What Does the Democratic Party Actually Believe?

[1StrongBlackMan]

44. Well ...

Health insurance expansion, not health care expansion. There is a difference.

I suspect that those previously denied access to healthcare, that now - because of the "health insurance expansion" - now have access, would disagree.

That is better than nothing, but it is not the reform we were promised.

Who promised you, what? I agree that the health insurance model should be a not-for-profit model; but this nation is a long way away from that ... the people are not ready for that big a change and government has not figured out how to do it without hurting the citizenry (in the short term).

The ACA allows states with their own exchanges to establish a single-payer model for healthcare financing ... how many states have acted? One! Doesn't that speak to the readiness of the people for the change?

And the state that is trying to establish single-payer ... Vermont ... is catching hell trying to figure out how to make it work.

But the benefit of typing your fantasy on the internet is you don't have to consider what others are thinking/willing to support AND you don't have to figure out how to make it actually work ... all you have to do is type.

{ETA: The ACA is an exemplar of how national programs should work ... an idea was developed, implemented and proved effective at the state level (Romney-care) ... That Massachusetts experiment was established on the national level (sans the problem areas proved in Massachusetts); while allowing the states to experiment with the next (and more desirable) healthcare financing scheme (Vermont's single-payer program). When/if Vermont is successful, it will/can be rolled out, nationally.

That is the most effective, least disruptive model for large-scale programmatic change.}