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HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts) Wed Mar 28, 2012, 05:03 AM Mar 2012

What, realistically, are the odds of America getting Medicare for All, let alone single payer? [View all]

I'm not just saying this because the House is under the control of the TeaHad.

I'm saying this because there aren't a whole hell of a lot of progressive Democrats in the House OR the Senate who believe in either Medicare For All or Single Payer to make it happen.

It just seems to me that no one in Washington CARES what we support or what's inevitably necessary to do what's right on this issue.

It's not so much me saying "Give up", but I'm saying our elected representatives have already seemed to give this goal up for us . . . all so Humana's and Cigna's executives can have that much more cash in their coffers.

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What, realistically, are the odds of America getting Medicare for All, let alone single payer? [View all] HughBeaumont Mar 2012 OP

I would peg it at 10% optimistically speaking. Selatius Mar 2012 #1

0% daleanime Mar 2012 #2

That's another thing I fear . . . HughBeaumont Mar 2012 #4

I have hope my granddaughter may one day benefit from Single Payer. . . Journeyman Mar 2012 #3

I believe Single Payer's inevitable too . . . HughBeaumont Mar 2012 #6

Obama is stuck with this disaster CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #9

And then he had the gall to say that he believes that private for profit health insurance SammyWinstonJack Mar 2012 #19

Medicare is not even CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #20

why don't they try, and find out? KG Mar 2012 #5

There's the operative phrase - "till they stood up and demanded them". HughBeaumont Mar 2012 #21

It's a question of how do we GET "35-40% still under the spell of Faux/CNBC" CTyankee Mar 2012 #27

Appeal to their selfishness? HughBeaumont Mar 2012 #30

Those are good arguments but we need spokespersons they believe in. Perhaps that is the key. CTyankee Mar 2012 #32

Zero. But we are trapped here with our dreams of a better life one day. mmonk Mar 2012 #7

The same odds that the 1964 Civil Rights Act had of passing Zalatix Mar 2012 #8

If we had the Internet and three 24/7 news networks back in 1964 customerserviceguy Mar 2012 #12

Faux and CNBC would defend Bull Connor. I'm convinced. HughBeaumont Mar 2012 #22

It's going to take another serious burst of progressivism customerserviceguy Mar 2012 #10

If Obamacare is shot down I think it will 10 years before we see single payer have a real shot. Ganja Ninja Mar 2012 #11

Beat me to it. I was about to say the same thing. SmileyRose Mar 2012 #14

It was not a mistake CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #25

Medicare for all is single payer. Warren Stupidity Mar 2012 #13

0% vi5 Mar 2012 #15

If the ACA is overturned, Dems won't touch Healthcare for 50 years. JoePhilly Mar 2012 #16

In the next 20 years? Close to no chance at all. Motown_Johnny Mar 2012 #17

In this environment, slim and none Gman Mar 2012 #18

As you can see zipplewrath Mar 2012 #23

Fuck all this hand wringing libtodeath Mar 2012 #24

All of those things happened as a result of public backlash against unfairness. HughBeaumont Mar 2012 #29

So what is the plan? libtodeath Mar 2012 #33

Zero percent antytime in the near future karynnj Mar 2012 #26

I once had a discussion with my accountant (a pretty smart guy) about single payer health CTyankee Mar 2012 #28

There's a video of Obama advocating a single payer Proles Mar 2012 #31