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HughBeaumont

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4. That's another thing I fear . . .

Reply to daleanime (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 05:18 AM

Mar 2012

. . . How many Americans are going to actually get up off their asses and massively demonstrate against for-profit Insurance? Not that ACA ISN'T STILL "For Profit insurance", but at least there's a microscopic amount of fairness to it.

"That's just the way it is, and there ain't nuthin' I can do about it. Now if you'll excuse me, my finger's got a date with my nose and Survivor is on."

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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