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diabeticman

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64. We should have been the first country with single payer. We deserve it. But until our law makers

Thu Nov 14, 2013, 05:41 PM

Nov 2013

stop looking at us as money to help themselves and their Corporate overlords we will not have a government that works for us.

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Am I the only one who wants Single Payer? [View all] Coolest Ranger Nov 2013 OP

I'm in. riqster Nov 2013 #1

You're far from the only single-payer advocate on DU LongTomH Nov 2013 #2

count me in putitinD Nov 2013 #3

HELL NO! KamaAina Nov 2013 #4

No, a lot of people want it. vi5 Nov 2013 #5

Obama actually made a campaign video for Blanche Lincoln Art_from_Ark Nov 2013 #79

Exactly..... vi5 Nov 2013 #90

The Party backs incumbents. merrily Nov 2013 #99

Yes, the party backs incumbents Art_from_Ark Nov 2013 #120

Clinton campaigned in the Massachusetts special election primary in 2009 merrily Nov 2013 #121

Does it come with a pony too? CK_John Nov 2013 #6

No, but... nikto Nov 2013 #39

What a stupidly condescending post. Matariki Nov 2013 #82

Probably hasn't been around here long enough to realize there is a :sarcasm: icon eridani Nov 2013 #88

In which case I'm sorry Matariki Nov 2013 #104

Wow. I sure hope that's sarcasm. Quantess Nov 2013 #92

It was the appropriate response to the sarcasm of portraying Single Payer as a "Pony" nikto Nov 2013 #127

I want my pony, too. Orsino Nov 2013 #95

No one will ever know. merrily Nov 2013 #123

No. HijackedLabel Nov 2013 #7

No, indeed. Laelth Nov 2013 #8

And now is the perfect time to lead us in that direction:) grahamhgreen Nov 2013 #86

I've been pushing for it and working for it for 30 years!!! gopiscrap Nov 2013 #9

Sisyphus, is that you? merrily Nov 2013 #124

Single-payer fan here. bigwillq Nov 2013 #10

If Obama had gone for it back then he wouldn't be in the pickle he is now. n/t Peregrine Took Nov 2013 #11

If the Blue Dogs Democrats in the House and Senate hadn't rejected it, we'd have it. Liberal_Stalwart71 Nov 2013 #59

The President ran on health care reform. Change has come Nov 2013 #84

And you know this how?? You don't! Liberal_Stalwart71 Nov 2013 #94

He would never have gotten it passiveporcupine Nov 2013 #73

He's not in that much of a pickle. People running in 2014, on the other hand.... merrily Nov 2013 #125

I'm for it but need some type of relief now or I'll have to drop coverage on me mmonk Nov 2013 #12

Call it Medicare-for-all. jazzimov Nov 2013 #13

Employees would just move over to Medicare subsidiaries of insurance companies. Hoyt Nov 2013 #31

I'm not sure that most of the 'Medicare for All' advocates really know the actual specifics PoliticAverse Nov 2013 #53

I thought you must be new to DU. Actually, a British-style national health service would not be bad pampango Nov 2013 #14

why don't we just call it national health care? TorchTheWitch Nov 2013 #15

Yep, you and me and a few other crazies may be the only truedelphi Nov 2013 #16

Almost all of us here want it. The majority of americans want it. Warren Stupidity Nov 2013 #17

Turn on the TV, and wtch even ten hours of prime TV each week, and truedelphi Nov 2013 #23

I needed a sarcasm smilie. Warren Stupidity Nov 2013 #65

Don't forget the Big Pharma people. subterranean Nov 2013 #70

Yes! Yes! Yes! truedelphi Nov 2013 #71

Yep. Just you. Lex Nov 2013 #18

see: Physicians for a National Health Program annabanana Nov 2013 #19

You're kidding...everyone wants it. Paper Roses Nov 2013 #20

Hell no. I want it too! NOW. n/t Triana Nov 2013 #21

Bet you they wouldn't..... brooklynite Nov 2013 #22

YUP ... right again. JoePhilly Nov 2013 #24

absolutely riverwalker Nov 2013 #25

Nurses Too? . busterbrown Nov 2013 #29

Sounds good, but... nikto Nov 2013 #35

Welcome to D.U. by the way.. busterbrown Nov 2013 #47

single payer I am for it tardybar Nov 2013 #26

I'm done voting for democrats who don't fight for single payer. liberal_at_heart Nov 2013 #27

Then Bring the Tea Baggers on? n/t.. busterbrown Nov 2013 #30

Gotta love cowardly scare tactics Bradical79 Nov 2013 #91

Yea, reality is a bitch... busterbrown Nov 2013 #96

So its up to Democrats to effectively differentiate themselves. Bradical79 Nov 2013 #117

I’m glad you believe in your insanity. busterbrown Nov 2013 #119

So the "choice" you're giving... DissidentVoice Nov 2013 #106

That cuts down your choices a lot. merrily Nov 2013 #122

What would give you that idea tavalon Nov 2013 #28

Single-Payer is the only thing that makes sense nikto Nov 2013 #32

No /nt Armstead Nov 2013 #33

no, you're not.... mike_c Nov 2013 #34

I AM. We have to get the Nordquist/Koch types out of Congress. freshwest Nov 2013 #36

Of course not. Brigid Nov 2013 #37

No. ananda Nov 2013 #38

Nope! ReRe Nov 2013 #40

Accept no fraudulent, corporate fascist substitutes. kenny blankenship Nov 2013 #41

Single payer is the only way to go. RC Nov 2013 #42

WHAT IF?? COULD THIS WORK? nikto Nov 2013 #43

What if we put it on the ballot? Half-Century Man Nov 2013 #46

The US doesn't have national referendums. n/t PoliticAverse Nov 2013 #55

This policy should be voted on Half-Century Man Nov 2013 #57

Well the US kinda did vote against the individual mandate and for 'must have a public option' PoliticAverse Nov 2013 #62

To our shame n/t DissidentVoice Nov 2013 #105

Basically, that is a public option! So yes, it would work:) grahamhgreen Nov 2013 #87

No, you're not. Why do you ask? Jack Rabbit Nov 2013 #44

I'm old enough to remember house calls. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #45

wow you are old! madrchsod Nov 2013 #56

No sarge43 Nov 2013 #48

No. nt silvershadow Nov 2013 #49

I want single payer , too. I, also, want a new house. demosincebirth Nov 2013 #50

The thing is that single payer for everyone is a perfectly reasonable, tested, Warren Stupidity Nov 2013 #68

I didn't think that my demosincebirth Nov 2013 #74

We'll get there. And the ACA gives us a fantastic path to do so. jeff47 Nov 2013 #51

I could see it working at the state level, starting with the ACA and moving in that direction. Liberal_Stalwart71 Nov 2013 #60

Greatly disappointed when it didn't work out that way.. fadedrose Nov 2013 #52

i`m on single payer...medicare madrchsod Nov 2013 #54

No. I want it, too, as do many other people. However, I understand what the reality is. Liberal_Stalwart71 Nov 2013 #58

If you can find them DissidentVoice Nov 2013 #107

More like one of many. Solly Mack Nov 2013 #61

Nope! calimary Nov 2013 #63

We should have been the first country with single payer. We deserve it. But until our law makers diabeticman Nov 2013 #64

Not by a long shot. nt valerief Nov 2013 #66

I'm the only one that wants whirled peas. panader0 Nov 2013 #67

We know it would be better but you have a campaign financing problem to fix before harun Nov 2013 #69

Of course not. I think most DUers would prefer Single Payer. We aren't stupid. kestrel91316 Nov 2013 #72

I want it and so do most folks - TBF Nov 2013 #75

no. nt Deep13 Nov 2013 #76

We would be dollars ahead with a single payer national health insurance. My friend Thinkingabout Nov 2013 #77

Some people thing the French system is the best in the world, it isn't completely 'single payer' PoliticAverse Nov 2013 #85

Compared to the treatment or the length of time to receive care she received in France to what she Thinkingabout Nov 2013 #115

It still remains... JimboBillyBubbaBob Nov 2013 #78

nope unapatriciated Nov 2013 #80

No, you definitely aren't Matariki Nov 2013 #81

I am totally on-board for single payer. avaistheone1 Nov 2013 #83

I've been a member for 10 years and still have yet to see anyone against it IronLionZion Nov 2013 #89

Of course not. LWolf Nov 2013 #93

Reporting as ordered! Demeter Nov 2013 #97

Hell no. merrily Nov 2013 #98

Yes. Single payer, and abolish those insurance industry parasites. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2013 #100

No but it can't be done, the insurance industry doc03 Nov 2013 #101

I do too! nt LiberalEsto Nov 2013 #102

I firmly, firmly support it...but too many Democrats don't. DissidentVoice Nov 2013 #103

Absolutely the best solution warrenswil Nov 2013 #108

Single payer is the best way to go. JEB Nov 2013 #109

The problems with the Obamacare rollout BainsBane Nov 2013 #110

It's a good system, though I don't have the death pact with is a lot of the board does Recursion Nov 2013 #111

+1 lark Nov 2013 #112

you are not the only one. Sheri Nov 2013 #113

Medical For All would be Single Payer - The Infrasture is already in Place 2banon Nov 2013 #114

Yep.. you are the only one. Nobody on DU ever advocated for it before this OP. scheming daemons Nov 2013 #116

Nope. Iggo Nov 2013 #118

I have always advocated for single payer riversedge Nov 2013 #126

No, there's lots of advocates here and elsewhere. nt ladyVet Nov 2013 #128

After a decade of experiencing single payer OwnedByCats Nov 2013 #129