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IronLionZion

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17. Do you know how many times single payer was attempted in our country?

Wed May 7, 2014, 03:39 PM

May 2014

going back to Teddy Roosevelt, Truman, and others. Why hasn't it happened long ago? I disagree that doing nothing in 2009 would have led to SP faster.

I actually believe 80% of those billions of dollars will be going to health care providers, which will lead to more providers. Americans need health care. America needs many more providers. More are opening up directly because of the PPACA. There just aren't many ways to fund this in our political climate.

Don't forget the patient protection part of the PPACA. There are lots of new regulations over the insurance industry.

And why ignore the nonprofit co-ops and medicaid/medicare? Who's getting rich off this?

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Getting serious about a single payer system [View all] eridani May 2014 OP

, blkmusclmachine May 2014 #1

Is Baucus gone yet? Demeter May 2014 #2

He's gone...replaced by John Walsh brooklynite May 2014 #13

k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth May 2014 #3

How criminal it is that one person can usurp the will of tens or hundreds of millions of people. Flatulo May 2014 #4

It might not be technically illegal but it sure ain't a bit nice. Enthusiast May 2014 #5

Oh, I know - I meant in the moral sense, not the legal. With very few exceptions, Flatulo May 2014 #9

unfortunately the president disagrees Doctor_J May 2014 #6

Canada got it one province at a time IronLionZion May 2014 #7

They never locked the for-profits into a half trillion dollar per year guarantee Doctor_J May 2014 #8

Someone is getting something they don't deserve IronLionZion May 2014 #15

Doing nothing in 2009 would have led to SP much faster Doctor_J May 2014 #16

Do you know how many times single payer was attempted in our country? IronLionZion May 2014 #17

Agreed. US states are much more like Canadian provinces than like any European-- eridani May 2014 #12

I Think Dirty Socialist May 2014 #10

K&R me b zola May 2014 #11

I'd like to see it. But I think we're 10 years away from it. NT Adrahil May 2014 #14