Uh... we should be thanking *Bernie Sanders and Ron Wyden* for single payer in America.

[Maedhros]

200. Manny's point is that the ACA, as drafted by Obama's team, forbid states from enacting Single Payer.

Then, Bernie Sanders and Ron Wyden amended the ACA to allow states to apply for waivers letting them enact Single Payer systems. If not for the work of Sanders and Wyden, the ACA would have been signed into law with the original prohibition on Single Payer intact. The fact that Obama signed the ACA after Sanders and Wyden amended it is not in any way proof that Manny is "lying."

Trying to pass off the ACA as Obama's clever means of paving the way for Single Payer is not consistent with the facts. If Obama wanted to pave the way for Single Payer he would not have had his team draft the bill with a prohibition in the first place. He might also have asked for it it in his opening negotiations, or at least a Public Options. He didn't, so it's disingenuous to give credit for Vermont's implementation of Single Payer to Obama.