No, President Obama Is Not A Hall-of-Fame-Worthy BS Artist, aka Why I Defend The ACA

[jeff47]

49. And that's why we're going to use it to our advantage.

The ACA moves the single-payer battle to the states. We're about to win that battle in VT. We can fairly easily win that battle in the other "blue" states, either with "real" single-payer or with de-facto single-payer via public option. (Public options don't have to profit, so they'll be cheaper. That'll cause people to switch, and for-profit gets driven out of the state).

Once we have the reality of single-payer/public-option in the "blue" states, it will be a much easier sale in the "purple" states. And we'll get those too.

Once we have a large block of blue and purple states, we can return to the national battle with a much, much, much, much, much stronger position. And we'll win.

There wasn't enough votes to go directly to a national single-payer. The way we get there is to exploit the ACA for our benefit.