Why Former Spy Valerie Plame Thinks Hillary Clinton is A lot Like FDR

[BlueCaliDem]

56. That's already in the PPACA. No need for Hillary to restart a Teabagger fight for something that

already is.

The State Innovation Medicaid Waiver section of the ACA provides States the option to have single-payer - and the Federal Gov't will fund the largest part of the costs of implementation (it's crazy expensive to install and that's the reason why States have, heretofore, decided against implementation).

State innovation waivers. One of the two final regulations implements section 1332 of the ACA, which permits states to apply to HHS and to the Department of the Treasury for “innovation waivers” to implement state-specific health reform approaches that vary from certain ACA requirements. The specific provisions of the ACA that can be waived include the provisions relating to qualified health plans (including the essential health benefits package), the exchanges, premium tax credits, cost-sharing reduction payments, the minimum coverage requirement (individual mandate), and the employer responsibility requirements. If a state is granted a waiver, the state can fund its reforms through the aggregate amount of federal funding that otherwise would have been paid out within the state for premium tax credits, cost-reduction payments, and small business tax credits.
To qualify for an innovation waiver, the state must establish that its reform plan would provide coverage that:

Is at least as comprehensive as ACA coverage,
Is at least as affordable as ACA coverage,
Covers at least as many residents as the ACA would have covered, and
Will not increase the federal deficit.

Single-payer will do all of that and then some (although many young people will not like single-payer since they'll be paying the same as older people who need health services more than they).

This is what Vermont is using in order to implement their single-payer system beginning 2016. It appears that in order for Americans to get a single-payer system set up, they'll have to do it via their States - much like legalizing MJ and full civil rights for the LGBT communities.

Thank you, President Obama!