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kentuck

(115,363 posts) Mon Nov 18, 2013, 03:01 PM Nov 2013

Are Democrats more likely or less likely to support a single-payer healthcare system in the future? [View all]

After this present experience with the Affordable Care Act?

Or is the idea of a single payer dead forever?

And are we stuck forever with a healthcare system that puts insurance companies at the center of it all?

Is this the best we can do?

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Are Democrats more likely or less likely to support a single-payer healthcare system in the future? [View all] kentuck Nov 2013 OP

Less likely in my opinion. The government has made a complete cock up of ACA badtoworse Nov 2013 #1

Medicare? Jazzgirl Nov 2013 #4

Solvent? badtoworse Nov 2013 #6

Costs PETRUS Nov 2013 #15

Gradually lower the age for alsame Nov 2013 #7

How would it improve solvency? Everyone is already paying the Medicare tax badtoworse Nov 2013 #9

An increase in payroll deductions for alsame Nov 2013 #10

You said gradually lower the age. badtoworse Nov 2013 #12

What I'm talking about is not unlike what we have now, alsame Nov 2013 #13

This is why we need a progressive President and Congress instead of more corporatists. Scuba Nov 2013 #2

IMO,It will take another 5 or 6 election cycles. CK_John Nov 2013 #3

Yes n/t Fumesucker Nov 2013 #5

My hunch is less likely, but I sure do hope I am wrong. Yo_Mama Nov 2013 #8

Single payer will come about, just like the Canadian single player came about vinny9698 Nov 2013 #11

I agree Johonny Nov 2013 #16

if the ACA fails, no politician will propose single payer for decades scheming daemons Nov 2013 #14