrat does it.
Don't you think?