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15. To Be Clear - Vermont Has Embraced Single Payer - No Evidence That Obama Has Embraced The Same

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Mon Nov 25, 2013, 12:26 AM

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On Dkos:Obama just launched single-payer in America [View all] RandySF Nov 2013 OP

AFAIK, states could have done single payer before ObamaCare MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #1

A single-payer type health care program in the states was NEVER prohibited in the states. Liberal_Stalwart71 Nov 2013 #2

Seems that it *was* prohibited: MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #5

No, it doesn't. There was no "was" prior to passage of an actual bill. n/t pnwmom Nov 2013 #12

Meh...The bill was always substantially the Baucus mark. Everything else fell by the wayside. TheKentuckian Nov 2013 #44

Nice slant... /sarcasm. The bill Obama signed did NOT forbid it. MADem Nov 2013 #6

Exactly. And I don't think he's that uninformed. pnwmom Nov 2013 #9

+1,000 nt MADem Nov 2013 #11

Certainly, one of us is uninformed nt MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #13

You know what's so sad about your commentary, Manny? You have such a disdain for this president Liberal_Stalwart71 Nov 2013 #24

SHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! MADem Nov 2013 #26

Hawaii has not instituted single payer. Neither has Vermont cali Nov 2013 #37

Yep. And he works *extra hard* to make his case BlueCaliDem Nov 2013 #28

Ah, 11ty-dimensional chess MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #10

No--it's called "How a bill becomes law." MADem Nov 2013 #14

They wouldn't have gotten Federal funds for Medicaid expansion without it. pnwmom Nov 2013 #8

'Whatever else he is, Obama is a President who acts in a thoughtful, deliberate way.' elleng Nov 2013 #3

37 recs and counting Electric Monk Nov 2013 #4

Closing on fifty. nt MADem Nov 2013 #7

To Be Clear - Vermont Has Embraced Single Payer - No Evidence That Obama Has Embraced The Same cantbeserious Nov 2013 #15

He has embraced the experiments going on in Vermont pnwmom Nov 2013 #16

My Understanding Is That Under The ACA - Single Payer Is Illegal Unless Dispensation Is Granted cantbeserious Nov 2013 #17

You may not understand that the waiver would be virtually automatic pnwmom Nov 2013 #18

I Personally Support Single Payer - I See No Evidence That Obama Does cantbeserious Nov 2013 #19

He signed the bill that supports single payer in any state that wants it. pnwmom Nov 2013 #22

Good Enough For Some - Not Good Enough For Others cantbeserious Nov 2013 #40

WRONG!! And your hatred of this president does not and WILL NOT make your statement factual! Liberal_Stalwart71 Nov 2013 #25

I Do Not Hate The President - How Presumptuous - Typical Ad Hominen Attack cantbeserious Nov 2013 #39

This could be great news for VA Heather MC Nov 2013 #23

Terry McAuliffe is as Third Way/corporate DLC as they come. woo me with science Nov 2013 #38

Oh well i only voted for him because the Alternative was not much of a choice :-( Heather MC Nov 2013 #41

I have NEVER seen ANY evidence MH1 Nov 2013 #42

Since The Oligarchs And Corporations Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us cantbeserious Nov 2013 #43

K&R Tarheel_Dem Nov 2013 #20

Let's see now, if I was thinking about where to locate a business Mr.Bill Nov 2013 #21

Always wondered why CEO’s of major corporations with thousands of employees... busterbrown Nov 2013 #30

Depends how much control you want over your employees Fumesucker Nov 2013 #35

Exactly. Mr.Bill Nov 2013 #46

DU rec... SidDithers Nov 2013 #27

It was written in the ACA at the start. Any state that wants it, could set it up. EOM. freshwest Nov 2013 #29

um Skittles Nov 2013 #31

What is the point of linking to a lie? pnwmom Nov 2013 #33

DU k&r! eom BlueCaliDem Nov 2013 #32

Obama didn't launch single payer in Vermont. cali Nov 2013 #34

Praise him from whom all blessings flow Fumesucker Nov 2013 #36

Kick...nt SidDithers Nov 2013 #45

FYI ProSense Nov 2013 #47

K & R Scurrilous Nov 2013 #48